And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
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Interpretation
Jacob saw the corn his neighbours had bought in Egypt, and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied.
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This thought runs through Genesis 42:3-6.
Glossary
- Egypt Place
- The land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture. Modern identification: Ain Shams.