should be the third ruler in the kingdom. Da. v. 16. 29. Then came the first (servant of the nobleman in the parable), saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds: and he said unto him, Well, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord thy pound hath gained five pounds: and he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. Lu. xix. 16-19.

43 And they cried before him.] Let the royal apparel be brought which the king (useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and bring him Mordecai) on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaim before him, Thus shall it be done unto the man whom the king delighteth to honour. Es. vi. 8, 9.

Bow the knee.] It was not you that sent me hither (said Joseph to his brethren), but God; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh. Ge. xlv. 8.

Ruler over all the land, &c.] And Joseph was the governor over the land. Ge. xlii. 6. The man who is the lord of the land (said Joseph's brethren) spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your housholds, and be gone. Ge. xlii. 30. 33. He (God) hath made me a father to Pharaoh (said Joseph), and ruler of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Joseph is yet alive (said the sons of Jacob to him), and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. Ge. xlv. 8. 26. To "whom" ("Simon Magus") "they all" (the "people of Samaria") gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, This man is the great power of God. Ae. viii. 10.

44 Lift up his hand or his foot.] But against any of the children of Israel (said Moses in the sight of Pharaoh's servants and of his people) shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast, that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Ex. xi. 7.

45 Priest of, &c.] And Melchizedek, king of Salem, brought forth bread and wine (for Abram), and he was the priest of the most high God. Ge. xiv. 18. Now the "priest" (or "prince") of Midian had seven daughters : and they came (while Moses sat down by a well) and drew water, and filled the troughs to water their father's flocks. Ex. ii. 16. David's sons were chief rulers. 2 Sa. viii. 18. And Ira also the Jairite was a chief ruler about David. 2 Sa. xx. 26.

On.] And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On, bare unto him. Ge. xlvi. 20. T Joseph, being

46 Thirty years old, &c.] seventeen years old, was feeding the flock with his brethren; and the lad was with the sons of Bilhah, and with the sons of Zilpah, his father's wives; and Joseph brought unto his father their evil report. Ge. xxxvii. 2. Take the sum of the sons of Kohath, from thirty years old and upwards, even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. Nu. iv. 3. David was thirty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years. 2 Sa. v. 4. And Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the son of Joseph the son of Heli. Lu. iii. 23.

He stood before Pharaoh.] And David came to Saul and stood before him, and he loved him greatly; and he became his armour-bearer. 1 Sa. xvi. 21. And Rehoboam consulted with the old men that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? (all Israel, who asked to have the heavy yoke which his father put upon them made lighter ;) but he forsook the counsel of the old men, which they had given him (to serve and speak good words to all Israel), and consulted with the young men that were grown up with him, and which stood before him. 1 Ki. xii. 6. 8. Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings. Pr. xxii. 29. And the king (Nebuchadnezzar) communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king. Da. i. 19. Watch

ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. Lu. xxi. 36. Now unto him who is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. Jude 24.

47 Handfuls.] Then Isaac sowed in that land (of Abimelecth), and received in the same year an hundred fold. Ge. xxvi. 12. There shall be an handful of corn in the earth upon the top of the mountains: the fruit thereof shall shake like Lebanon. Ps. lxxii. 16.

48 He gathered up all the food, &c.] See verses 34, 35, 36. and com. And as for the people, he removed them to cities, from one end of the borders of Egypt even to the other end thereof. Ge. xlvii. 21.

49 As the sand of the sea.] I will multiply thy seed (said the Lord to Abraham) as the sand which is upon the sea shore. Ge. xxii. 17. For they (the Midianites and Amalekites) came up (against Israel) with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grashoppers for multitude. Ju. vi. 5. And the Midianites, and the Amalekites, and all the children of the east, lay along in the valley (before Gideon), like grashoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude. Ju. vii. 12. And the Philistines gathered themselves together to fight with Israel, thirty thousand chariots, and six thousand horsemen, and people as the sand which is on the sea shore for multitude. 1 Sa. xiii. 5. His (Job's) substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great houshold. Job i. 3. He rained flesh also upon them as dust, and feathered fowls like as the sand of the sea. Ps. lxxviii. 27. As the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant. Je. xxxiii. 22.

50 Unto Joseph were born, &c.] And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Manasseh and Ephraim, which Asenath, the daughter of Poti-pherah, priest of On, bare

unto him. Ge. xlvi. 20. and com. And now thy two sons (said Jacob to Joseph) Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, before I came unto thee into Egypt, are mine: as Reuben and Simeon, they shall be mine. Ge. xlviii. 5.

Asenath.] See verse 45. also Ge. xlvi. 20. preced. com.

51 Called the name.] And now thy two sons Ephraim and Manasseh, which were born unto thee in the land of Egypt, are mine (said Jacob to Joseph); and Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought them near unto him; and Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid it upon Ephraim's head, who was the younger, and his left hand upon Manasseh's head: guiding his hands wittingly, for Manasseh was the firstborn; and he blessed them that day, saying, In thee shall Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh: and he set Ephraim before Manasseh. Ge. xlviii. 5. 13, 14. 20. "His" ("Joseph's") glory (said Moses) is like the firstling of his bullock, and his horns are like the horns of unicorns: with them he shall push the people together to the ends of the earth: and they are the ten thousands of Ephraim, and they are the thousands of Manasseh.

De. xxxiii. 17.

Manasseh.] See verse 30. and com. Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father's house. Ps. xlv. 10. For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. Is. Ivii. 16.

Forget all my toil.] For his (God's) anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness. Ps. xxx. 5. 11. Let him (that is ready to perish) drink, and forget his poverty, and remember his misery no more. Pr. xxxi. 7. He who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth; because the former troubles are forgotten, and because they are hid from mine eyes. Is. lxv. 16.

52 Called he, &c.] See chap. xxix. 32-35; xxx. 6. 13. and com. And Joseph saw Ephraim's children of the third generation: the children also of Machir the son of Manasseh were brought up upon Joseph's knees. Ge. 1. 23.

Ephraim.] The Angel which redeemed me (said Jacob), bless "the lads" ("Ephraim and Manasseh"); and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac: and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth. And his father (Jacob) refused (to prefer the firstborn, Manasseh), and said, I know it (that Manasseh is the firstborn), my son: he also shall become a people, and he also shall be great: but truly his younger brother shall be greater than he, and his seed shall become a multitude of nations. Ge. xlviii. 16. 19. Joseph is a fruitful bough (said Jacob), even a fruitful bough by a well; whose branches run over the wall. Ge. xlix. 22. Comfort ye, comfort ye my people, saith your God; speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished, and her iniquity is pardoned for she hath received of the Lord's hand double for all her sins. Is. xl. 1, 2.

The land of my affliction.] He (the Lord) sent a man before "them" ("Israel"), even Joseph, who was sold for a servant; whose feet they hurt with fetters: he was laid in iron. Ps. cv. 17, 18. Woe to them that are at ease in Zion; that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the afflictions of Joseph. Am. vi. 6. God was with him (Joseph), and delivered him out of all his afflictions. Ac. vii. 10.

53 Seven years of plenteousness.] See verses 29.31. How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! as a dream when one awaketh. Ps. lxxiii. 19, 20. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of this generation. Lu. xvii. 25.

54 Seven years of dearth.] See verses 3, 4. 6, 7. 27. And there (in the land of Goshen) will I nourish thee (for yet there are five years of famine), lest thou and thy houshold, and all that thou hast, come to poverty (said Joseph, as a message to his father by his brethren). Ge. xlv. 11. He (the Lord) called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. Ps. cv. 16. Now there came a dearth over all the land of Egypt and

Chanaan, and great affliction: and our fathers found no sustenance. Ac. vii. 11.

According as Joseph had said.] See verse 30. And the dearth was in all lands.] Behold, I have heard (said Jacob) that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither (my sons), and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die. And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan; and Joseph was governor over the land (of Egypt), 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. Ge. xlii. 2. 5, 6. And the famine was sore in the land. Ge. xliii. 1. For yet there are five years of famine (said Joseph to his brethren, when sending them for his father). Ge. xlv. 11. And there was no bread in all the land, for the famine was very sore, so that the land of Egypt and all the land of Canaan fainted by reason of the famine. Ge. xlvii. 13.

55 Famished.] And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. We boiled my son, (said a woman who cried Help my lord, O king! and to whom the king said, What aileth thee?), and did eat him, &c. 2 Ki. vi. 25. 29. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the dearth: Judah mourneth; the gates thereof languish ; they are black unto the ground, and the cry of Jerusalem is gone up; because the ground is chapt; for there was no rain on the earth; the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads; their eyes did fail, because there was no grass. Jer. xiv. 1, 2. 4. 6. Even the seamonsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones; the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness; the tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst; the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them; the hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children; they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. La. iv. 3, 4. 10.

Go unto Joseph.] See verse 40, 41. The king sent and loosed him, even the ruler of the people, and let him go free; he made him lord of his house, and ruler of all his substance;

to bind his princes at his pleasure, and teach his senators wisdom. Ps. cv. 20-22. Lo, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Mat. iii. 17. While he yet spake, behold a bright cloud overshadowed them (at the transfiguration on the mount); and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him. Mat. xvii. 5. The Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth. Of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. John i. 14. 16. But my God shall supply all your need according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus. Phi. iv. 19. For it pleased the Father that in him (Christ) should all fulness dwell. Col. i. 19.

56 The face of the earth.] And it shall come to pass, after the end of seventy years, that the Lord will visit Tyre, and she shall turn to her hire, and shall commit fornication with all the kingdoms of the world upon the face of the earth. Is. xxiii. 17. Then said he unto me (said Zechariah of the angel), This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth. Ze. v. 3. For as a snare shall "it" ("the second coming of Christ") come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Lu. xxi. 35. And (God) hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. Ac. xvii. 26.

Sold unto the Egyptians.] Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land. Ge. xlii. 6. And Joseph gathered up all the money that was found in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, for the corn which they bought: and Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh's house. And when money failed in the land of Egypt, and in the land of Canaan, all the Egyptians came unto Joseph, and said, Give us bread for why should we die in thy presence? for the money faileth. And Joseph said, Give your cattle; and I will give you for your cattle, if money fail. And they brought their cattle unto Joseph: and Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds,

and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year. When that year was ended, they came unto him the second year, and said unto him, Buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, that the land be not desolate. And Joseph bought all the land of Egypt for Pharaoh; only the land of the priests bought he not; for the priests had a portion assigned them by Pharaoh, and did eat their portion which Pharaoh gave them. Then Joseph said unto the people, Behold, I have bought you this day, and your land, for Pharaoh; lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land. And it shall come to pass in the increase, that ye shall give the fifth part unto Pharaoh, and four parts shall be your own, for seed of the field, and for your food, and for them of your houshold, and for food for your little ones. Ge. xlvii. 14-24.

57 All countries.] When Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; get you down thither, and buy for us from thence. And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt; but Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest, peradventure, mischief befall him. And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came. Ge. xlii. 1-5. As for you (said Joseph to his brethren), ye thought evil against me, but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive. Ge. 1. 20. Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (said Moses to the Lord, in prayer); look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin; lest the land whence thou broughtest us out say, Because the Lord was not able to bring them into the land which he promised them, and because he hated them, he hath brought them out to slay them in the wilderness. De. ix. 27, 28. He (the Lord) called for a famine upon the land: he brake the whole staff of bread. He sent a man before "them" ("Israel"), even Joseph, who was sold for a servant. Ps. cv. 16, 17.

CHAP. XLII.-1 When Jacob saw, &c.]

And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread. And all countries came into Egypt for to buy corn, because that the famine was so sore in all lands. Ge. xli. 54-57. When Jacob heard that there was corn in Egypt, he sent out our fathers first. Ac. vii. 12.

Saw.] Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Ge. xlii. 2. And the officers of the children of Israel did see that they were in evil case, after it was said (by Pharaoh), Ye shall not minish ought from your bricks of your daily task (though he alloweth them no straw). Ex. v. 19. And all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they removed and stood afar off. Ex. xx. 18. So when he (Elijah) saw “that” (“what Jezebel had threatened") he arose, and went for his life, and came to Beer-sheba, which belongeth to Judah, and left his servant there. 1 Ki. xix. 3. When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb. Yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. Ho. v. 13. When they (with whom Paul was in conference) saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me, as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter; they gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship. Ga. ii. 7. 9.

Why do ye look one upon another?] And the Lord said unto Joshua (who had sunk in despair because the Israelites had turned their backs before their enemies), Get thee up; wherefore liest thou upon thy face? Jos. vii. 10. And it came to pass, at the seven years' end (during which time the Shunammite woman sojourned from her home, by the advice of Elisha, to avoid the famine), that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry unto the king for her house and for her land. And the king talked with Gehazi, the servant of the man of God, saying, Tell me, I pray thee, all the great things that Elisha hath done. 2 Ki. viii. 3, 4. Arise (said Shechaniah to Ezra), for this matter (our strange marriages) belongeth unto thee. We also will be with thee. Be of good courage, and do it. Ezr. x. 4. Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there. Jer. viii. 14.

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2 Get you down thither.] And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt send our brother (Benjamin) with us, we will go down and buy thee food. Ge. xliii. 2.4. Haste ye (said Joseph to his brethren), and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not. Ge. xlv. 9.

That we may live.] And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we and thou, and also our little ones. Ge. xliii. 8. I shall not die, but live, and declare the works of the Lord. Ps. cxviii. 17. In those days (when the Assyrians were destroyed by the angel of the Lord) was Hezekiah sick unto death; and Isaiah the prophet, the son of Amoz, came unto him, and said unto him, Thus saith the Lord, Set thine house in order, for thou shalt die, and not live. Is. xxxviii. 1. It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone (said Jesus to Satan), but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God. Mat. iv. 4.

3 Ten brethren.] And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came. And they said (unto Joseph), Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not. Ge. xlii. 5. 13.

4 Benjamin, &c.] And they (Jacob and family) journeyed from Beth-el, and there was but a little way to come to Ephrath and Rachel travailed, and she had hard labour. And it came to pass, when she was in hard labour, that the midwife said unto her, Fear not; thou shalt have this son also. And it came to pass, as her soul was in departing (for she died), that she called his name Ben-oni; but his father called him Benjamin; and Rachel died, &c. Ge. xxxv. 16-19.

Lest peradventure mischief befall him.] And he (Jacob) said (to Reuben), My son (Benjamin) shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone; if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Ge. xlii. 38. the Lord God said, Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of

And