Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 45:13
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt,…. His wealth and riches, his grandeur and dignity, his power and authority:
and of all that you have seen; what a magnificent house he dwelt in; what a numerous train of servants he had; in what majesty he rode in the second chariot to the king; and what authority he exercised over the people, and what reverence they gave him, and what power he had, particularly in the distribution of corn:
and ye shall haste, and bring down my father hither; for Joseph had an eager desire to see him, wherefore this is repeated.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
13. Tell my father of all my glory Joseph would make his father and his brothers partakers of his own honour, and would have them exult with family pride in all that God had done for them through him .
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Gen 45:13. Tell my father of all my glory He enjoins them to do this out of filial love, and in order to give satisfaction to his good old father, not with any vain or ostentatious views. In Joh 17:24 our Saviour says, that they may behold my glory.
REFLECTIONS.An address so affecting as that of Judah’s, could not fail of moving any heart, not a stranger to the feelings of humanity; and how much more Joseph’s, so deeply interested in every argument, and pierced with every word of Judah’s expressive anguish. The servants instantly dismissed, a burst of tears, no longer to be restrained, gives vent to the overflowing tenderness of his soul. His brethren, who stood in tremulous expectation of instant doom, are astonished at the sight; but beyond all imagination surprised, when words begin to find a passage, and he cries, I am JosephIs my father yet alive? Confounded, they are dumb; guilt troubles them: but oh! how far is Joseph’s heart from anger or revenge! He draws them near; comforts, instead of reflecting on them; bids them see God’s hand bringing good out of their evil; and hastens them to carry his dear and aged father the strange tidings, and bring him down, to spend in plenty, in the land of Goshen, the remaining years of famine. With mutual kisses and embraces he seals the happy meeting, while tears of joy bedew each other’s neck, and testify firm reconciliation. Reader, thy heart is unfeeling, if thy tears mingle not with theirs. Note; 1. We have here a beautiful emblem of God’s compassions toward the sinful sons of men. 2. An astonishing display of his providence! how glorious and how merciful the dispensation! Blessed are they that trust in him. 3. It is not only the duty, but should be the delight of children to support their parents in their old age. 4. As Joseph says, Come down to me, Jesus says, Come up to me: and Pharaoh’s kingdom could not provide such a dwelling, as those mansions which he has prepared for us in our Father’s house in heaven.
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke
Look at JESUS’S affection. Isa 63:9 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 45:13 And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Ver. 13. And ye shall tell my father. ] So the Lord Christ bade Mary Magdalene tell his “disciples and Peter, ” because he was most dejected for denying his Master, and in his dumps he must know with the first, “I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.” Joh 20:17
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
my glory: Joh 17:24, 1Pe 1:10-12, Rev 21:23
bring: Act 7:14
Reciprocal: Gen 31:1 – glory Gen 45:9 – come Job 29:20 – glory