Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 45:17

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

17-20. Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Sayunto thy brethrenAs Joseph might have been prevented bydelicacy, the king himself invited the patriarch and all his familyto migrate into Egypt; and he made most liberal arrangements fortheir removal and their subsequent settlement. It displays thecharacter of this Pharaoh to advantage, that he was so kind to therelatives of Joseph; but indeed the greatest liberality he could showcould never recompense the services of so great a benefactor of hiskingdom.

Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph,…. Who, it is highly probable, waited upon Pharaoh to acquaint him with the coming of his brethren; for it cannot be imagined that Pharaoh should say what follows upon a bare report, without having a further account of things from Joseph, or that he would neglect giving it, but take the first opportunity to inform him, whereupon he gave him the following order:

say unto thy brethren, this do ye; give them directions and instructions to do as follows:

lade your asses: with provisions for the present necessity of their father’s household in Canaan, and for their journey back to Egypt:

and go, get you into the land of Canaan; with all the haste they could make.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 45:17 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan;

Ver. 17. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph. ] Pharaoh is good to Jacob and his house, for Joseph’s sake; so is God to us and ours, for Jesus’ sake. As any man was intimate with Sejanus, so he found favour with Tiberius. As if any were at odds with him, they lived in continual danger and durance, saith Tacitus; a so here.

O miserabilis humana conditio, et sine Christo, vanum omne quod vivimus, saith Jerome. – Epitaph. Nep., tom. i. p. 25.

O the misery of those that be without Christ in the world!

a Ut quisque Seiano intimus, ita ad Caesaris amicitiam validus: contra, quibus infensus esset, metu ac sordibus conflictabantur. – Tacit.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)