Genesis 45:7
“And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And God sent me before you,.... This he repeats to impress the minds of his brethren with a sense of the good providence…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 45:1-28
- Joseph Made Himself Known to His Brethren 10. גשׁן gôshen, Goshen, Gesem (Arabias related perhaps to גשׁם geshem…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 45:1-15
Judah and his brethren were waiting for an answer, and could not but be amazed to discover, instead of the gravity of a…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
to preserve you a remnant Lit. "to set for you a remnant," i.e. descendants; cf. Jer 44:7.
by a great deliverance R.V.…
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