Genesis 43:34
And he took and sent masot (portions) unto them from before him; but masat Binyamin was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and feasted with him.
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1 Samuel 1:5But unto Channah he gave a double portion; for he loved Channah; but Hashem had shut up her womb.
2 Samuel 11:8And Dovid said to Uriyah, Go down to thy bais, and wash thy feet. And Uriyah departed out of the Bais HaMelech and there followed after him a masat HaMelech (a present, gift, of the king, i.e. a royal feast).
Ecclesiastes 9:7Go thy way, eat thy lechem with simchah, and drink thy yayin with a lev tov; for HaElohim now accepteth thy ma'asim.
Song of Solomon 5:1I am come into my gan (garden), my sister, my kallah; 1 I have gathered my myrrh with my spice; 1 I have eaten my honeycomb with my devash (honey); 1 I have drunk my yayin with my cholov (milk). 1 Eat, O friends; drink, yea, drink abundantly, dodim. 1
Matthew 11:19The Bar Enosh + 11:19 Moshiach came eating and drinking, and they say, Hinei! A zolel (glutton) and a shikkor (drunkard), a friend of mochesim (tax collectors) and chote'im (sinners). Yet, Chochmah (Wisdom) is vindicated by her ma'asim.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 43:27-34
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? 28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom… Read the whole commentary →