Genesis 43:31

He washed his face and came out. He controlled himself, saying, “Serve the food.”

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In The King James Version

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

In Context

30Joseph hurried to go out of the room, for he was deeply moved about his brother. He sought somewhere to weep. He went to his room and wept there.

32The servants served Joseph by himself and the brothers by themselves. The Egyptians there ate with him by themselves because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is detestable to the Egyptians.

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Cross References

Genesis 45:1Then Joseph could not control himself before all the servants who stood by him. He said loudly, “Everyone must leave me.” So no servant stood by him when Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

Jeremiah 31:16Yahweh says this, “Hold your voice back from weeping and your eyes from tears; 1 there is a reward for your work—this is Yahweh's declaration—your children will return from the land of the enemy. 1

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 →

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