Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not yours anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh.
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19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have all of you a father, or a brother?
Cross References
Genesis 18:30And he said unto him, Oh let not the LORD be angry, and I will speak: Possibly there shall thirty be found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Genesis 37:6And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:
Genesis 41:44And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without you shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt.
2 Samuel 14:12Then the woman said, Let yours handmaid, I pray you, speak one word unto my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken unto me: hold your peace, and I will speak.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:2-18
Joseph's Policy. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up,… Read the whole commentary →