And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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Gill's Exposition
And when Joseph came home,.... In order to dine, it being noontime:
they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house; everyone took a part of it in his hand, and brought it to…
- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ debash, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים bôṭen, “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd, “almond tree;” related: “awake.” The tree…
Jacob's sons, having got leave to take Benjamin with them, were observant of the orders their father had given them, and went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a…
Cambridge Bible
the present Cf. Gen 43:43.
against Joseph came i.e. so as to be ready when Joseph arrived. For this use of "against" = "in readiness for the time when," cf. 2Ki 16:12, "So did Urijah the priest make…