Chuàngshìjì 45:22

22 Yòu gĕi tāmen gèrén yī tào yīfu , wéidú gĕi Biànyǎmǐn sān bǎi yínzi , wǔ tào yīfu .

Chuàngshìjì 45:22 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:22

To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment
Rich apparel, two suits of clothes, to shift and change upon occasion, such as Homer F11 calls (imatia exameiba) , "changeable garments"; those he gave to everyone of his brethren, partly that they might have something to show to their father and to their wives, which would cause them to give credit to the report they should give of Joseph, and his great prosperity; and partly that they might, upon their return, be provided with suitable apparel to appear before Pharaoh, and chiefly this was intended to show his great respect and affection for them, and reconciliation to them: but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver;
or shekels, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, which amounted to between thirty and forty pounds of our money; the Septuagint very wrongly renders it three hundred "pieces of gold"; and besides these he gave him also five changes of raiment;
because of his greater love and affection for him.


FOOTNOTES:

F11 Odyss. 8.

Chuàngshìjì 45:22 In-Context

20 Nǐmen yǎn zhōng búyào aìxī nǐmen de jiāju , yīnwei Āijí quán dì de mĕi wù dōu shì nǐmen de .
21 Yǐsèliè de érzi men jiù rúcǐ xíng . Yūesè zhào zhe fǎlǎo de fēnfu gĕi tāmen chēliàng hé lù shàng yòng de shíwù ,
22 Yòu gĕi tāmen gèrén yī tào yīfu , wéidú gĕi Biànyǎmǐn sān bǎi yínzi , wǔ tào yīfu .
23 Sòng gĕi tā fùqin gōng lü shí pǐ , tuó zhe Āijí de mĕi wù , mǔ lü shí pǐ , tuó zhe liángshi yǔ bǐng hé caì , wèi tā fùqin lù shàng yòng .
24 Yúshì Yūesè dǎfa tā dìxiōng men huí qù , yòu duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen búyào zaì lù shàng xiāng zhēng .
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