Genesis 45:12

12 "You and my brother Benjamin can see for yourselves that I am the one who is speaking to you.

Genesis 45:12 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 45:12

And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother
Benjamin
They were eyewitnesses of his being alive, having themselves seen him, and even Benjamin, who could not be suspected by his father of a fraud in imposing on him; and some of them could doubtless remember his features, and had an ocular proof of his being the very person, which they could with great evidence relate unto Jacob; as also his voice in speaking:

that [it is] my mouth that speaketh unto you;
without an interpreter, as Aben Ezra, and in the Hebrew language, as the Targum and Jarchi; which might confirm them, and likewise their father upon their report, that the governor was not an Egyptian, but an Hebrew; and by that and other concurrent testimonies that he must be Joseph.

Genesis 45:12 In-Context

10 Live in the land of Goshen, where you will be near me. Live there with your children and your grandchildren, as well as your flocks, your herds, and everything you have.

11 I will provide for you in Egypt, since there will be five more years of famine. Then you, your family, and all who belong to you won't lose everything."'

12 "You and my brother Benjamin can see for yourselves that I am the one who is speaking to you.

13 Tell my father how greatly honored I am in Egypt and about everything you have seen. Hurry and bring my father here!"

14 He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin and cried with Benjamin, who was crying on his shoulder.