Genesis 45:12

12 "Now you can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that the one speaking to you is really Joseph.

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. Your children, your grandchildren, your flocks and herds, and all that you have will also be near me.
11 I will care for you during the next five years of hunger so that you and your family and all that you have will not starve.'
12 "Now you can see for yourselves, and so can my brother Benjamin, that the one speaking to you is really Joseph.
13 So tell my father about how powerful I have become in Egypt. Tell him about everything you have seen. Now hurry and bring him back to me."
14 Then Joseph hugged his brother Benjamin and cried, and Benjamin cried also.
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