Genesis 45:12

12 You and my brother Benjamin have seen with your own eyes that I'm 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 You may live in the land of Goshen, so you will be near me, your children, your grandchildren, your flocks, your herds, and everyone with you.

11 I will support you there, so you, your household, and everyone with you won't starve, since the famine will still last five years.'

12 You and my brother Benjamin have seen with your own eyes that I'm speaking to you.

13 Tell my father about my power in Egypt and about everything you've seen. Hurry and bring my father down here."

14 He threw his arms around his brother Benjamin's neck and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.