Genesis 45:12

12 Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin's eyes can see that it is I [, Joseph,] who am[a] 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 can settle in the land of Goshen and be near me-you, your children, and grandchildren, your sheep, cattle, and all you have.
11 There I will sustain you, for there will be five more years of famine. Otherwise, you, your household, and everything you have will become destitute." '
12 Look! Your eyes and my brother Benjamin's eyes can see that it is I [, Joseph,] who am speaking to you.
13 Tell my father all about my glory in Egypt and about all you have seen. And bring my father here quickly."
14 Then Joseph threw his arms around Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his shoulder.

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