Genesis 43:17

17 The man did as Yosef commanded, and the man brought the men to Yosef's house.

Genesis 43:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 43:17

And the man did as Joseph bade: and the man brought the men
into Joseph's house.
] Showed them the way to it, and introduced them into it, and led them into some apartment in it, and ordered every thing to be got ready for dinner as his master had bid him, being a diligent and faithful servant: at old Cair is shown to travellers ^F25 the house of Joseph in the tower, and a very surprising well, said to be made by him, and here, they say; the granaries were, in which the corn was laid up.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 Radzivil, Thevenot, Le Brun & Lucas apud Jablonski de Terra Goshen, Dissert. 5. sect. 6.

Genesis 43:17 In-Context

15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Binyamin; and rose up, went down to Mitzrayim, and stood before Yosef.

16 When Yosef saw Binyamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and make ready; for the men will dine with me at noon."

17 The man did as Yosef commanded, and the man brought the men to Yosef's house.

18 The men were afraid, because they were brought to Yosef's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall on us, and take us for bondservants, along with our donkeys."

19 They came near to the steward of Yosef's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,