Genesis 45:12

12 Now behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that {it is I} who am 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 shall settle in the land of Goshen so that you will be near me, you and your children and your grandchildren, and your flocks and your herds and all that you have.

11 And I will provide for you there, because [there are] still five years of famine--lest you and your household and all that you have become destitute.'

12 Now behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that {it is I} who am speaking to you.

13 And you must tell my father of all my honor in Egypt and all that you have seen. Now hurry and bring my father here."

14 Then he fell upon the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept upon his neck.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "it is my mouth"