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9681 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 783.6 (Matthew Henry)

… , as Joseph was taken from prison to be the second man in the kingdom. But he had not courage to do that; it was well he did as he did, and it is an instance of the care …

9682 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 789.4 (Matthew Henry)

… of Joseph’s wisdom, who would have his brethren settle in Goshen. If they had had the spirit of Israelites, they would have chosen rather to dwell in the wilderness …

9683 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 799.13 (Matthew Henry)

… of Joseph. How pathetically does she beg their compassion! ( Lamentations 2:18 ): “ Hear, I pray you, all people, and behold my sorrow : hear my complaints, and see what …

9685 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 819.4 (Matthew Henry)

… interests. Joseph, who had been the shepherd and stone of Israel, was dead; the king of Egypt, who should have been kind to them for Joseph’s sake, set himself to …

9686 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 819.9 (Matthew Henry)

… , like Joseph’s, which God had given them as particular marks of his favour, and hast played the harlot (that is, worshipped idols) thereupon. Of this he saith, “ The …

9688 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 832.5 (Matthew Henry)

… vassals; Joseph bought them long ago, Genesis 47:23 ),—that he is a sole prince, and has neither partner in the government nor competitor for it,—that he is out of …

9689 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 840.11 (Matthew Henry)

… , For Joseph, including the rest of the tribes, Ezekiel 37:16. These two sticks must be so framed as to fall into one in his hand, Ezekiel 37:17. The people took notice …

9690 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 849.8 (Matthew Henry)

… to Joseph one portion above his brethren, Genesis 48:22. 2. Yet, if he have a servant that is a favourite, he may not in like manner settle lands upon him, Ezekiel …

9691 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 850.9 (Matthew Henry)

… , reckoning Joseph for two tribes, to make up the number of twelve, when Levi was taken out to attend the sanctuary, and had his lot adjoining to that ( Ezekiel 47 …

9692 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 851.3 (Matthew Henry)

… in Joseph, Ezekiel 48:32. On the north side were the gates of Reuben, Judah, and Levi ( Ezekiel 48:31 ), on the east the gates of Joseph, Benjamin, and Dan ( Ezekiel 48:32 …

9693 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 852.7 (Matthew Henry)

… ), as Joseph was with the keeper of the prison; he had a tender love for him. No doubt Daniel deserved it, and recommended himself by his ingenuity and sweetness …

9694 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 852.8 (Matthew Henry)

… of Joseph. Though they had royal blood in their veins, yet they did not think it proper to have royal dainties in their mouths when they were thus brought low …

9695 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 852.12 (Matthew Henry)

… , as Joseph, not by rules of art, such as are pretended to be given by the oneirocritics, but by a divine sagacity and wisdom which God gave him. Nay, he was endued …

9696 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.1 (Matthew Henry)

… , and Joseph’s interpretation of it, related only to the years of plenty and famine and the interest of God’s Israel in them; but Nebuchadnezzar’s dream here …

9697 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.2 (Matthew Henry)

… ; as Joseph, in the second year after his skill in dreams, showed and expounded Pharaoh’s, so Daniel, in the second year after he commenced master in that art, did …

9698 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 853.27 (Matthew Henry)

… heaven. Joseph, like Daniel here, was advanced in the court of the king of Egypt for his interpreting his dreams; and he called him Zaphnath-paaneah—a revealer …

9699 Matthew Henry’s Complete Bible Commentary, p. 858.14 (Matthew Henry)

… Mr. Joseph Mede), that wicked one, which, as this little horn, is to be consumed by the brightness of Christ’s second coming. The pope assumes a power to change times …