--- title: "Bullinger" description: "did solemnly protest. Hebrew \"protesting he protested\". Figure of speech Polyptoton ( App-6 ). See note on Genesis 26:28 . Israel. Note the name. Jacob" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/genesis/43" --- ![Bullinger](/images/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes.jpg) The Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes Include 66 books Denomination: dispensationalism GenesisExodusLeviticusNumbersDeuteronomyJoshuaJudgesRuth1 Samuel2 Samuel1 Kings2 Kings1 Chronicles2 ChroniclesEzraNehemiahEstherJobPsalmsProverbsEcclesiastesSong Of SolomonIsaiahJeremiahLamentationsEzekielDanielHoseaJoelAmosObadiahJonahMicahNahumHabakkukZephaniahHaggaiZechariahMalachiMatthewMarkLukeJohnActsRomans1 Corinthians2 CorinthiansGalatiansEphesiansPhilippiansColossians1 Thessalonians2 Thessalonians1 Timothy2 TimothyTitusPhilemonHebrewsJames1 Peter2 Peter1 John2 John3 JohnJudeRevelation 1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738394041424344454647484950 **did solemnly protest.** Hebrew "protesting he protested". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* ( App-6 ). See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) . **Israel.** Note the name. Jacob is used of his weakness ([Genesis 42:36](../../../kjv/genesis/42/36) , &c), Israel of his resignation to God's will. In this use of the names Jacob and Israel, men might well invent a Jacobite and Israelite authorship, as well as an Elohist and Jehovist theory! **ill.** Hebrew. *R a'a.* See App-44 . **asked us straitly.** Hebrew "asking he asked us". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* . See note on [Genesis 43:3](../../../kjv/genesis/43/3) above, and [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) . **could we certainly know.** Hebrew "knowing could we know". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* . See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) , **forever.** Hebrew "all the days". **best fruits in the land.** Hebrew "the praise of the land". Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of the Cause). App-6 . "Praise" put for the choice fruits which called forth the praise. **God Almighty.** Hebrew. *El Shaddai.* App-4 . **mercy.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Cause). Mercy put for the favours shown. **house.** Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Subject). House put for the servants of it. **slay.** Hebrew "slay a slaying". Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* App-6 , = slay abundantly. **as** = according as. **we came indeed.** Hebrew "coming down, we came down". Figure of speech *Polyptoton.* See note on [Genesis 26:28](../../../kjv/genesis/26/28) **Peace.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species). Peace put for all its blessings. **God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 . **treasure** = hidden or secret treasure. **bread.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species). App-6 . Bread put for all kinds of food. **bowed themselves.** Some codices, with Septuagint and Vulg, add "with their faces". Compare [Genesis 37:7](../../../kjv/genesis/37/7) , [Genesis 37:8](../../../kjv/genesis/37/8) . **your father . . . the old man** = your aged father. **bowed down, &c.** Compare [Genesis 37:7-10](../../../kjv/genesis/37/7-10) . **Benjamin.** Now twenty-two, and father of ten sons. Compare [Genesis 46:21](../../../kjv/genesis/46/21) . **wept.** See note on [Genesis 42:24](../../../kjv/genesis/42/24) . **they sat.** Egyptian pictures show that it was the custom to sit at meals. **firstborn.** Joseph thus showing that he knew their ages and order, and causing them to marvel. **youngest, &c.** This was to try them, and see whether they were still "moved with envy". Compare [Genesis 37:4](../../../kjv/genesis/37/4) , [Genesis 37:8](../../../kjv/genesis/37/8) , [Genesis 37:11](../../../kjv/genesis/37/11) , [Genesis 37:18](../../../kjv/genesis/37/18) . It was also a type of the coming day, when the true Joseph will be able to do for the scattered and mingled tribes what was done here for the tribal heads. Compare [Zechariah 12:9-14](../../../kjv/zechariah/12/9-14) . **marvelled** [and looked] at one another. Figure of speech *Ellipsis* ( App-6 ), thus supplied. **took and sent, &c.** Hebrew "lifted liftings". Figure of speech *Polyptoton* , for emphasis = sent choice portions. **five times.** The number of grace. See App-10 , and Compare [Genesis 41:34](../../../kjv/genesis/41/34) ; [Genesis 45:22](../../../kjv/genesis/45/22) ; [Genesis 47:2](../../../kjv/genesis/47/2) , [Genesis 47:24](../../../kjv/genesis/47/24) . **were merry.** Hebrew drank abundantly. Compare [Haggai 1:6](../../../kjv/haggai/1/6) . 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