Passage Research
Genesis 42 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 42, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 38
- verses
- 528 / 145
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 14
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 42 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָח | ʼâch | H251 | 20 | brother |
| יוֹסֵף | Yôwçêph | H3130 | 12 | Joseph |
| רָגַל | râgal | H7270 | 7 | walk along, reconnoiter |
| כֵּן | kên | H3651 | 5 | set upright, just |
| אֶחָד | ʼechâd | H259 | 8 | united, one |
| שָׁבַר | shâbar | H7666 | 6 | deal |
| רָאָה | râʼâh | H7200 | 8 | see |
How preachers through history handled this text
14 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 42, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems harsh with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he has great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them should be left, and the rest go home and fetch Benjamin. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on Genesis 42:7–20 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Egypt — Gen 42:1
- Canaan — Gen 42:13
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