Passage Research
Genesis 44 — Sermon Preparation
Below is a research summary for Genesis 44, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 5
- classic sermon excerpts
- 3
- preachers & commentators
Genesis 44 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶבֶד | ʻebed | H5650 | 20 | servant |
| אָדוֹן | ʼâdôwn | H113 | 13 | sovereign, controller |
| אָב | ʼâb | H1 | 15 | father |
| אַמְתַּחַת | ʼamtachath | H572 | 7 | expansive, bag |
| מָצָא | mâtsâʼ | H4672 | 8 | come, appear |
| גְּבִיעַ | gᵉbîyaʻ | H1375 | 5 | goblet, calyx |
| נַעַר | naʻar | H5288 | 7 | boy, servant |
How preachers through history handled this text
5 public-domain excerpts on Genesis 44, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“Joseph, having entertained his brethren, dismissed them; but here we have them brought back in a greater fright than any they had been in yet. Observe, I. What method he took both to humble them further and also to try their affection to his brother Benjamin, by which he would be able to judge of the sincerity of their repentance for what they had done against himself, of which he was desirous to be satisfied before he manifested his reconciliation to them. This he contrived to do by bringing Benjamin into distress, ver. 1-17. II. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 1 (Genesis to Deuteronomy), on Genesis 44:1–35 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Canaan — Gen 44:8
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