THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
After conveying all these truths and bringing them a sense of peace, he instructed them to inform their father about their situation and to return to him without delay.
Genesis 45:13Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
You shall tell my father of all my glory, and all things that you have seen in Egypt: make haste and bring him to me.
וְהִגַּדְתֶּ֣ם לְאָבִ֗י אֶת־כָּל־כְּבוֹדִי֙ בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם וְאֵ֖ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁ֣ר רְאִיתֶ֑ם וּמִֽהַרְתֶּ֛ם וְהוֹרַדְתֶּ֥ם אֶת־אָבִ֖י הֵֽנָּה׃
The Church Fathers on this verse
3 Church Fathers comment on this verse
Ephraem the Syrian
Communicate to him everything about my honor in Egypt, so that he may offer praise to God for all that has transpired in my time there.
Vissarion (Nechaev)
Joseph's siblings were astonished by everything that came from his lips, leading them to question whether the person speaking was truly Joseph or merely someone adopting his identity. To comfort them, Joseph declared, “Behold, your eyes see the eyes of Benjamin, my brother,” indicating that even if they doubted the accounts they had heard, they could witness him and perceive his genuine remorse. His tears served as a testament to his honesty, and as witnesses, they could confidently relay his message to their father. Should their father remain skeptical, he could place his trust in Benjamin's testimony.
Cross references
Passages read together with this verse.
- Acts 7:14And Joseph sending, called thither Jacob, his father, and all his kindred, seventy-five souls.
- 1 Pet 1:10Of which salvation the prophets have inquired and diligently searched, who prophesied of the grace to come in you.
- 1 Pet 1:12To whom it was revealed that, not to themselves but to you, they ministered those things which are now declared to you by them that have preached the gospel to you: the Holy Ghost being sent down from heaven, on whom the angels desire to look.
- Rev 21:23And the city hath no need of the sun, nor of the moon, to shine in it. For the glory of God hath enlightened it: and the Lamb is the lamp thereof.
- John 17:24Father, I will that where I am, they also whom thou hast given me may be with me: that they may see my glory which thou hast given me, because thou hast loved me before the creation of the world.