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Izhibhalo Ezingcwele
IiNdumiso 105:16
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Moreover: Genesis 41:25-32, Genesis 41:54, Genesis 42:5, Genesis 42:6, 2 Kings 8:1, Amos 3:6, Amos 7:1-4, Haggai 1:10, Haggai 1:11, Haggai 2:17, Matthew 8:8, Matthew 8:9, Revelation 6:8
brake: Psalms 104:15, Genesis 47:13, Genesis 47:19, Leviticus 26:26, Isaiah 3:1, Ezekiel 4:16, Acts 7:11
Reciprocal: Genesis 41:30 - consume Genesis 41:57 - all countries Genesis 45:5 - God Genesis 50:20 - God meant Ruth 1:1 - a famine Psalms 105:1 - General Ezekiel 38:21 - I will Amos 6:11 - the Lord
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land,.... On the land of Egypt; or rather on the land of Canaan, where Jacob and his sons sojourned; and which reached to all lands, Genesis 41:56 and calling for it, it came, being a servant at the command of the Lord; see 2 Kings 8:1.
He brake the whole staff of bread; so called, because it is the support of man's life, the principal of his sustenance: as a staff is a support to a feeble person, and which, when broke, ceases to be so. The staff of bread is broken, when either the virtue and efficacy of it for nourishment is taken away or denied; or when there is a scarcity of bread corn; which latter seems to be intended here; see Isaiah 3:1.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Moreover, he called for a famine upon the land - It was not by chance; not by the mere operation of physical laws, but it was because God “ordered” it. The famine here referred to, as the connection shows, was that which occurred in the time of Jacob, and which was the occasion of the migration into Egypt. There was also a famine in the time of Abraham Genesis 12:10; but the design of the psalmist here is to refer to that period of the Jewish history which pertained to their residence in Egypt, and to the dealings of God with the nation when there, as furnishing an occasion for gratitude. Genesis 41:0; Genesis 42:0.
He brake the whole staff of bread - That which supports life, as a staff does a feeble man. See the notes at Isaiah 3:1.
