King James Version
Genesis 45:12 in the King James Version says “And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 45 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.”
Genesis 45:12 · KJV
And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast:
And there will I nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty.
And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you.
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And behold your eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“see”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And behold your eyes”
H5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
“of my brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
“Benjamin”
H1144binjamin, youngest son of jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that it is my mouth”
H6310the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos
“that speaketh”
H1696perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
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