Genesis 43:34
When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Note were…: Heb. drank largely
He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin’s mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- messes
- 2 Samuel 11:8
- was five times
- Sir John Chardin observes, that "in Persia, Arabia, and the Indies, there are some houses where they place several plates in large salvers, and set one of these before each person, or before two or three, according to the magnificence of each house. The great men of the state are always served by themselves, in the feasts that are made for them; and with great profusion, their part of each kind of provision being always double, treble, or a larger proportion of each kind of meat."
- Genesis 45:22; 1 Samuel 1:5; 1 Samuel 9:22–24
- were merry
- Heb. drank largely.
- Proverbs 31:6; Ecclesiastes 9:7; Ecclesiastes 10:19; Song of Songs 5:1; Habakkuk 1:6; Matthew 11:19; John 2:10