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Matthew Poole and continuators on Genesis 45:1

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Genesis45:1

1 THen Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him, and he cryed, cause every man to go out from me : and there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren.

Remove all the Egyptians out of my presence and chamber. Which he did partly that he might maintain the honour of his place, and not make himself cheap and contemptible to the Egyptians, by his excessive tears and passions and by his free and familiar and affectionate converse with his brethren; and partly to preserve the reputation of his brethren, by concealing their fault from the Egyptians.

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