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24 So he sent his brethren away, and they departed: and he said unto
them, See that ye fall not out by the way.
He dismissed them with a seasonable caution: See that you fall not out by the way, Ge 45:24. He knew they were but too apt to be quarrelsome; and what had lately passed, which revived the remembrance of what they had done formerly against their brother, might give them occasion to quarrel. Joseph had observed them to contend about it, Ge 42:22. To one they would say, "It was you that first upbraided him with his dreams;" to another, "It was you that said, Let us kill him;" to another, "It was you that stripped him of his fine coat;" to another, "It was you that threw him into the pit," &c. Now Joseph, having forgiven them all, lays this obligation upon them, not to upbraid one another. This charge our Lord Jesus has given to us, that we love one another, that we live in peace, that whatever occurs, or whatever former occurrences are remembered, we fall not out. For,
(1.) We are brethren, we have all one Father.
(2.) We are his brethren, and we shame our relation to him who is our peace, if we fall out.
(3.) We are guilty, verily guilty, and, instead of quarrelling with one another, have a great deal of reason to fall out with ourselves.
(4.) We are, or hope to be, forgiven of God whom we have all offended, and therefore should be ready to forgive one another.
(5.) We are by the way, a way that lies through the land of Egypt, where we have many eyes upon us, that seek occasion and advantage against us, a way that leads to Canaan, where we hope to be forever in perfect peace.
25 And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan
unto Jacob their father,
26 and told him, saying, Joseph is yet alive, and he is governor over all
the land of Egypt. And Jacob’s heart fainted, for he believed them not.