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Genesis 47:2
And he took some of his brethren, even five men, and presented them unto Pharaoh. (Genesis 47:2)
Took some of his brethren.
Having previously informed Pharaoh of the arrival of his relatives in Goshen, Joseph presented five of his brothers to the king. The Hebrew expression correctly translated “some of his brethren” in the KJV was misunderstood by earlier commentators, who gave unwarranted interpretations of it. It is simply a Hebrew idiom meaning “out of the whole number of his brothers.”