Genesis 43:34 (KJV)
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And he tookand sent messesunto them from before himbut B jamin’s messwas five timesso much asany of theirs And they drankand were merrywith him
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messes. 2Sa 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." Ge 45:22 1Sa 1:5 1Sa 9:22-24
were merry. Heb. drank largely. Pr 31:6 Ec 9:7 Ec 10:19 So 5:1 Hab 1:6 Mt 11:19 Joh 2:10
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