and all his Brethren] Here Joseph is named first, in regard of the preeminence of his dignitie, not by the precedence of his birth: for many more of his Brethren were lder then he: nor of his death, for some dyed before him, and some lived after him. all that generation] Or kindred, as some read, but the Hebrew word Hador properly signifieth a generation, and by generation is meant all of that age or time with Joseph and his Brethren, whether Hebrews or Egyptians: this (by probable computation) was about the 109. yeare of the Israelites abode in Egypt.