Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 43:10
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
10. lingered ] Judah implies that, if it had not been for their father’s feelings, by this time they would have gone down to Egypt, and returned.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
For except we had lingered,…. Delayed going down to Egypt, through the demur Jacob made of tending Benjamin with them:
surely now we had returned this second time; they would have made their journey to Egypt, and returned again with their corn, and their brother Benjamin too, as Judah supposed, before this time; so that by these delays they were losing time, and involving themselves and families in distress for want of corn.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Observe, though Canaan wanted corn, yet it abounded with honey. Reader! there are many parts of the earth which are blessed with the gifts of common providence: but what are these without the special gifts of grace. Bread is the staff of life. And what bread is to the body such is JESUS to the soul. LORD, evermore give me this bread! Joh 6:33-35 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
Ver. 10. For except we had lingered, &c. ] In the words of God there is not any hyperbole to be found. In the words of men, related by the Scripture, if we meet with such kind of expressions as this and that in Joh 21:25 , it nothing derogates from the authority of the Scripture, as Pareus here noteth.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Gen 19:16
this second time: or, twice by this