Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 44:15

And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

15. such a man as I ] The Grand Vizier, second only to Pharaoh (see Gen 44:18), married into the family of the Priest of On, and one “in whom the spirit of God is” (Gen 41:38).

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

And Joseph said unto them, what deed is this ye have done?…. An action so wicked, base, and ungrateful, attended with such aggravated circumstances, that it can scarcely be said how bad a one it is, and may be well wondered at, that men who had received such favours could ever be guilty of; this he said, putting on a stern countenance, and seemingly in great anger and wrath:

wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? either that he could divine himself, though not by the cup, of which here no mention is made, but in some other way used by the Egyptians; or that he had diviners with him, as Aben Ezra, with whom he could consult, to find out the person that took the cup; or surely they must needs think that such a man as he, who had such great knowledge of things, natural and political, and whose name was Zaphnathpaaneah, a revealer of secrets, would be able to search into and find out an affair of this kind;

[See comments on Ge 41:45]; and they might well conclude, that a man so sagacious and penetrating would easily conjecture who were the persons that took away his cup, even the strangers that had dined with him so lately, and therefore could never expect to go off with it.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

Gen 44:15. Wot ye not i.e.. Knew ye not. Wot, is an old English word, the preterite of weet, to know, though itself often used for the present. It is of Saxon original.

Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke

Gen 44:15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

Ver. 15. What deed is this that ye have done? ] As Joseph here, so Christ sometimes impersonates an adversary, when he intends most love.

Wot ye not that such a man as I, &c. ] If that be true that some conceive of Joseph, that he, here and at Gen 44:5 , made himself a soothsayer, he was certainly to blame. “The lip of excellency becometh not a fool,” saith Solomon, but “much less do lying lips a prince.” Pro 17:7 , marg. That is, it is naught when wicked men will be using gracious words, to seem religious. But it is far worse, when good men will use the fashion of the wicked, that they may seem impious.

Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)

What: Gen 44:4, Gen 44:5, Gen 3:13, Gen 4:10

wot ye not: Gen 21:26, Gen 39:8, Exo 32:1

divine: or, make trial, Gen 44:5

Reciprocal: Gen 12:18 – General Pro 16:10 – A divine sentence Act 3:17 – wot Rom 11:2 – Wot

Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge