Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 45:20

Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.

20. regard not ] Lit. “let not your eye be sparing,” i.e. have no compunction at leaving things behind

your stuff ] Lit. “your vessels.” LXX ; Lat. supellex. For the word “stuff,” cf. 1Sa 10:22. It is Old English for “baggage”; cf. Shakespeare, Com. of Errors, iv. 4: “Therefore away, to get our stuff on board.”

Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

Verse 20. Regard not your stuff] Literally, Let not your eye spare your instruments or vessels. keleychem, a general term, in which may be included household furniture, agricultural utensils, or implements of any description. They were not to delay nor encumber themselves with articles which could be readily found in Egypt, and were not worth so long a carriage.

Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible

Regard not your stuff; Heb. let not your eye pity or spare any part of your stuff, as loth to leave it behind you, or afraid to lose it. Sparing or pitying is an act of the mind, but it is ascribed to the eye here, as also Eze 7:4,9; 16:5; partly, because there it discovers itself by tears, or otherwise; and partly, because the sight of the eye doth oft affect the heart, and move pity.

Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole

Also regard not your stuff,…. Or “your vessels” g, utensils, household goods; he would not have them to be concerned if they could not bring all their goods with them, but were obliged to leave some behind, and which, because of the distance of the way and difficulty of the road, lying through sandy deserts, could not well be brought, since there was enough to be had in the land of Egypt; therefore, as it may be rendered, “let not your eye spare” h, or “pity”: do not be grieved at it, or say it is a pity to leave these good things behind. Some render and explain the words just the reverse, “leave nothing of your household goods” i; bring all away with you, as if he would not have them think of returning again, but of settling and continuing in Egypt; but this does not so well agree with what follows as the former sense does:

for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours: whatever good things were in it, whether for food or use for themselves, their houses, or their flocks, all were at their service, and they were welcome to them; or the best or most fruitful part of the country was designed for them, and would be given to them, or was at their option.

g “vasis vestris”, Fagius, Drusius, “supellectilibus vestris”, Pagninus, Schmidt; “propter vestra supellectilia”, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. h “oculus vester non parcat”, Pagninus, Montanus, Munster, Drusius, Schmidt. i “Nee dimittatis quicquam de supellectili vestra”, V. L. so Mercerus.

Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible

(20) Regard not your stuff.Heb., and let not your eye have pity (Jon. 4:10) upon your vessels, that is, upon your implements and household furniture.

Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)

20. Regard not your stuff “Be not troubled about your household goods that you cannot move, for they shall be made good . People who move frequently can appreciate this anxiety . Israel came into Egypt by free invitation, and perhaps the sacred historian amplifies in detail here, so as to show that Israel was as free to depart afterwards . ” Newhall .

Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments