Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:12
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
And he said unto them, nay,…. This argument will not do, I am not to be put off with such words as these; if you can produce no better proof of your being honest men than this, or give no better account of yourselves, I must abide by it, that,
to see the nakedness of the land ye are come; this he urged in order to get a further account from them of their family and the state of it, which he was anxious to know.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Gen 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
Ver. 12. Nay, but to see the nakedness. ] That is, the weakness, and where we may be best invaded; as Num 13:19 . By this wile he gets out of them that which he much longed to hear of; his father and brother Benjamin’s health and welfare. Gen 42:9
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
nakedness: Gen 42:9
Reciprocal: Gen 42:15 – By the life 2Sa 3:25 – and to know