Bible Commentary

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. 34. shall traffick in the land ] The Vulg. paraphrases ac deinceps quae vultis emendi habeatis licentiam. Fuente: The … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:34”

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone: 33. corn for the famine of your houses ] The expression “take the famine of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:33”

We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan. We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father,…. All brethren by the father’s side, though not by the mother’s, and by one father; they had been twelve, and were so … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:32”

And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies: And we said unto him, we [are] true [men],…. Honest, upright men, not given to treacherous and treasonable practices, either in the country where they lived, or any other; they came to Egypt with no ill design upon the country, only to … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:31”

The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 30. took us for spies ] Lit. “put us as spies.” Probably the words “in ward” should be supplied, as LXX ; the Lat. putavit nos renders as the English versions. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:30”

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, Gen 42:29-35 They came unto Jacob Lessons 1. Providence carrieth guilty souls in, through, and out of temporal dangers at His will. 2. Gracious fathers are gratified sometimes from God by safe return of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:29”

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done unto us? 28. their heart failed them ] J’s account, as we see in Gen 43:21, must … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:28”

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it [was] in his sack’s mouth. 27 38. The Return to Canaan 27. one of them ] Anticipating Gen 42:35. Lit. “the one,” i.e. the others followed. This verse and Gen 42:28 are … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:27”

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. Verse 26. They laded their asses] Amounting, no doubt, to several scores, if not hundreds, else they could not have brought a sufficiency of corn for the support of so large a family as that of Jacob. Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:26”

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. Gen 42:25-28 My money is restored; and lo, it is even in my sack: and their hearts failed them The miseries of an … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 42:25”