27<\/strong>. of their welfare<\/em> ] Lit. “as to their peace.”<\/p>\n Is your father well<\/em> ] Lit. “is there peace [to] your father.” 2Sa 20:9<\/span>, “Is it well with thee,” lit. = “Art thou peace, my brother?” Psa 120:7<\/span>, “I am [for] peace.” The word shlm<\/em> in these passages is a substantive, i.e. “peace,” “health,” “welfare”: cf. Gen 29:6<\/span>, Gen 37:4<\/span>.<\/p>\n Verse 27<\/span>. And he asked them of their welfare<\/B><\/I>] This verse may be thus translated: “And he asked them concerning their prosperity; and he said, is your father prosperous, the old man who ye told me was alive? And they said, Thy servant our father prospers; he is yet alive.”<\/P><\/p>\n And he asked them of [their] welfare<\/strong>,…. Or “peace” b, their prosperity, especially of the health of their bodies, whether they were well and in good health after so long a journey:<\/p>\n and said, [is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake<\/strong>? when they were with him before, and told him they were all the sons of one man, who dwelt in Canaan:<\/p>\n [is] he yet alive<\/strong>? which he was very desirous of knowing; for, being advanced in years, he might fear he was removed by death in the time between their going and returning.<\/p>\n b “ad pacem”, Montanus, “de pace”, Vatablus, Drusius, Piscator, Schmidt.<\/p>\n ‘And he asked them of their welfare, and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” ’ <\/p>\n The question, put through an interpreter, would be recognised as simply a formal courtesy. They could not know with what eagerness Joseph awaited their reply. It has now been some long time since he has seen them. <\/p>\n Gen 43:27<\/span><\/em><\/strong>. <\/strong>Is your father well, <\/em><\/strong>&c.<\/strong> Houbigant renders it, Is your father well, who, ye told me, was yet alive? They answered, Our father is well; for he is yet alive. <\/em>Nothing can be more tender and affecting than this scene. He calls Benjamin, my son, <\/em>Gen 43:29<\/span> which was a courteous appellation, wherewith superiors usually saluted those beneath them. <\/p>\n Gen 43:27 And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive?<\/p>\n Ver. 27. And he asked them of their welfare.<\/strong> ] Heb., Of their peace; which is a comprehensive, voluminous mercy.<\/p>\n your father . . . the old man = your aged father. <\/p>\n welfare: Heb. peace, Gen 37:14, Gen 41:16, Exo 18:7, Jdg 18:15, 1Sa 17:22, 1Sa 25:5, 1Ch 18:10 <\/p>\n Is your father well: Heb. Is there peace to your father, the old. Gen 42:11, Gen 42:13 <\/p>\n Reciprocal: Gen 29:6 – Is he well 2Sa 8:10 – salute him<\/p>\n And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? [Is] he yet alive? 27. of their welfare ] Lit. “as to their peace.” Is your father well ] Lit. “is there peace [to] your father.” 2Sa 20:9, “Is it well with thee,” lit. = … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Genesis 43:27”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Commentary on the Holy Bible by Thomas Coke<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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