Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 43:29-30
Genesis 43:29-30 . God be gracious to thee, my son So he terms him, not from special affection, which he did not yet intend to discover; but because it is a courteous appellation, whereby superiors were wont to salute those below them. Joseph’s favour, although he was the lord of the land, would do Benjamin little good, unless God were gracious to him. His bowels did yearn His heart and inward parts were vehemently moved, as they commonly are upon occasion of any excessive passion of... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 43:28
Genesis 43:28. When they brought him the present, they bowed themselves before him, and again, when they gave him an account of their father’s health, they made obeisance, and called him, Thy servant, our father Thus were Joseph’s dreams fulfilled more and more; and even the father, by the sons, bowed before him. Probably Jacob had directed them, if they had occasion to speak of him to the man, the lord of the land, to call him his servant. read more