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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:10

And he said, now also let it be according unto your words ,.... Not according to the full extent of their words, but according to a part of them; that be only should be a servant that was found guilty; so moderating the punishment which they had fixed, and were willing to submit to, and therefore could not object to what he next proposes: he with whom it is found shall be my servant ; speaking in the name of Joseph, whom he represented, and who had directed him what to say: and ye... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:11

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground ,.... To be opened and examined, and this they did in all haste, as having a clear conscience, and being confident that nothing could be found upon them, and desirous of having the affair issued as soon as possible, that the steward might have full satisfaction, and they proceed on in their journey: and opened every man his sack ; showing neither reluctance nor fear, being conscious of their innocence. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:12

And he searched ,.... To the bottom of them, not content to look into the mouth of them being opened, but rummaged them, and searched deeply into them to find the cup, which was the thing charged upon them he was solicitous to find; as for the money in the sack's mouth he took no notice of that, nor is there any mention of it: and began at the oldest ; at Reuben, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it: the steward might know their different ages in course, by the order in which they... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:13

Then they rent their clothes ,.... In token of sorrow and distress, being at their wits' end, like distracted persons, not knowing what to do: this was usually done in the eastern countries when any evil befell, as did Jacob, Genesis 37:34 ; and as the Egyptians themselves did when mourning for their dead, as Diodorus Siculus F17 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 65. relates: and laded every man his ass ; put their sacks of corn on their asses again, having tied them up: and returned to... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:2

Put my cup in the sack's mouth of the youngest - The stratagem of the cup seems to have been designed to bring Joseph's brethren into the highest state of perplexity and distress, that their deliverance by the discovery that Joseph was their brother might have its highest effect. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:5

Whereby - he divineth? - Divination by cups has been from time immemorial prevalent among the Asiatics; and for want of knowing this, commentators have spent a profusion of learned labor upon these words, in order to reduce them to that kind of meaning which would at once be consistent with the scope and design of the history, and save Joseph from the impeachment of sorcery and divination. I take the word נחש nachash here in its general acceptation of to view attentively, to inquire. Now... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:1

Verse 1 1.And he commanded the steward of his house. Here Moses relates how skillfully Joseph had contrived to try the dispositions of his brethren. We have said elsewhere that, whereas God has commanded us to cultivate simplicity, we are not to take this, and similar examples, as affording license to turn aside to indirect and crafty arts. For it may have been that Joseph was impelled by a special influence of the Spirit to this course. He had also a reason, of no common kind, for inquiring... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:2

Verse 2 2.And put my cup, the silver cup. It may seem wonderful that, considering his great opulence, Joseph had not rather drunk out of a golden cup. Doubtless, either the moderation of that age was still greater than has since prevailed, and the splendor of it less sumptuous; or else this conduct must be attributed to the moderation of the man, who, in the midst of universal license, yet was contented with a plain and decent, rather than with a magnificent style of living. Unless, perhaps, on... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:5

Verse 5 5.Whereby indeed, he divineth (171) This clause is variously expounded. For some take it as if Joseph pretended that he consulted soothsayers in order to find out the thief. Others translate it, “by which he has tried you, or searched you out;” others, that the stolen cup had given Joseph an unfavorable omen. The genuine sense seems to me to be this: that he had used the cup for divinations and for magical arts; which, however, we have said, he feigned, for the sake of aggravating the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:7

Verse 7 7.And they said unto him. The sons of Jacob boldly excuse themselves, because a good conscience gives them confidence. They also argue from the greater to the less: for they contend, that their having voluntarily brought back the money, which they might with impunity have applied to their own use, was such a proof of their honesty, as to make it incredible that they should have been so blinded by a little gain, as to bring upon themselves the greatest disgrace, together with immediate... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:7

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