Gênesis 42:21-24 NVT

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

The first visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt. I. THE JOURNEY TO EGYPT ( Genesis 42:1-5 ). 1. The famishing household . Although Canaan was the land of promise, and the family of Jacob the Church of God, yet neither was the one nor the other exempted from the pressure of that heavy famine which had fallen on all surrounding lands and peoples. It is not God's intention that his people should escape participating in the ills of life. Besides enabling them, collectively and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

God's trials of his people. The trial of Joseph is over. Now comes the trial of his brethren and of Jacob. The Spirit of God is at work in all their hearts. True men they were and yet sinful men. Before they can be made partakers of the blessing of Joseph they must pass through the fire. He who is appointed minister of grace to them is the instrument of their trials. Notice— I. The trial is one of CONSCIENCE . "We are verily guilty concerning our brother. "His blood is required."... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:21

And they said one to another (Joseph's treatment of them beginning by this time to produce its appropriate and designed result by recalling them to a sense of their former guilt), We are verily guilty —"this is the only acknowledgment of sin in the Book of Genesis" (Inglis)— concerning our brother . They had been guilty of many sins, but the special iniquity of which their reception by the Egyptian governor had reminded them was that which some twenty years before they had perpetrated... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:22

And Reuben —who had not consented to, but had been altogether unable to prevent, the wickedness of his brethren ( Genesis 37:22 , Genesis 37:29 )— answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child (or lad); and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required —literally, and also his blood, behold it is required . This was in accordance with the Noachic law against bloodshed ( Genesis 9:5 ), with which it is apparent that Jacob's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:23

And they knew not (while they talked in what they imagined to be a foreign dialect to the Egyptian viceroy) that Joseph understood them; —literally, heard (so as to understand what was said)— for he spake unto them by an interpreter— literally, for the interpreter . ( חַמְּלִיץ , the hiph. part; with the art; of לוּץ , to speak barbarously, in the hiph. to act as an interpreter), i.e. the official Court interpreter, ἑρμηνευτής ( LXX .), was between them . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:24

And he turned himself about from them (in order to hide his emotion), and wept (as he reflected on the wonderful leadings of Divine providence, and beheld the pitiful distress of his brethren); and returned to them again (having previously withdrawn from them a space), and communed with them (probably about the one of them that should remain behind), and took from them —by a rough act of authority, since they either could not or would not settle among themselves who should be the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 42:1-38

- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan. Not elsewhere found in the Pentateuch.25. כלי kelı̂y, “vessel,” here any portable article in which grain may be conveyed. שׂק śaq, “sack,” the very word which remains in our language to this day. אמתחת 'amtachath “bag.”Twenty years, the period of Joseph’s long and anxious waiting, have come to an end. The dreams... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 42:21

Genesis 42:21. We are verily guilty This is the just punishment of that wickedness which we committed against our brother. Though we could conceal it from men, we now see and feel it was known to God, who is reckoning with us for it. Thus the divine vengeance overtakes them, and conscience tortures them for a sin committed twenty years before, and their affliction, we may hope, brought them to repentance. We saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us This particular is not... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 42:23

Genesis 42:23. He spake by an interpreter Joseph’s pretending not to understand their language was a wise piece of art, as by that means he discovered their real sentiments, as it appears they spoke to one another in their own language without reserve before him, probably when the interpreter was gone forth. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

Joseph and his brothers (42:1-45:28)When Joseph’s brothers came to Egypt to buy grain, Joseph recognized them but they did not recognize him (42:1-8). Rather than make himself known to them immediately, Joseph decided to test them to see if they had experienced any change of heart over the years. Joseph was not looking for revenge. His apparently harsh treatment of them, mixed with kindness, was designed to stir their consciences. They realized they were being punished for their unjust... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:21

The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:22

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The Pulpit Commentary - Genesis 42:24

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Genesis 42:1-38

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 42:21

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 42:23

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:1-38

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