Gênesis 44:1-34 NVT

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:29

And if ye take this also from me ,.... His son Benjamin, as he perhaps suspected they had taken Joseph, and made away with him: and mischief befall him ; either in Egypt, or on the road, going or returning, any ill accident, especially death, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan, or what may issue in it: ye shall bring my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave ; it would be the means of his death, and while he lived he should be full of sorrow and grief; see Genesis 42:38 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:30

Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father ,.... That is, should he return to him in the land of Canaan with the rest of his brethren: and the lad be not with us ; his brother Benjamin, so called here, and in the following verses, though thirty years of age and upwards, see Genesis 43:8 , seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life ; he is as closely united to him in affection, and is as dear to him as his own soul; quite wrapped up in him, and cannot live without... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:31

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die ,.... As soon as ever he sees us, without asking any question and observes that Benjamin is missing he will conclude at once that he is dead, which will so seize his spirits, that he will expire immediately: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant, our father, with sorrow to the grave ; as he said would be the case, Genesis 44:29 ; and which would be very afflicting to his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:32

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father ,.... Which is another argument used for the release of Benjamin, though he should be detained for him, which he offers to be: saying, if I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame unto my father for ever ; See Gill on Genesis 43:9 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:33

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ,.... Being, as Jarchi observes preferable to Benjamin for strength, for war, and for service: in this Judah was a type of Christ, from whose tribe he sprung, who became the surety of God's Benjamins, his children who are beloved by him, and as dear to him as his right hand, and put himself in their legal place and stead, and became sin and a curse for them, that they might go free, as Judah desired his... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:34

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me ?.... Signifying that he must abide in Egypt, and chose to do it, and could not go up to the land of Canaan any more or see his father's face without Benjamin along with him, to whom he was a surety for him: lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father ; see him die, or live a life of sorrow worse than death: this he could not bear, and chose rather to be a slave in Egypt, than to be the spectator of such... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:16

What shall we say, etc. - No words can more strongly mark confusion and perturbation of mind. They, no doubt, all thought that Benjamin had actually stolen the cup; and the probability of this guilt might be heightened by the circumstance of his having that very cup to drink out of at dinner; for as he had the most honorable mess, so it is likely he had the most honorable cup to drink out of at the entertainment. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:18

Thou art even as Pharaoh - As wise, as powerful, and as much to be dreaded as he. In the Asiatic countries, the reigning monarch is always considered to be the pattern of all perfection; and the highest honor that can be conferred on any person, is to resemble him to the monarch; as the monarch himself is likened, in the same complimentary way, to an angel of God. See 2 Samuel 14:17 , 2 Samuel 14:18 . Judah is the chief speaker here, because it was in consequence of his becoming surety... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:29

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:30

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:31

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:32

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:33

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:34

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:18

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