Gênesis 44:21-34 NVIPT

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 44:30-31

"Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; it will come to pass, when he seeth the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol." read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 44:32-34

"For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that will come upon my father."This is the pinnacle of the Joseph story. Here Judah stood forth as a willing sacrifice to spare the... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 44:18-34

Judah explained the whole story. He did not try to hide or excuse the brothers’ guilt. This is the longest speech in Genesis. Key words are "servant" (10 times), "my lord" (7 times), and "father" (13 times)."No orator ever pronounced a more moving oration." [Note: Bush, 2:329.] "I would give very much to be able to pray before our Lord God as well as Judah prays here before Joseph. For this is a perfect pattern of prayer, yes, of the true feeling which should be in a prayer." [Note: Martin... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:1-34

The Final Test of Joseph’s Brethren2. Put my cup.. in the sack’s mouth of the youngest] Joseph evidently did this as an excuse for keeping Benjamin with him. Perhaps, too, it was a test of the brethren whether they would act as cruelly in deserting their youngest brother as they had dealt with himself. However, they came nobly out of the trial, and a complete reconciliation took place.5. Whereby indeed he divineth] Divination by means of bowls of water was very prevalent among the ancients.... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 44:1-34

Temperament and Grace Genesis 44:3-4 A man's reputation after death is a very haphazard thing. History is full of minor characters of whom after ages have formed a very definite, but possibly wholly wrong idea, based on some single and perhaps insignificant incident in their career, or a chance remark upon them. The same thing may even happen in lifetime: sometimes a man or woman carries about through mature years a wholly false character, founded on some irrelevant thing they did or said in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:1-34

VISITS OF JOSEPH’S BRETHRENGenesis 42:1-38; Genesis 43:1-34; Genesis 44:1-34"Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."- Genesis 50:19-20.THE purpose of God to bring Israel into Egypt was accomplished by the unconscious agency of Joseph’s natural affection for his kindred. Tenderness towards home is usually increased by residence in a foreign land; for absence, like a little death, sheds a halo round those separated from us.... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 44:30-31

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Genesis 44:32-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Genesis 44:18-34

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Genesis 44:1-34

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Genesis 44:1-34

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Genesis 44:1-34

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Genesis 44:1-34

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 44:27

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 44:29

Geneva Study Bible - Genesis 44:34

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