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Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Genesis 43:1-34

Chapter 43So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt.And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they had bought, their father said to them, Go on down and get us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly swear to us, saying, You're not going to even see my face, unless your brother is with you. Now if you will send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy the food:... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Genesis 43:1-34

Genesis 43:14. If I be bereaved. The patriarch Jacob having at length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and submission less in commending them to God, and suffering Benjamin to go. Genesis 43:23. Your God, and the God of your father. Joseph’s steward speaks in the character of an Egyptian, and conformably to the best theology of that ancient nation, the Egyptians having had the knowledge of the true... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Genesis 43:1-14

Genesis 43:1-14Go again, buy us a little foodJacob under the pressure of wantI.His CHANGE OF RESOLUTION (Genesis 43:11-14). II. His PIETY THROUGHOUT. 1. His faith in God. 2. His honest principle. 3. It is no reflection on his piety that he changed his purpose. Consistent with the unchanging truth of God, with the eternal law of righteousness, we must and ought to be; but not invariably consistent with ourselves; for our goodness is imperfect, and we are liable to mistake and error. Instead of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 43:8

Gen 43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, [and] also our little ones. Ver. 8. Send the lad. ] A large lad, that was thirty years old, and had ten children. But he is so called, because the youngest son of them, and the father’s darling. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 43:9

Gen 43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: Ver. 9. I will be surety for him. ] Herein he was a type of Christ, that came of him, who is both our surety to God, for the discharge of our debt and duty, and God’s surety to us, for the performance of his promises. Heb 7:22 read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Genesis 43:10

Gen 43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. Ver. 10. For except we had lingered, &c. ] In the words of God there is not any hyperbole to be found. In the words of men, related by the Scripture, if we meet with such kind of expressions as this and that in John 21:25 , it nothing derogates from the authority of the Scripture, as Pareus here noteth. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 43:8

lad with me: Genesis 42:38, Genesis 44:26, Exodus 20:12 that we: Genesis 42:2, Deuteronomy 33:6, 2 Kings 7:4, 2 Kings 7:13, Psalms 118:17 also our: Genesis 45:19, Genesis 50:8, Genesis 50:21, Numbers 14:31, Ezra 8:21 Reciprocal: Genesis 29:35 - called Genesis 44:16 - Judah Genesis 44:20 - a child Genesis 44:32 - General Genesis 46:28 - Judah Nehemiah 5:2 - we take up corn read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 43:9

will be: Genesis 42:37, Genesis 44:32, Genesis 44:33, 1 Kings 1:21, Job 17:3, Psalms 119:122, Philemon 1:18, Philemon 1:19, Hebrews 7:22 of my hand: Genesis 9:5, Genesis 31:39, Ezekiel 3:18, Ezekiel 3:20, Ezekiel 33:6, Ezekiel 33:8, Luke 11:50 Reciprocal: Genesis 27:13 - Upon Genesis 29:35 - called Genesis 44:16 - Judah Proverbs 6:1 - if thou be read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Genesis 43:10

Genesis 19:16 this second time: or, twice by this read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Genesis 43:9

I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:Judah's conscience had lately smitten him for what he had done a great while ago against Joseph; and as an evidence of the truth of his repentance, he is ready to undertake, as far as a man could do it, for Benjamin's security. He will not only not wrong him but will do all he can to protect him. This is such restitution as the case will admit:... read more

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