John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:28
And he said unto his brethren, my money is restored ,.... The money paid for the corn is returned: and, lo, it is even in my sack ; this put them all upon opening their sacks, where every man found his money, though not expressed, see Genesis 43:21 , and their heart failed them ; through surprise and fear; or "went out" F3 ויצא לבם "et exiit cor eorum", Montanus, Drusius, Piscator, Schmidt. front them, as it were, they were ready to faint and swoon away: and they... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 42:21-28
Here is, I. The penitent reflection Joseph's brethren made upon the wrong they had formerly done to him, Gen. 42:21. They talked the matter over in the Hebrew tongue, not suspecting that Joseph, whom they took for a native of Egypt, understood them, much less that he was the person they spoke of. 1. They remembered with regret the barbarous cruelty wherewith they persecuted him: We are verily guilty concerning our brother. We do not read that they said this during their three days?... read more