Genesis 42:26-38

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

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Genesis 42:29-38

Here is, 1. The report which Jacob's sons made to their father of the great distress they had been in in Egypt; how they had been suspected, and threatened, and obliged to leave Simeon a prisoner there, till they should bring Benjamin with them thither. Who would have thought of this when they left home? When we go abroad we should consider how many sad accidents, that we little think of, may befal us before we return home. We know not what a day may bring forth; we ought therefore to be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:26

And they laded their asses with the corn ,.... Cattle very fit to carry burdens, and no doubt they had each of them one at least: and departed thence ; from the place where Joseph was, and from the land of Egypt. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:27

And as one of them opened his sack ,.... According to the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, this was Levi; but Aben Ezra thinks it is more likely to be Reuben the firstborn, who was one, that is, the first of them: to give his ass provender in the inn ; at which they lay very probably the first night of their journey; a good man regards the life of his beast, and takes care of that as well as of himself, and generally in the first place: he espied his money ; the money which he paid for... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:29

And they came unto Jacob their father, unto the land of Canaan ,.... Without being pursued and fetched back, or retarded in their journey as they might fear: and told him all that befell unto them ; chiefly what befell them while in Egypt: saying , as follows. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:30

The man, who is the lord of the land ,.... Of Egypt; not the king, but the deputy governor of it, whose authority under Pharaoh was very great, and reached to the whole land, and all political affairs, and especially what related to the corn, and the sale of it; he, say they: spake roughly to us ; gave them hard words, and stern looks, and used them in a very rough manner, see Genesis 42:7 , and took us for spies of the country ; laid such a charge against them, and treated them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:31

And we said unto him, we are true men ,.... Honest, upright men, not given to treacherous and treasonable practices, either in the country where they lived, or any other; they came to Egypt with no ill design upon the country, only to buy corn for the relief of their families in necessity: we are no spies ; or never were F5 לא היינו "non fuimus", Montanus; "nunquam fuimus", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. : they had never been guilty of such practices, and never... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:32

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father ,.... All brethren by the father's side, though not by the mother's, and by one father; they had been twelve, and were so now, though they knew it not, supposing that one was dead, as is next observed: one is not ; is not alive, but dead; the Targum of Jonathan is,"what is become of one we know not" and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan ; see Genesis 42:13 . read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:33

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, hereby shall I know that you are true men ,.... This will be a proof and demonstration of it: leave one of your brethren here with me ; as an hostage; they do not say "bound in the prison", Genesis 42:19 , as Joseph did, because they would not grieve their father, at least would not tell him of it at once, lest it should too much affect him: and take food for the famine of your household, and be gone ; that is, corn for... read more

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