Verse 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 him; should he die, he must die too; see 1 Samuel 18:1 ; so it follows:
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