Genesis 43:13

Gen 43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:

Ver. 13. Take also your brother. ] Since there is no other remedy. But if I could otherwise do, he should never go. God doeth us good sometimes against our wills, and crosseth us with a blessing. The heathens could pray thus -

“Great God, the good thou hast to give,

Whether we will’t or no,

Let’s still receive: no mischief thrive

To work our overthrow.”