And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
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Gill's Exposition
And they took Joseph's coat,.... After they had told Reuben what they had done with him, who being willing to make the best of things as it was, joined with them in the following scheme: by this it…
- Joseph Was Sold into Egypt 17. דתין dotayı̂n Dothain, “two wells?” (Gesenius) 25. נכאת neko't “tragacanth” or goat’s-thorn gum, yielded by the “astragalus gummifer”, a native of Mount Lebanon. צרי…
Adam Clarke
The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? - The words in the original are very plaintive, הילד איננו ואני אנה אני בא haiyeled einennu, vaani anah, ani ba!
We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the…
Cambridge Bible
The child is not Cf. Gen 42:13; Gen 42:32; Gen 42:36; Gen 44:31; Jer 31:15; Lam 5:7. The word "child," yeled, is appropriate for a small boy: see Gen 21:8; Gen 21:14.
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