And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
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Gill's Exposition
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…
- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain). 6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ, “ruler, governor, hence,” Sultan. Not elsewhere…
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…
The Return to Canaan
27. one of them Anticipating Gen 42:42. Lit. "the one," i.e. the others followed. This verse and Gen 42:42 are from J, according to which the money is found in the sacks at their…