- Bible
- Genesis
- Chapter 42
- Verse 31
My Notes
Commentary
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks,.... Both those in which were the corn they had bought, and those in which were their provender for their cattle, and provision for themselves:
that,…
- 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…