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Genesis 42:31

Genesis 42:31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

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,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Genesis 42:1-38

- 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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Genesis 42:29-38

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…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Genesis 42:27-38

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…

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