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- Genesis
- Chapter 43
- Verse 20
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Gill's Exposition
And it came to pass when we came to the inn,.... Upon the road, on the first day's journey, to refresh themselves and their cattle:
that we opened our sacks; to give provender to our cattle; by…
- Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ debash, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים bôṭen, “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd, “almond tree;” related: “awake.” The tree…
Adam Clarke
O sir, we came indeed - to buy food - There is a frankness now in the conduct of Joseph's brethren that did not exist before; they simply and honestly relate the whole circumstance of the money being…
Jacob's sons, having got leave to take Benjamin with them, were observant of the orders their father had given them, and went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a…
Cambridge Bible
Oh my lord Cf. Gen 44:18. The expression introduces an appeal. The word for "my lord" (adoni) is rendered by LXX κύριε, and by the Lat. domine. See Num 12:11; Jdg 6:13; 1Sa 1:26; 1Ki 3:17; 1Ki 3:26.
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