Genesis 43:7
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
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- 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…
Here, 1. Jacob urges his sons to go and buy more corn in Egypt, Gen 43:1, Gen 43:2. The famine continued; and the corn they had bought was all spent, for it is meat that perisheth. Jacob, as a good…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The man asked straitly The word "straitly" (i.e. "strictly, closely," cf. Jos 6:1), like "solemnly" in Gen 43:43, simply emphasizes the force of the verb in Heb. Shakespeare, Rich. III, i. 3:
"His…