And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
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Gill's Exposition
And he said, now also let it be according unto your words,.... Not according to the full extent of their words, but according to a part of them; that be only should be a servant that was found guilty;…
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Joseph heaps further kindnesses upon his brethren, fills their sacks, returns their money, and sends them away full of gladness; but he also exercises them with further trials. Our God thus humbles…
Cambridge Bible
my bondman Joseph's steward, while accepting the terms, mitigates their severity. He proposes that the offender, if apprehended, shall alone be punished, not with death, but with slavery. Joseph's…
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