And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
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Gill's Exposition
And the one went out from, me,.... Being sent by him to see how his brethren did, who were feeding his flocks at Shechem, and he had never returned to him to that day:
and I said, surely he is torn…
- The Ten Brothers Were Tested Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put…
We have here a most ingenious and pathetic speech which Judah made to Joseph on Benjamin's behalf, to obtain his discharge from the sentence passed upon him. Perhaps Judah was a better friend to…
Cambridge Bible
and I have not seen him since The unconscious pathos in the words which Judah uses must have struck Joseph to the heart.
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