And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Gill's Exposition
And if ye take this also from me,.... His son Benjamin, as he perhaps suspected they had taken Joseph, and made away with him:
and mischief befall him; either in Egypt, or on the road, going or…
- 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
mischief befall him Cf. Gen 42:4; Gen 42:38.
with sorrow Heb. evil. "Evil" in the sense of "trouble," as in Psa 107:26, or "calamity," as in Pro 24:16, a different word from "sorrow" in Gen 42:38.
the…
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