Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house:
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Gill's Exposition
For I have five brethren,.... Meaning his brethren and countrymen, according to the flesh; who when he was alive, stood in such a relation to him; said to be "five", in allusion it may be to the…
Five brethren - The number “five” is mentioned merely to preserve the appearance of verisimilitude in the story. It is not to be spiritualized, nor are we to suppose that it has any hidden or…
As the parable of the prodigal son set before us the grace of the gospel, which is encouraging to us all, so this sets before us the wrath to come, and is designed for our awakening; and very fast…
Cambridge Bible
that thou wouldest send him to my father" s house It is difficult not to see in this request the dawn of a less selfish spirit in the rich man's heart.