Genesis 42:15
“Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
If ye be true men,.... As you say you are:
let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison; agree among…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Genesis 42:1-38
- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber, “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence,…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
By the life of Pharaoh - חי פרעה chey Pharaoh, Pharaoh liveth. As if he had said, As surely as the king of Egypt lives,…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Genesis 42:7-20
We may well wonder that Joseph, during the twenty years that he had now been in Egypt, especially during the last seven…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
by the life of Pharaoh An Egyptian form of oath, in the sense of "as sure as Pharaoh is alive to punish, or avenge."…
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