Genesis 42:19
“If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And they knew not that Joseph understood them,.... For what is above related they spoke in his presence and hearing; but…
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,…
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
let one of your brethren Joseph's previous sentence in Gen 42:42, by which one brother should be sent back, while the…
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