Genesis 42:34

42:29-38 Here is the report Jacob's sons made to their father. It troubled the good man. Even the bundles of money Joseph returned, in kindness, to his father, frightened him. He laid the fault upon his sons; knowing them, he feared they had provoked the Egyptians, and wrongfully brought home their money. Jacob plainly distrusted his sons, remembering that he never saw Joseph since he had been with them. It is bad with a family, when children behave so ill that their parents know not how to trust them. Jacob gives up Joseph for gone, and Simeon and Benjamin as in danger; and concludes, All these things are against me. It proved otherwise, that all these things were for him, were working together for his good, and the good of his family. We often think that to be against us, which is really for us. We are afflicted in body, estate, name, and in our relations; and think all these things are against us, whereas they are really working for us a weight of glory. Thus does the Lord Jesus conceal himself and his favour, thus he rebukes and chastens those for whom he has purposes of love. By sharp corrections and humbling convictions he will break the stoutness and mar the pride of the heart, and bring to true repentance. Yet before sinners fully know him, or taste that he is gracious, he consults their good, and sustains their souls, to wait for him.

And, bring your youngest brother unto me,.... Their brother Benjamin: then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are true men; he knew they were no spies now, but true, honest, upright men, with respect to any designs upon the country; but then he should own and acknowledge them to be such, having such plain proof that what they said was true: so will I deliver your brother; their brother Simeon, who was left bound; though this circumstance they also here studiously conceal from their father: and ye shall traffic in the land; not only for corn, but for any other commodity Egypt furnished its neighbours with.

27. inn—a mere station for baiting beasts of burden. he espied his money—The discovery threw them into greater perplexity than ever. If they had been congratulating themselves on escaping from the ruthless governor, they perceived that now he would have a handle against them; and it is observable that they looked upon this as a judgment of heaven. Thus one leading design of Joseph was gained in their consciences being roused to a sense of guilt.

The nine brothers return home and record their wonderful adventure. "In the inn;" the lodge or place where they stopped for the night. This place was not yet perhaps provided with even the shelter of a roof. It was merely the usual place of halting. They would probably occupy six or seven days on the journey. Apparently at the first stage one opened his sack to give provender to his ass. The discovery of the silver in its mouth strikes them with terror. In a strange land and with an uneasy conscience they are easily alarmed. It was not convenient or necessary to open all the bags on the way, and so they make no further discovery.

[Bible] 42:30. The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country. 42:31. And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot. 42:32. We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan. 42:33. And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways, 42:34. And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will. 42:35. When they had told this, they poured out their corn, and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together, 42:36. Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me. 42:37. And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons, if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee. 42:38. But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell. To hell... That is, to that place, where the souls then remained, as above, chapter 37. ver. 35. Genesis Chapter 43 The sons of Jacob go again into Egypt with Benjamin. They are entertained by Joseph. 43:1. In the mean time the famine was heavy upon all the land. 43:2. And when they had eaten up all the corn, which they had brought out of Egypt, Jacob said to his sons: Go again, and buy us a little food. 43:3. Juda answered: The man declared unto us with the attestation of an oath, saying: You shall not see my face, unless you bring your youngest brother with you.

[Reformed Biblical] Gen_41:34. Genesis 41:51 i.e. Hath expelled all sorrowful remembrance of it by my present comfort and glory. ## All my toil, and all my father ’ s house, i.e. the toil of my father’s house, or the toil and misery which for many years I have endured by means of my father’s family, and my own brethren, who sold me hither; a figure called hendyadis. Genesis 41:52 1711 In the land which hitherto hath been to me a land of affliction. Genesis 41:54 ## In all lands; in all the neighbouring countries, appears by comparing this with Gen_42:1. Genesis 41 :55 ## The people cried to Pharaoh, as to their king and common father. Compare 2Ki_6:26. Genesis 42:1 ## When Jacob saw, i.e. heard, as the word is used, Exo_20:18; as seeing is put for smelling, Exo_5:21; and for tasti ng, Psa_34:8; and for touching, Joh_20:29. ## Why do ye look one upon another; like lazy, careless, and helpless persons, each one expecting relief from the other, but none offering either counsel or help for all our subsistence? Genesis 42:2 ## I have heard: this word explains the word saw, Gen_42:1. ## Get you down; for Egypt was lower than Canaan; whence, on the contrary, they are said to go up to Canaan, Gen_45:9. ## That we may live, and not die; an emphatical repetition of the same thing, used here to make them more sensible of their danger. Genesis 42:4 Because he was very yo ung, and now his best beloved son. Genesis 42:6 ## He sold to the people; either, 1. By his ministers and c

Verses 29-34. - And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan , and told him all that befell unto them (literally, all the things happening to them , the participle being construed with the accusative); s aying, The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us (literally, spake the man, lord of the country, with us harsh things , the order and arrangement of the words indicating the strong feeling which their treatment in Egypt had excited), and took us for spies of the country. And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: we be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan ( vide vers. 11, 13). And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of Our brethren here with me, and take food r the famine of your households, and be gone . It is observable that they do not mention Joseph's first proposal, probably because of Joseph's subsequent kindness; neither do they intimate the fact that Simeon was bound, perhaps through a desire to soften the blow as much as possible for their venerable parent. And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land (cf. Genesis 34:10 ). Genesis 42:29