Genesis 43:13

43:1-14 Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in time of dearth, a little must suffice. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with them. It is not against the honour and duty children owe their parents, humbly to advise them, and when needful, to reason with them. Jacob saw the necessity of the case, and yielded. His prudence and justice appeared in three things. 1. He sent back the money they had found in the sack. Honesty obliges us to restore not only that which comes to us by our own fault, but that which comes to us by the mistakes of others. Though we get it by oversight, if we keep it when the oversight is discovered, it is kept by deceit. 2. He sent as much again as they took the time before; the price of corn might be risen, or they might have to pay a ransom for Simeon. 3. He sent a present of such things as the land afforded, and as were scarce in Egypt, balm, and honey, &c. Providence dispenses not its gifts to all alike. But honey and spice will never make up the want of bread-corn. The famine was sore in Canaan, yet they had balm and myrrh, &c. We may live well enough upon plain food, without dainties; but we cannot live upon dainties without plain food. Let us thank God that what is most needful and useful, generally is most cheap and common. Though men value very highly their gold and silver, and the luxuries which are counted the best fruits of every land, yet in a time of famine they willingly barter them for bread.

And how little will earthly good things stand us in stead in the day of wrath! How ready should we be to renounce them all, as loss, for the excellency of the knowledge of Jesus Christ! Our way to prevail with man is by first prevailing with the Lord in fervent prayer. But, Thy will be done, should close every petition for the mercies of this life, or against the afflictions of this life.

12. take double money—the first sum to be returned, and another sum for a new supply. The restored money in the sacks' mouth was a perplexing circumstance. But it might have been done inadvertently by one of the servants—so Jacob persuaded himself—and happy it was for his own peace and the encouragement of the travellers that he took this view. Besides the duty of restoring it, honesty in their case was clearly the best, the safest policy.

Verses 13, 14. - Take also your brother , and arise, go again unto the man: and God Almighty - El Shaddai, the covenant God of Abraham ( Genesis 17:1 ), and of Jacob himself ( Genesis 35:11 ) - give you mercy (literally, bowels, hence very tender affection, the inward parts being regarded as the seat of the emotions) before the man, that he may send away - literally, and he shall send with you {Kalisch), or for you (Keil) - your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved - literally, and if I am bereaved, I am bereaved , an expression of the patriarch's acquiescence in the Divine will (cf. 2 Kings 7:4 ; Esther 4:16 ). Genesis 43:13

Jacob at length reluctantly sends Benjamin with them. He employs all means, as is usual with him, of securing a favorable result. "The best of the land" - the sung or celebrated products of the land. "A little honey." Palestine abounded with bee honey. A sirup obtained by boiling down the juice of the grape was also called by the same name, and formed an article of commerce. "Nuts." These are supposed to be pistachio nuts, from the pistacia vera, a tree resembling the terebinth, a native of Anatolia, Syria, and Palestine. "Almonds." The almond tree buds or flowers earlier in the spring than other trees. It is a native of Palestine, Syria, and Persia. For the other products see Genesis 37:25 . "Other silver;" not double silver, but a second sum for the new purchase. "God Almighty" - the Great Spirit, who can dispose the hearts of men as he pleases. Jacob looks up to heaven for a blessing, while he uses the means. "If I am bereaved, I am bereaved." This is the expression of acquiescence in whatever may be the will of Providence. "Double silver," - what was returned and what was to pay for a second supply of corn.

[Bible] 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. 43:4. If therefore thou wilt send him with us, we will set out together, and will buy necessaries for thee. 43:5. But if thou wilt not, we will not go: for the man, as we have often said, declared unto us, saying: You shall not see my face without your youngest brother. 43:6. Israel said to them: You have done this for my misery, in that you told him you had also another brother. 43:7. But they answered: The man asked us in order concerning our kindred: if our father lived: if we had a brother: and we answered him regularly, according to what he demanded: could we know that he would say: Bring hither your brother with you? 43:8. And Juda said to his father: Send the boy with me, that we may set forward, and may live: lest both we and our children perish. 43:9. I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever. 43:10. If delay had not been made, we had been here again the second time. 43:11. Then Israel said to them: If it must needs be so, do what you will: take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down presents to the man, a little balm, and honey, and storax, myrrh, turpentine, and almonds. Balm... Literally rosin, resinae; but here by that name is meant balm. 43:12. And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake. 43:13. And take also your brother, and go to the man. 43:14. And may my almighty God make him favourable to you: and send back with you your brother, whom he keepeth, and this Benjamin: and as for me I shall be desolate without children. 43:15. So the men took the presents, and double money, and Benjamin: and went down into Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

[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] ake double money, double to what you carried last, either to procure more corn, which may prevent the frequency of such perilous journeys; or because the continuance and increase of the scarcity had advanced the price. ## Carry it again, for it is their money, not ours, and therefore must be restored. ## Peradventure it was an oversight, either in you, or in the receiver of your money, who through multitude of buyers, and haste in his business, mig ht easily be mistaken. Genesis 43:13 No text from Poole on this verse. Genesis 43:14 An expression whereby he submits himself and children to God’ s will and providence, whatever the issue shall be. Compare Est_4:16. Or thus, As I have been already ## bereaved of some of my dearest children, so I shall be bereaved of the rest, and I shall be left solitary; and if this be my portion, God’s will be done. Genesis 43:15 No text from Poole on this verse. Genesis 43:16 The u