_AND HE COMMANDED THE STEWARD OF HIS HOUSE, SAYING, FILL THE MEN'S SACKS WITH FOOD, AS MUCH AS THEY CAN CARRY, AND PUT EVERY MAN'S MONEY IN HIS SACK'S MOUTH._ And he commanded the steward. The design of putting the cup into the sack of Benjamin was obviously to Bring that young man into a situation... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND PUT MY CUP, THE SILVER CUP, IN THE SACK'S MOUTH OF THE YOUNGEST, AND HIS CORN MONEY. AND HE DID ACCORDING TO THE WORD THAT JOSEPH HAD SPOKEN._ My cup, the silver cup, х_ GªBIYA`_ (H1375); Septuagint, Kondu (Jeremiah 35:5)] - it was a large goblet, as the original denotes, highly valued by its... [ Continue Reading ]
_AS SOON AS THE MORNING WAS LIGHT, THE MEN WERE SENT AWAY, THEY AND THEIR ASSES._ As soon as the morning ... the men were sent away. They commenced their homeward journey at early dawn (see the note at Genesis 18:2), and, it may be readily supposed, in high spirits, after so happy an issue from all... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY WERE GONE OUT OF THE CITY, AND NOT YET FAR OFF, JOSEPH SAID UNTO HIS STEWARD, UP, FOLLOW AFTER THE MEN; AND WHEN THOU DOST OVERTAKE THEM, SAY UNTO THEM, WHEREFORE HAVE YE REWARDED EVIL FOR GOOD?_ When ... gone out of the city ... Joseph said unto his steward. They were brought to a s... [ Continue Reading ]
_IS NOT THIS IT IN WHICH MY LORD DRINKETH, AND WHEREBY INDEED HE DIVINETH? YE HAVE DONE EVIL IN SO DOING._ Is not this it - not only kept for the governor's personal use, but whereby he divineth. Divination by cups, to ascertain the course of futurity, was one of the prevalent superstitious of anci... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE OVERTOOK THEM, AND HE SPAKE UNTO THEM THESE SAME WORDS._ He overtook them, and ... spake ... these ... words. The intelligence must have come upon them like a thunderbolt; and one of their most predominant feelings must have been the humiliating and galling sense of being made so often obje... [ Continue Reading ]
_BEHOLD, THE MONEY, WHICH WE FOUND IN OUR SACKS' MOUTHS, WE BROUGHT AGAIN UNTO THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF CANAAN: HOW THEN SHOULD WE STEAL OUT OF THY LORD'S HOUSE SILVER OR GOLD?_ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND JUDAH SAID, WHAT SHALL WE SAY UNTO MY LORD? WHAT SHALL WE SPEAK? OR HOW SHALL WE CLEAR OURSELVES? GOD HATH FOUND OUT THE INIQUITY OF THY SERVANTS: BEHOLD, WE ARE MY LORD'S SERVANTS, BOTH WE, AND HE ALSO WITH WHOM THE CUP IS FOUND._ Judah ... What shall we say? This address needs no comment. Co... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE SAID, GOD FORBID THAT I SHOULD DO SO: BUT THE MAN IN WHOSE HAND THE CUP IS FOUND, HE SHALL BE MY SERVANT; AND AS FOR YOU, GET YOU UP IN PEACE UNTO YOUR FATHER._ No JFB commentary on these verses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THY SERVANT BECAME SURETY FOR THE LAD UNTO MY FATHER, SAYING, IF I BRING HIM NOT UNTO THEE, THEN I SHALL BEAR THE BLAME TO MY FATHER FOR EVER._ Thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father. In addressing superiors, the Hebrews were accustomed to call themselves servants. "Thy servant,... [ Continue Reading ]