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Genesis 43:18

And the men were afraid because they were brought in to Joseph's house; their former treatment caused them to suspect that they might again be thrown into prison. And they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in, the punishment of a thief, if he was unable to make good the loss, consisted in his being sold as a slave; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, suddenly surprise and overcome them, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. This they wanted to avoid, if possible, since in the matter of the money, at any rate, they felt guiltless.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 43:18. _AND THE MEN WERE AFRAID_] _A guilty conscience needs no_ _accuser_. Every thing alarms them; they now feel that God is exacting _retribution_, and they know not what the degrees...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ _d__e__bash_, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים _bôṭ__e__n_, “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד _shâqêd_, “almond tree;” related: “aw...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 43 THE SECOND VISIT TO JOSEPH _ 1. The journey to Egypt with Benjamin (Genesis 43:1)_ 2. The kindness of Joseph (Genesis 43:16)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 43. THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT WITH BENJAMIN. It is generally held that this chapter is from J except for the references to Simeon in Genesis 43:14 and Genesis 43:23_ b_. According to J, Sim...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _seek occasion_ Heb. _roll himself upon us_. Cf. Job 30:14. Joseph's brethren suspect that this act of favour is part of a trap to put them off their guard, and then suddenly seize them on a false cha...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Reception in Joseph's House 15. _stood before Joseph_ The story is condensed. The men on arrival in Egypt are required to present themselves for purposes of trade before Joseph....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE MEN WERE AFRAID— Here again, as in ch. Genesis 42:28. we see how conscience operates; they who had shewn no mercy are prone to believe that none will be shewn to them. The phrase, _May seek occasi...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis 47:31) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THE MEN WERE AFRAID, BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO JOSEPH'S HOUSE; AND THEY SAID, BECAUSE OF THE MONEY THAT WAS RETURNED IN OUR SACKS AT THE FIRST TIME ARE WE BROUGHT IN; THAT HE MAY SEEK OCCASI...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECOND VISIT TO EGYPT 11. Balm] or 'balsam,'with healing properties. HONEY] This was grape-honey, a syrup made of grapes and diluted with water for a drink. It is still exported from Hebron to Eg...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    Again the guilty conscience which dreads every fresh event....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The brothers did not know why they were going to Joseph’s house. They could not guess that they would eat a meal with Joseph. They made the only guess that they could make. And they were very much afr...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 43 JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT AGAIN V1 Now there was an extreme lack of food in the region. V2 And they had eaten the grain that the brothers...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יִּֽירְא֣וּ הָֽ אֲנָשִׁ֗ים כִּ֣י הֽוּבְאוּ֮...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN Genesis 42:1; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 44:1 "Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."-...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    JOSEPH FEASTS HIS BROTHERS Genesis 43:16 Our Savior, of whom Joseph was such a striking emblem, knows all about us. Though we may fear Him with a great fear, He is providing for us with a thoughtful...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    All the old characteristics of Jacob are manifest in this account of his proposed method of dealing with the governor of Egypt with whom his sons had had to do. If things were against him, he did not...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JOSEPH GETS TO SEE BENJAMIN All of their sacks were filled with grain along with their money. Having already been accused of being spies, they were horrified when one brother discovered their money wa...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the men were (e) afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occ...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Is there not a spiritual illustration here! Are not awakened souls alarmed when first brought into JESUS'S house and presence? Read that scripture: Revelation 1:17....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47. At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE MEN WERE AFRAID, BECAUSE THEY WERE BROUGHT INTO JOSEPH'S HOUSE,.... It not being usual, as Jarchi observes, for those that came to buy corn to lodge there, but at an inn in the city: AND THEY...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasio...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iacob is hardly perswaded to send Beniamin. 15 Ioseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 Hee maketh them a feast. [BENIAMIN GOETH WITH HIS BRETHREN.] 1 AND the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SEVENTH SECTION _The second journey. Benjamin accompanying. Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. Their return. Jacob’s joy._ GENESIS 43-45 A. The trial of the brethren. Their repentance and...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT The famine continued until Jacob and his family had eaten up all the provision they had gotten from Egypt. Then Jacob urged his sons to go again and bring more food from...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SEEK OCCASION AGAINST US: _ Heb._ roll himself upon us...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-25 Jacob's sons went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not think it much to travel as far for spiritual food, as they did...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TAKE US FOR BONDMEN, the proper punishment for thieves....

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 43:18 men H582 afraid H3372 (H8799) brought H935 (H8717) Josephs H3130 house H1004 said H559 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and kill and make ready, for the men will dine with me at noon.” And the men were afraid bec...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Second visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt in their necessity. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph, Simeon, Judah, steward. CONCLUSION: The way to find mercy with men is to seek it of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 43:14. _If I be bereaved._ The patriarch Jacob having at length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and su...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house_ JOSEPH’S BRETHREN UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A GUILTY FEAR I. THEY DREAD SOME GREAT MISFORTUNE. They are driven to Egypt by a dire ne...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 43:1 The ongoing famine eventually forces Jacob to send his sons back to Egypt with Benjamin. When the brothers return, they are unexpectedly invited to dine at Joseph’s house....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 43:16. Slay, and make ready.] “The objection which has been here found, that the higher castes of the Egyptians ate no animal food, only shows the ignorance of the objectors....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 43:1, GENESIS 43:2 AND THE FAMINE WAS SORE (literally, _was heavy_)_ _IN THE LAND (_sc_._ _of Canaan). AND IT CAME TO PASS, when they had eaten up—lite

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt. And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they had bough...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the men. Genesis 42:21 Genesis 42:28 Genesis 42:35 Judges 13:22 Job 15:21

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    JOSEPH A TYPE OF GRACE Genesis 43:16 INTRODUCTORY WORDS 1. Grace defined. There is a verse in Romans which reads: "While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." There is a verse in Revelation whic...

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