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Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himsel…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Whereby indeed, he divineth. This clause is variously interpreted. For some take it as if Joseph pretended that he consulted diviners to f…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

[Is] not this [it], in which my lord drinketh
Which was for his own particular use, and so the more ungrateful in them to take…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Joseph tested how his brothers felt towards Benjamin. If they had envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had t…

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