John Gill Commentary Genesis 44:33

John Gill Commentary

Genesis 44:33

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
John Gill
John Gill

John Gill Commentary

Genesis 44:33

1697–1771
Reformed Baptist
SCRIPTURE

"Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren." — Genesis 44:33 (ASV)

Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant abide instead of
the lad a bondman to your lord
Being, as Jarchi observes preferable to Benjamin for strength, for war, and for service: in this Judah was a type of Christ, from whose tribe he sprang, who became the surety of God's Benjamins, his children who are beloved by him, and as dear to him as his right hand, and put himself in their legal place and stead, and became sin and a curse for them, that they might go free, as Judah desired his brother Benjamin might, as follows: and let the lad go up with your brethren ;
from Egypt to Canaan's land, to their father there.