Genesis 43:7 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

דבשׁ debash — “honey,” from the bee, or syrup from the juice of the grape. בטנים boṭen — “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd —…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

The man asked us straitly. — In Genesis 42:13, they appear rather as volunteering a statement of their family relations than as ha…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And they said
Not Judah only, in the name of the rest, but each of them in turn, being all charged with doing an ill thing:

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in this time of scarcity, a little must be enough. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with …

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