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They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."
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The Irony of 'One Is Not'
Commentators highlight the profound irony in the brothers' statement, "and one is not." They are unknowingly declaring Joseph dead to his face. Scholar John Gill notes how "striking and affecting" this must have been for Joseph, who knew they were speaking of him. This moment underscores the weight of their past sin, which they are now forced to recount.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they said, your servants are twelve brethren. Or rather, "were twelve", since one afterwards is said not to be:
Joseph was hard on his brothers, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspected that …
