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Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, `You are spies.`
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A Test, Not Revenge
Commentators agree that Joseph's accusation was not driven by revenge but by a desire to bring his brothers to repentance. His harshness was a strategic test to see if their character had changed and to learn the fate of his father and his full brother, Benjamin.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).
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19th Century
Anglican
That is it ... — Joseph persists in his charge, because, in addition to the information that he gained, he also wished to get Benj…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Joseph said to them, that [is it] that I spoke to you, saying, you are spies.
This proves it, at least gives s…
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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 …
