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Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."
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A Test, Not Revenge
Commentators like Matthew Henry and Albert Barnes emphasize that Joseph's harsh demand was not driven by a spirit of revenge. Instead, his goal was to bring his brothers to repentance for their past actions and to test their current character, particularly their loyalty to their father and their youngest 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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother He proposes that one of them might be sent by them to their father's hous…
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 …
