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Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn`t I tell you, saying, `Don`t sin against the child,` and you wouldn`t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."
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Affliction Awakens Conscience
Commentators observe that the brothers' hardship in Egypt immediately awakens their dormant conscience. After twenty years, their suffering forces them to confront their sin against Joseph. As Matthew Henry notes, this shows a key purpose of affliction: it can be a beneficial means God uses to bring past sins to our remembrance so we can repent.
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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
His blood. — Evidently they thought that Joseph was dead, so that the accusation brought against them of falsehood for saying in G…
16th Century
Protestant
And Reuben answered them. Because he had attempted to deliver Joseph from the hands of his brothers, in order to restore him safely to his…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Reuben answered them. Being the eldest, and who had been most concerned for Joseph's life, and most tender and carefu…
The function of conscience is to bring to mind things long ago said and done. When the guilt of this sin of Joseph's brothers was fresh, they treat…
