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As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging-place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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A Guilty Conscience's Fear
Commentators note the brothers' immediate reaction is terror, not joy. Their guilt over selling Joseph causes them to see this unexpected return of their money as a divine trap, not a blessing. As Matthew Henry observes, a guilty conscience can misinterpret even good providences, seeing judgment where there is grace.
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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
In the inn. —Hebrew, lodging-place, literally, a place to pass the night. It is quite possible that on a route frequented…
16th Century
Protestant
And as one of them opened his sack. The intention with which Joseph had commanded the price paid for the grain to be secretly deposited in…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And as one of them opened his sack According to the Targum of Jonathan and Jarchi, this was Levi; but Aben Ezra thinks it…
The brothers came for corn, and corn they had: not only that, but every man had his money given back. Thus Christ, like Joseph, gives out supplies …
