But Jacob didn`t send Benjamin, Joseph`s brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm befall him."

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

שׁבר sheber — “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar — “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain).

ש…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren Benjamin is called Joseph's brother, because he was so b…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

Jacob saw the grain his neighbors had bought in Egypt and brought home. It is a spur to exertion to see others supplied.

Should others get f…

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