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Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"
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A Father's Anguished Cry
Commentators like John Gill explain that Jacob's question is not a calm inquiry but a cry of deep distress. He sees his sons' disclosure about Benjamin as an ill-advised mistake that has directly caused his current grief and anxiety over potentially losing another son.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דבשׁ debash — “honey,” from the bee, or syrup from the juice of the grape. בטנים boṭen — “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd —…
19th Century
Anglican
The man asked us straitly. — In Genesis 42:13, they appear rather as volunteering a statement of their family relations than as ha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Israel said In answer to the speech of Judah: wherefore dealt you [so] ill with me;
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