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Judah said, "What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord`s bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found."
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A Deeper Confession
Commentators agree that when Judah says, "God has found out the iniquity of thy servants," he isn't confessing to stealing the cup. He is acknowledging God's justice for a much older and graver sin: their betrayal and sale of their brother Joseph years earlier. They see God's hand at work, bringing their hidden guilt to light.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himsel…
16th Century
Protestant
Behold, we are my lord’s servants. They had before called themselves servants out of modesty; now they consign themselves to him as slaves…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Judah said, what shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak ? &c.] Signifying that they were nonplussed, confounded…
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