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With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord`s bondservants."
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A Rash and Extreme Vow
Confident in their innocence, the brothers propose an extreme punishment: death for the guilty party and lifelong slavery for everyone else. Commentator John Gill notes this was "rashly said," as the punishment was far too severe for the crime and they should have considered the possibility of being framed, just as the money had been planted in their sacks before.
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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…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
With whomsoever of your servants it be found The silver cup: both let him die; which…
Joseph tested how his brothers felt towards Benjamin. If they had envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had t…
