42:1 Jacob sends his ten sons to buy corn in Egypt;
42:16 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies;
42:18 They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin;
42:21 They have remorse for Joseph;
42:24 Simeon is kept for a pledge;
42:25 They return with corn, and their money;
42:29 Their relation to Jacob;
42:36 Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. Verse 1when JacobGenesis 41:54, 41:57; Acts 7:12 sawi.e. heard, from the report of others, that there was plenty in Egypt. The operations of one sense are frequently put for those of another in Hebrew (see the parallel passages). Genesis 42:2; Exodus 5:19, 20:18; 1 Kings 19:3; Hosea 5:13; Galatians 2:7 Why do yeJoshua 7:10; 2 Kings 8:3, 8:4; Ezra 10:4; Jeremiah 8:14ReciprocalGenesis 42:19 - carry corn; 43:2 - General; 2 Samuel 21:1 - a famine; John 13:22 - looked Verse 2get youGenesis 43:2, 43:4, 45:9 that we43:8; Psalm 118:17; Isaiah 38:1; Matthew 4:4ReciprocalGenesis 41:54 - and the dearth; 42:1 - saw; 42:19 - carry corn; Nehemiah 5:2 - we take up corn Verse 3Genesis 42:5, 42:13Reciprocal43:20 - we came indeed down Verse 4BenjaminGenesis 35:16-19 Lest42:38, 3:22, 11:4, 33:1, 33:2, 43:14, 43:29, 44:20-22, 44:27-34Reciprocal35:18 - Benjamin Verse 5forGenesis 12:10, 26:1, 41:57; Acts 7:11, 11:28ReciprocalGenesis 41:54 - and the dearth; 42:3 - General; 43:1 - General; Psalm 105:16 - Moreover Verse 6governorShallit, an intendant, protector, ruler, from shalat, to be over or a protector, to rule: hence the Arabic salita, to obtain and exercise dominion, rule; and sulta?n, ruler, lord, prince, and king. Genesis 41:40, 41:41, 45:8, 45:26; Psalm 105:16-21; Acts 7:10 he it wasGenesis 41:55, 41:56 bowed18:2, 19:1, 37:7, 37:9, 44:14; Revelation 3:9ReciprocalGenesis 30:24 - And she; 32:13 - a present; 33:3 - bowed; 41:43 - ruler; 41:54 - and the dearth; 43:26 - bowed; 48:12 - he bowed himself; 49:8 - thy father's; 50:18 - fell; Proverbs 14:19 - General; 19:6 - will; Haggai 2:17 - with blasting Verse 7roughly unto themHeb. hard things with them, Genesis 42:9-12, 42:14-17, 42:19, 42:20; Matthew 15:23-26ReciprocalGenesis 42:15 - By the life; 42:30 - roughly to us; 44:19 - General; 1 Samuel 20:10 - answer thee; 1 Kings 12:13 - answered; 2 Chronicles 10:13 - answered; Job 19:3 - make yourselves strange to me; Proverbs 18:23 - rich; Luke 24:28 - he made Verse 8but they knewLuke 24:16; John 20:14, 21:4

Verse 9rememberedGenesis 37:5-9 Ye are spiesPersons who, under the pretence of wishing to buy corn, desire only to find out whether the land be so defenceless that the tribes to which you belong may attack it successfully, drive out the inhabitants, and settle themselves in it; or, having plundered it, retire into their deserts. This is a frequent custom among the Arabs to the present day. 42:9, 42:16, 42:30, 42:31, 42:34; Numbers 13:2, 13:16-20; Joshua 2:1, 6:23; Judges 1:24; 1 Samuel 26:4; Luke 20:20; Habakkuk 3:1 nakednessExodus 32:35ReciprocalGenesis 37:7 - your sheaves; 42:7 - roughly unto them; 42:12 - nakedness; 42:14 - General; Joshua 2:3 - to search; Judges 18:2 - Zorah; 2 Samuel 3:25 - and to know; 10:3 - not; 1 Chronicles 19:3 - to search Verse 10Genesis 27:29, 27:37, 37:8, 44:9; 1 Samuel 26:17; 1 Kings 18:7ReciprocalGenesis 23:6 - my lord; 43:20 - we came indeed down Verse 11We areetc. We do not belong to different tribes; and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom; nor, if any serious design had been intended, that one man would have sent his sons on so hazardous an expedition.true menGenesis 42:19, 42:33, 42:34; John 7:18; 2 Corinthians 6:4ReciprocalGenesis 42:13 - Thy servants; 42:31 - true; 43:27 - Is your father well; 43:29 - of whom Verse 12nakednessGenesis 42:9Reciprocal42:15 - By the life; 2 Samuel 3:25 - and to know Verse 13Thy servantsGenesis 42:11, 42:32, 29:32-35, 30:6-24, 35:16-26, 43:7, 46:8-27; Exodus 1:2-5; Numbers 1:1-54, 10:1-36, 26:1-65, 34:1-29; 1 Chronicles 2:1-8:40 one is notGenesis 42:36, 42:38, 37:30, 44:20, 44:28, 45:26; Jeremiah 31:15; Lamentations 5:7; Matthew 2:16, 2:18ReciprocalGenesis 43:27 - Is your father well; 43:29 - of whom Verse 14Genesis 42:9-11; Job 13:24, 19:11; Matthew 15:21-28ReciprocalGenesis 42:7 - roughly unto them Verse 15By the lifeGenesis 42:7, 42:12, 42:16, 42:30; Deuteronomy 6:13; 1 Samuel 1:26, 17:55, 20:3; Jeremiah 5:2, 5:7; Matthew 5:33-37; 23:16-22; James 5:12 exceptGenesis 42:20, 42:34, 43:3, 44:20-34Reciprocal42:33 - General; 44:21 - Bring; 44:23 - General Verse 16kept in prisonHeb. bound, Genesis 42:19Reciprocal42:9 - Ye are spies; 42:15 - By the life; 44:2 - General; 2 Samuel 3:25 - and to know; 10:3 - not Verse 17putHeb. gathered, Isaiah 24:22; Acts 5:18 wardGenesis 40:4, 40:7, 41:10; Leviticus 24:12; Psalm 119:65; Acts 4:3; Habakkuk 3:1ReciprocalGenesis 50:15 - Joseph; Acts 12:10 - the first Verse 18I fear GodGenesis 20:11; Leviticus 25:43; Nehemiah 5:9, 5:15; Luke 18:2, 18:4ReciprocalGenesis 22:12 - now; 39:9 - sin; 44:17 - God forbid; Exodus 1:17 - feared God; 18:21 - such as; Leviticus 19:14 - fear; 25:17 - fear; 1 Kings 18:3 - feared the Lord; 2 Chronicles 19:7 - let the; Nehemiah 7:2 - feared God; Psalm 19:9 - The fear; 119:161 - my heart; Proverbs 14:16 - feareth; Malachi 3:5 - fear; Colossians 3:22 - fearing; 1 Peter 2:17 - Fear Verse 19houseGenesis 40:3; Isaiah 42:7, 42:22; Jeremiah 37:15 carry cornGenesis 42:1, 42:2, 42:26, 41:56, 43:1, 43:2, 45:23Reciprocal42:7 - roughly unto them; 42:11 - true men; 42:16 - kept in prison; 42:33 - General Verse 20bringGenesis 42:15, 42:34, 43:5, 43:19, 44:23 And they42:26, 6:22; John 2:5ReciprocalGenesis 42:7 - roughly unto them; 42:33 - General; 44:21 - Bring Verse 21they saidGenesis 41:9; Numbers 32:23; 2 Samuel 12:13; 1 Kings 17:18; Job 33:27, 33:28, 34:31, 34:32; 36:8, 36:9; Hosea 5:15; Matthew 27:3, 27:4; Mark 9:44, 9:46, 9:48; Luke 16:28; Acts 19:18 we sawGenesis 37:23-28; Judges 1:7; Proverbs 21:13, 24:11, 24:12, 28:17; Jeremiah 2:17, 2:19, 4:18; 34:17; Matthew 7:2; 1 John 1:9; James 2:13 this distressProverbs 1:27, 1:28ReciprocalGenesis 27:42 - comfort himself; 37:27 - he is our; 43:18 - the men; 44:8 - the money; 44:16 - God hath; 45:24 - See that; 49:23 - General; 50:17 - wept; Joshua 7:20 - Indeed; 2 Chronicles 21:13 - hast slain; Job 7:11 - the anguish; Psalm 109:16 - persecuted; Proverbs 14:10 - his; Amos 6:6 - but; Matthew 5:23 - rememberest; Luke 23:51 - had not; John 8:9 - being; Acts 28:4 - a murderer; Romans 2:15 - accusing Verse 22Spake IGenesis 37:21, 37:22, 37:29, 37:30; Luke 23:41; Romans 2:15 his bloodGenesis 4:10, 9:5, 9:6; 1 Kings 2:32; 2 Chronicles 24:22; Psalm 9:12; Ezekiel 3:18; Luke 11:50, 11:51; Acts 28:4; Revelation 13:10, 16:9ReciprocalGenesis 27:42 - comfort himself; 29:32 - his name; 44:16 - God hath; 45:24 - See that; 1 Samuel 19:4 - sin against; 1 Kings 17:18 - art thou come; 2 Chronicles 21:13 - hast slain; Psalm 10:13 - Thou; 51:14 - Deliver; Jeremiah 26:15 - ye shall; Ezekiel 33:6 - his blood; Amos 6:6 - but; Matthew 5:23 - rememberest; 27:4 - I have sinned; Luke 23:51 - had not; John 8:9 - being; Acts 27:21 - ye should; 1 Corinthians 8:12 - when Verse 23he spake unto them by an interpreterHeb. an interpreter was between them, The mailitz does not seem to have been an interpreter in our sense of the term; as we have many evidences in this book that the Egyptians, Hebrews, Canaanites, and Syrians, could understand each other in a general way; and it appears from several passages in this very chapter - particularly Genesis 42:24
that Joseph and his brethren understood each others' language, as his brethren and Joseph's steward also did - 43:19, etc; compare 39:1 and 49:1. It seems to denote an officer who is called in Abyssinia, according to Mr. Bruce, Kal Hatze, "the voice or word of the king," who always stands at the side of a lattice window of a balcony, within which the king sits; who is never seen, but who speaks through a hole in the side of it, covered in the inside with a curtain, to this officer, by whom he speaks to the persons present. John 16:13, 16:14; 2 Corinthians 5:20ReciprocalGenesis 11:7 - may; 45:12 - your eyes; Psalm 114:1 - a people; Haggai 2:17 - with blasting; 1 Corinthians 14:2 - he that Verse 24weptGenesis 43:30; Isaiah 63:9; Luke 19:41; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Habakkuk 3:1 SimeonGenesis 34:25, 49:5-7; Jude 1:22, 1:23ReciprocalGenesis 29:33 - called; 42:23 - he spake unto them by an interpreter; 43:23 - Simeon; Numbers 1:22 - General; John 11:6 - he abode Verse 25commandedGenesis 44:1, 44:2; Isaiah 55:1 to give themGenesis 45:21; Matthew 6:33 and thus5:44; Romans 12:17-21; 1 Peter 3:9ReciprocalGenesis 43:12 - mouth; 45:17 - lade your Verse 26ReciprocalGenesis 42:19 - carry corn; 42:20 - And they; 45:17 - lade your; Job 39:11 - leave Verse 27the innGenesis 43:21, 44:11; Exodus 4:24; Luke 2:7, 10:34 innMalon, from loon, to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their girbehs, or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a khan, or caravanserai, which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging, and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period.ReciprocalGenesis 29:32 - his name; 42:35 - every man's; 43:20 - we came indeed down; 44:8 - the money; Haggai 2:17 - with blasting Verse 28their heartGenesis 42:36, 27:33; Leviticus 26:36; Deuteronomy 28:65; 1 Kings 10:5; Psalm 61:2; Song of Songs 5:6; Luke 21:26 failed themHeb. went forth, This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.What isIsaiah 45:7; Lamentations 2:17, 3:37; Amos 3:6ReciprocalGenesis 42:35 - every man's; 43:18 - the men; Psalm 40:12 - heart Verse 29ReciprocalGenesis 44:24 - we told him Verse 30roughly to usHeb. with us hard things, Genesis 42:7-20Reciprocal41:43 - ruler; 42:9 - Ye are spies; 42:15 - By the life; 1 Samuel 20:10 - answer thee; 1 Kings 12:13 - answered; 2 Chronicles 10:13 - answered; Proverbs 18:23 - rich Verse 31trueGenesis 42:11Reciprocal37:35 - For I; 42:9 - Ye are spies; Joshua 2:3 - to search Verse 32twelve brethrenGenesis 42:13Reciprocal37:30 - General; Psalm 68:27 - little Verse 33Genesis 42:15, 42:19, 42:20Reciprocal41:43 - ruler; 42:11 - true men; 43:3 - man Verse 34trafficGenesis 34:10, 34:21; 1 Kings 10:15; Ezekiel 17:4ReciprocalGenesis 42:9 - Ye are spies; 42:11 - true men; 42:15 - except; 42:20 - bring; 43:3 - man Verse 35every man'sGenesis 42:27, 42:28, 43:21Reciprocal37:30 - General; 43:12 - mouth; 43:18 - the men; 43:20 - we came indeed down; 44:8 - the money Verse 36Me have yeGenesis 37:20-35, 43:14 all these things are against meAlay hayoo cullanah, literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, in me hec omnia mala reciderunt, "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death: they are more than I can bear. 45:28, 47:12; 1 Samuel 27:1; Job 7:7; Psalm 34:19; Ecclesiastes 7:8; Isaiah 27:9, 38:10; 41:10, 41:13, 41:14; Matthew 14:31; Romans 8:28, 8:31; 1 Corinthians 10:13; 2 Corinthians 4:17; James 5:7-11ReciprocalGenesis 5:24 - he was not; 42:13 - one is not; 42:28 - their heart; 43:23 - Simeon; 44:12 - and the cup; 44:20 - and his brother; 44:28 - Surely; 44:29 - And if; 45:26 - And Jacob's; 48:11 - I had not; Judges 11:35 - rent his clothes; Job 1:19 - they are dead; Psalm 39:13 - be no; Proverbs 23:5 - that which; Jeremiah 31:15 - because; 45:3 - added; Lamentations 5:7 - and are; Matthew 2:18 - would Verse 37Slay myGenesis 43:9, 44:32-34, 46:9; Micah 6:7ReciprocalGenesis 19:8 - let Verse 38his brotherGenesis 42:13, 30:22-24, 35:16-18, 37:33, 37:35, 44:20, 44:27-34 if mischief42:4, 44:29 bring37:35, 44:29, 44:31; 1 Kings 2:6; Psalm 71:18, 90:10; Ecclesiastes 1:14, 2:26; Isaiah 38:10; 46:4ReciprocalGenesis 35:18 - Benjamin; 43:5 - will not; 43:8 - lad with me; 43:13 - General; 44:22 - his father would die; 44:28 - Surely; 45:26 - And Jacob's; 1 Samuel 15:26 - I will not; 1 Kings 2:9 - his; Job 41:32 - hoary; Ecclesiastes 12:5 - the almond; John 13:8 - Thou shalt