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Selected Verse: Genesis 42:15 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ge 42:15 |
Strong Concordance |
Hereby [02063] ye shall be proved [0974]: By the life [02416] of Pharaoh [06547] ye shall not go forth [03318] hence, except your youngest [06996] brother [0251] come [0935] hither. |
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King James |
Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| By the life of Pharaoh--It is a very common practice in Western Asia to swear by the life of the king. Joseph spoke in the style of an Egyptian and perhaps did not think there was any evil in it. But we are taught to regard all such expressions in the light of an oath (Mat 5:34; Jam 5:12). |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| By the life of Pharaoh - חי פרעה chey Pharaoh, Pharaoh liveth. As if he had said, As surely as the king of Egypt lives, so surely shall ye not go hence unless your brother come hither. Here therefore is no oath; it is just what they themselves make it in their report to their father, Gen 43:3 : the man did solemnly protest unto us; and our translators should not have put it in the form of an oath, especially as the original not only will bear another version, but is absolutely repugnant to this in our sense of the word. |
12 But [1161] above [4253] all things [3956], my [3450] brethren [80], swear [3660] not [3361], neither [3383] by heaven [3772], neither [3383] by the earth [1093], neither [3383] by any [5100] other [243] oath [3727]: but [1161] let [2277] your [5216] yea [3483] be [2277] yea [3483]; and [2532] your nay [3756], nay [3756]; lest [3363] ye fall [4098] into [1519] condemnation [5272].
34 But [1161] I [1473] say [3004] unto you [5213], Swear [3660] not [3361] at all [3654]; neither [3383] by [1722] heaven [3772]; for [3754] it is [2076] God's [2316] throne [2362]:
3 And Judah [03063] spake [0559] unto him, saying [0559], The man [0376] did solemnly [05749] protest [05749] unto us, saying [0559], Ye shall not see [07200] my face [06440], except [01115] your brother [0251] be with you.