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Selected Verse: Genesis 43:2 - Strong Concordance
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Translation |
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| Ge 43:2 |
Strong Concordance |
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up [03615] [0398] the corn [07668] which they had brought out [0935] of Egypt [04714], their father [01] said [0559] unto them, Go again [07725], buy [07666] us a little [04592] food [0400]. |
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King James |
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. |
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| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
PREPARATIONS FOR A SECOND JOURNEY TO EGYPT. (Gen 43:1-14)
their father said, . . . Go again, buy us a little food--It was no easy matter to bring Jacob to agree to the only conditions on which his sons could return to Egypt (Gen 42:15). The necessity of immediately procuring fresh supplies for the maintenance of themselves and their families overcame every other consideration and extorted his consent to Benjamin joining in a journey, which his sons entered on with mingled feelings of hope and anxiety--of hope, because having now complied with the governor's demand to bring down their youngest brother, they flattered themselves that the alleged ground of suspecting them would be removed; and of apprehension that some ill designs were meditated against them. |
15 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.
1 And the famine [07458] was sore [03515] in the land [0776].
2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up [03615] [0398] the corn [07668] which they had brought out [0935] of Egypt [04714], their father [01] said [0559] unto them, Go again [07725], buy [07666] us a little [04592] food [0400].
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.
4 If thou wilt [03426] send [07971] our brother [0251] with us, we will go down [03381] and buy [07666] thee food [0400]:
5 But if thou wilt not send [07971] him, we will not go down [03381]: for the man [0376] said [0559] unto us, Ye shall not see [07200] my face [06440], except your brother [0251] be with you.
6 And Israel [03478] said [0559], Wherefore dealt ye so ill [07489] with me, as to tell [05046] the man [0376] whether ye had yet a brother [0251]?
7 And they said [0559], The man [0376] asked [07592] us straitly [07592] of our state, and of our kindred [04138], saying [0559], Is your father [01] yet alive [02416]? have ye [03426] another brother [0251]? and we told [05046] him according [05921] to the tenor [06310] of these words [01697]: could we certainly [03045] know [03045] that he would say [0559], Bring [03381] your brother [0251] down [03381]?
8 And Judah [03063] said [0559] unto Israel [03478] his father [01], Send [07971] the lad [05288] with me, and we will arise [06965] and go [03212]; that we may live [02421], and not die [04191], both we, and thou, and also our little ones [02945].
9 I will be surety [06148] for him; of my hand [03027] shalt thou require [01245] him: if [0518] I bring [0935] him not [0518] unto thee, and set [03322] him before thee [06440], then let me bear the blame [02398] for ever [03117]:
10 For except [03884] we had lingered [04102], surely now we had returned [07725] this second time [06471].
11 And their father [01] Israel [03478] said [0559] unto them, If it must be so now [0645], do [06213] this; take [03947] of the best fruits [02173] in the land [0776] in your vessels [03627], and carry down [03381] the man [0376] a present [04503], a little [04592] balm [06875], and a little [04592] honey [01706], spices [05219], and myrrh [03910], nuts [0992], and almonds [08247]:
12 And take [03947] double [04932] money [03701] in your hand [03027]; and the money [03701] that was brought again [07725] in the mouth [06310] of your sacks [0572], carry it again [07725] in your hand [03027]; peradventure it was an oversight [04870]:
13 Take [03947] also your brother [0251], and arise [06965], go again [07725] unto the man [0376]:
14 And God [0410] Almighty [07706] give [05414] you mercy [07356] before [06440] the man [0376], that he may send away [07971] your other [0312] brother [0251], and Benjamin [01144]. If [0834] I be bereaved [07921] of my children, I am bereaved [07921].