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Genesis 42:21 KJV
Genesis · chapter 42 · verse 21
And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.Genesis 42:21 · King James Version
Genesis 42:21 in context
19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:
20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- besoughtchânanproperly, to bend or stoop in kindness to an inferiorH2603 →
- brotherʼâcha brother )H251 →
- anguishtsârâhtightnessH6869 →
- verilyʼăbâlnayH61 →
- guiltyʼâshêmguiltyH818 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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Here is, I. The penitent reflection Joseph's brethren made upon the wrong they had formerly done to him, Gen 42:21. They talked the matter over in the Hebrew tongue, not suspecting that Joseph, whom they took for a native of Egypt, understood them, much less that he was the person they spoke of. 1.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 21-28