The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
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The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.
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And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
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And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade;…
Gen 43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
Ver. 17. And the man did as Joseph bade.] Things then go well within doors, when the hands take counsel of the head, the servants of their master, and are active to execute.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And the men were afraid, because they were brought…
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house,.... It not being usual, as Jarchi observes, for those that came to buy corn to lodge there, but at an inn in the city:
and they said, because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; to examine and inquire of them how they came to go away without paying for their corn, take up their money again after they had laid it down, and take it away with them, and so were guilty of tricking and defrauding, if not of theft:
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that he may seek occasion against us: or "roll on us" (z); cast all the shame on them, and leave the reproach and scandal of it on them:
and fall upon us; with hard words, and severe menaces, if not with blows:
and take us for bondmen, and our asses; imprison them, which was the punishment for fraud and theft, and take their asses as a forfeiture.
(z) "ut devolvat (hoc) in nos", Tigurine version.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Vers. 17, 18. And the man did as Joseph…
Vers. 17, 18. And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph"s house. And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph"s house. "A more natural picture of the conduct of men from the country, when taken into the house of a superior, cannot be drawn. When they are told to go inside they at once suspect that they are about to be punished or confined (Roberts "Oriental Illustrations," p. 49). And they said (sc. To themselves), Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, literally, that he may roll himself upon us (cf. Job_30:14; Psa_22:8 Psa_37:5; Pro_26:3) "To say a man rolls himself upon another is the Eastern way of saying he falls upon him" (Roberts" "Oriental Illustrations," p. 49) and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses. The brethren of Joseph were clearly apprehensive of some serious stratagem to deprive them of liberty.
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