f Left this ſhould be a deſign to entrap,and ſo to deſtroy them. + Whoever were the inftruments, they knew that God was the chief Author of this occurrent, and wiſely refle& upon his Provi- dence init,and their own guilt which provoked him againſt them.
29 And they came unto Facob their father, unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, ſaying 3
30The man who isthe lord of the land,ſpake | rough- ly to us, and took us for ſpies of the countrey.
21 And we ſaid unto him, We are true men, we are no ſpies,
22 We be twelve brethren, ſons of our father: one 5s not, and the youngeſt is this day with ourfather in the land of Canaan.
And the man,the lord of the countrey, ſaid unto
us, Hereby ſhall I know that ye are crue men, leave
THeb with | ws hard | things.
GENESIS.
one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your houſholds, and be gone,
4 And bring your youngeſt brother unto me: then ſhall 1 know that you reno ſpies, but that you are true men : ſo will I deliver you your brother, and ye (ball
traffick in the land. And it came to paſs as they emptied their ſacks,
that behold every man's bundle of money 4s in his ſack : and when both they and their father ſaw the
bundles of money, they were afraidg.
g (i.e.) Their fear returned upon them with more violence, having now more leaſure to conſider things, and their wile and ex- perienced father ſuggeſting new matters to them, which might more deeply affe& them. : ;
35 And Jacob their father ſaid unto them, Me have ye bereavedof my children ; Joſeph is not, and Sime- on is not þ: and ye willtake Benjamin ay: alitheſe
things are againſt me #
þ He gave him up for loſt,as being, as he thought, in the power of a cruel enemy. 2 I am the great ſufferer in all theſe things : you carry your ſelves as if you were neither concerned nor affect- ed with them.
27 And Reuben ſpake unto his father, ſaying, Slay my two ſons & if I bring himnot to thee ; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again»
k Two of the four mentioned Gen: 46. 9. An abſurd propoſition, neither fit for him ro make, nor for Jacob to accept.
38 And he faid, My ſon {ball not go down with
ou ; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone /: if miſchief befal him by the way ,in the which ye go, then ſhall ye bring down my gray-hairs with forrow to
the grave, | 1 To wit of his mother, my dear Rachel.
CHAP. XLIIL
The famine continuing, and their proviſion being ſpent, Jacob commana's them to go again to Egypt, 1, 2. They prevail with their father to ſend Ben- jamin ; Judah undertakes for him, 3 —=—- 10. He gives them preſents;
P double money ; and his bleſſing, 11 - — I4. They go to Eeypt ; (rand before Joſeph, 15. He ſeeing Benjamin with them, canſeth then; to be brought to his houſe, and entertain'd, 16, 17. Whereat they are. afraid, and make an apology to the ſteward about their meney,18 —-22,
- He bids them good cheer, nuſeth them courteouſly, brings Simeon to them, 23, 24. They prepare to bring their preſents to Joſeph ; who ſpeaks. kindly to them, ( and asks them of their father ) eſpecially to Benjamin,
' with whom he is ſo moved, that he muſt retire toweep, 25 30. He feaſts them, but Benjamin 1m a ſpecial manner, 31 ND the famine was ſore in the land.
2 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 a. | a He faith 2 little, eitherto ſhew that he took no thought to ſa- risfy. hisor their curioſity or luxury, but only their neceſſity, fo which a little would ſuffice, and that they muſt all moderat their appetites, eſpecially in a time of ſuch ſcarcity; or to encourage them to the journey, by ſuggeſting to them that they needed not bring great ſtores, bur only what was ſufficient for that year, and &b.pro= that God would provide better for them hereafter,ſo as rhey ſhould
ing he not need to go ſo far for corn any more.
efted. 3 And judah ſpake unto him, ſaying, The man did h2p.42- + ſolemnly proteſt unto us, ſaying, Ye thallnot ſcemy
- face b except your *brother be with you, : j
34-
,
Chap. XLIN.
b See the ſame expreſſion, 2 Sav.. 14. 24, 32. Afr 20. 25,38, Ye ſhall not be admitted into my preſence, nor to the purchaſing of
any Corn here. 4 If chou wilt ſend our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food. 5 But if thou wilt not ſend 5;im, we will not go down c ; for the man ſaid untous, Ye hal] not tee my face except your brother be with you,
c Becauſe we ſhall both loſe the end of our journey, v/z. getting of Corn, and run the outmoſt hazard of all our lives.
6 And Ifrael ſaid, Wherefore dealt ye ſo ill with me as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? . 7 And they ſaid, The man Þ asked us ſtraitly of our 41, ,..
the
tate, and of our kindred, faying, . 1s your father yet ;1g je ack.
alive? have ye another brother ? and we told him ac- ed -. cording to the '* tenor of theſe words 4 ;- + could we * Heb. m_—_— know that he would ſay, Bring your brother ers own ? * : : know 4 We gave anſwers ſuitable to his queſtions, or ſuch as hls words aetvgd
required. know. 8 And Judah e ſaid unto Iſrael his father, Send the ladf with me, and we will ariſe and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou, and alſo our lit-
tle ones.
e Who for his age and prudence, and penitent carriage for hi
youthful follies, was moſt beloved and crap by his 5. og FS
he calls him, becauſe he was the youngeſt of all, though he was
now thirty years old,and a father of divers children, See Gen:30. 22.
and 35. 18. and 41. 46. and 46. 21.
9 I will beſurety for him: of my hand ſhalt thou requirehim: * IfIbring him not unto thee, and ſer *Chap. 44 him before thee, then let me bear the blame g for 3* ever.
g Heb. be an offender to thees Let me bear the guilt, and ſhame
and puniſhment due to ſo great an offence.
to For except we had lingred, ſurely now we had returned F this ſecond time» _
11 And their father Iſrael ſaid unto them, If it muſt be ſo now, do this: take of the beſt fruits of the land in your vetlels, and carry down the man a preſent, a little balm, and alittle honey, ſpices, and myrrhe * nuts h and almonds. i
Of all which ſee Gen: 37. 25. h q] hich call Pifaches, as ſome md = E-.—r-hy CAN vs
for that was both an excellent Fruit, and peculiar to 7udea and $y- ria, and well agreeing with the Almonds which here follow.