Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 42:37

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 42:37 - 42:37

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 42:37 - 42:37

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42:1 - 42:1
42:6 - 42:6
42:9 - 42:9
42:11 - 42:11
42:13 - 42:13
42:15 - 42:15
42:18 - 42:18
42:21 - 42:21
42:23 - 42:23
42:24 - 42:24
42:25 - 42:25
42:26 - 42:26
42:27 - 42:27
42:28 - 42:28
42:35 - 42:35
42:36 - 42:36
42:37 - 42:37
42:38 - 42:38

Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee - What a strange proposal made by a son to his father, concerning his grandchildren! But they show the honesty and affection of Reuben’s heart; he felt deeply for his father’s distress, and was determined to risk and hazard every thing in order to relieve and comfort him. There is scarcely a transaction in which Reuben is concerned that does not serve to set his character in an amiable point of view, except the single instance mentioned Gen 35:22 (note), and which for the sake of decency and piety we should wish to understand as the Targumists have explained it. See the notes.