Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 43:18

Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 43:18 - 43:18

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Genesis 43:18 - 43:18

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43:8 - 43:8
43:9 - 43:9
43:11 - 43:11
43:12 - 43:12
43:14 - 43:14
43:16 - 43:16
43:18 - 43:18
43:20 - 43:20
43:23 - 43:23
43:24 - 43:24
43:27 - 43:27
43:29 - 43:29
43:32 - 43:32
43:33 - 43:33
43:34 - 43:34

And the men were afraid - A guilty conscience needs no accuser. Every thing alarms them; they now feel that God is exacting retribution, and they know not what the degrees shall be, nor where it shall stop.

Fall upon us - התגלל עלינו hithgolel alainu, roll himself upon us. A metaphor taken from wrestlers; when a man has overthrown his antagonist, he rolls himself upon him, in order to keep him down.

And our asses - Which they probably had in great number with them; and which, if captured, would have been a great loss to the family of Jacob, as such cattle must have constituted a principal part of its riches.