Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 43:2

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 43:2 - 43:2

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Genesis 43:2 - 43:2

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43:1 - 43:1
43:2 - 43:2
43:11 - 43:11
43:12 - 43:12
43:14 - 43:14
43:15 - 43:15
43:16 - 43:16
43:18 - 43:18
43:31 - 43:31
43:32 - 43:32
43:34 - 43:34

their father said, ... Go again, buy us a little food - It was no easy matter to bring Jacob to agree to the only conditions on which his sons could return to Egypt (Gen 42:15). The necessity of immediately procuring fresh supplies for the maintenance of themselves and their families overcame every other consideration and extorted his consent to Benjamin joining in a journey, which his sons entered on with mingled feelings of hope and anxiety - of hope, because having now complied with the governor’s demand to bring down their youngest brother, they flattered themselves that the alleged ground of suspecting them would be removed; and of apprehension that some ill designs were meditated against them.