Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 43:14

Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 43:14 - 43:14

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Keil and Delitzsch Commentary - Genesis 43:14 - 43:14

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

43:1 - 43:1
43:3 - 43:3
43:6 - 43:6
43:8 - 43:8
43:11 - 43:11
43:12 - 43:12
43:14 - 43:14
43:16 - 43:16
43:26 - 43:26

Thus Israel let his sons go with the blessing, “God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may liberate to you your other brother (Simeon) and Benjamin;” and with this resigned submission to the will of God, “And I, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved,” i.e., if I am to lose my children, let it be so! For this mode of expression, cf. Est 4:16 and 2Ki 7:4. שָׁכַּֽלְתִּי with the pausal a, answering to the feelings of the speaker, which is frequently used for o; e.g., טְרָף for יִטְרֹף, Gen 49:27.