Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 42:2 - 42:2

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Genesis 42:2 - 42:2


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I have heard: this word explains the word saw, Gen_42:1.



Get you down; for Egypt was lower than Canaan; whence, on the contrary, they are said to go up to Canaan, Gen_45:9.



That we may live, and not die; an emphatical repetition of the same thing, used here to make them more sensible of their danger.