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King James Bible - Genesis 42:11

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SEV Biblia, Chapter 42:11

Todos nosotros somos hijos de un varón; somos hombres de la verdad; tus siervos nunca fueron espías.

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Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 42:11

Verse 11. We are all one man's sons] We do not belong to different tribes, and it is not likely that one family would make a hostile attempt upon a whole kingdom. This seems to be the very ground that Joseph took, viz., that they were persons belonging to different tribes. Against this particularly they set up their defense, asserting that they all belonged to one family; and it is on the proof of this that Joseph puts them, ver. 15, in obliging them to leave one as a hostage, and insisting on their bringing their remaining brother; so that he took exactly the same precautions to detect them as if he had had no acquaintance with them, and had every reason to be suspicious.

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Matthew Henry Commentary

Verses 7-20 - Joseph was hard upon his brethren, not from a spirit of revenge, but to bring them to repentance. Not seeing his brother Benjamin, he suspecte that they had made away with him, and he gave them occasion to speak of their father and brother. God, in his providence, sometimes seems hars with those he loves, and speaks roughly to those for whom yet he ha great mercy in store. Joseph settled at last, that one of them shoul be left, and the rest go home and fetch Benjamin. It was a very encouraging word he said to them, "I fear God;" as if he had said, Yo may be assured I will do you no wrong; I dare not, for I know there is one higher than I. With those that fear God, we may expect fai dealing.

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Original Hebrew

כלנו 3605 בני 1121 אישׁ 376 אחד 259 נחנו 5168 כנים 3651 אנחנו 587 לא 3808 היו 1961 עבדיך 5650 מרגלים׃ 7270