SEV Biblia, Chapter 43:18
Y aquellos hombres tuvieron temor, cuando fueron metidos en casa de José, y decían: Por el dinero que fue vuelto en nuestros costales la primera vez nos han metido aquí, para revolver sobre nosotros, y dar sobre nosotros, y tomarnos por siervos a nosotros, y a nuestros asnos.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Genesis 43:18
Verse 18. 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] wnyl[ llgth 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.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 15-25 - Jacob's sons went down the second time into Egypt to buy corn. If we should ever know what a famine of the word means, let us not think i much to travel as far for spiritual food, as they did for bodily food Joseph's steward had orders from his master to take them to his house Even this frightened them. Those that are guilty make the worst of every thing. But the steward encouraged them. It appears, from what he said, that by his good master he was brought to the knowledge of the true God, the God of the Hebrews. Religious servants should take all fit occasions to speak of God and his providence, with reverence an seriousness.
Original Hebrew
וייראו 3372 האנשׁים 376 כי 3588 הובאו 935 בית 1004 יוסף 3130 ויאמרו 559 על 5921 דבר 1697 הכסף 3701 השׁב 7725 באמתחתינו 572 בתחלה 8462 אנחנו 587 מובאים 935 להתגלל 1556 עלינו 5921 ולהתנפל 5307 עלינו 5921 ולקחת 3947 אתנו 853 לעבדים 5650 ואת 853 חמרינו׃ 2543
