Genesis 42:37 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. ”

Genesis 42:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- Joseph and Ten of His Brethren 1. שׁבר sheber , “fragment, crumb, hence, grain.” בר bar “pure,” “winnowed,” hence, “corn” (grain). 6. שׁליט shallı̂yṭ , “ruler, governor, hence,” S...
Genesis 42:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 42. Joseph's Brothers Come to Egypt to Buy Corn, and unwittingly Encounter Joseph. The greater part is taken from E, but Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 42:4 b , Genesis 42:5 ; Genesis 42:7 ;...
Genesis 42:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee - Wh...
Genesis 42:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Reuben spake unto his father— Reuben's expressions seem to denote a suspicion of his sons in Jacob; and, however rapid and passionate they may be, they indicate, at least, something good in Reuben;...
Genesis 42:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. Reuben ... Slay my two sons - (see the no...
Genesis 42:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The First Visit of Joseph's Brethren to Egypt 1. When Jacob saw] The caravans which travelled from Egypt to Syria would bring the news to Hebron.
Genesis 42:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Slay my two sons. — Reuben does not suppose that Jacob would really put his grandchildren to death. but simply means to offer his father a strong assurance that Benjamin would run no danger. He reg...
Genesis 42:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN Genesis 42:1-38 ; Genesis 43:1-34 ; Genesis 44:1-34 "Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good...
Genesis 42:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Simeon Held; the Others Sent Home Genesis 42:18-38 The behavior of this great Egyptian official-for so the brethren deemed him-must have seemed very hard and tyrannical to the trembling shepher...
Genesis 42:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

According to the foretelling of Joseph in interpreting Pharaoh's dreams, the famine came; but through Joseph's executive ability Egypt was provided with corn sufficient not only for its own needs, bu...
Genesis 42:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And Reuben spoke unto his father ,.... Being the eldest son, it most property lay upon him to make answer to his father in the name of his brethren, and to offer a word of comfort to him: saying,...
Genesis 42:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. Ver. 37. Slay my two sons. ] A simple and sinf...
Genesis 42:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Slay my two sons This was a very rash and absurd proposal. What authority had Reuben to dispose of the lives of his children? And how could the murder of two grandchildren compensate Jacob for the...
Genesis 42:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT The famine reaches to Jacob's land. God makes him and his sons to feel the distress of famine until they hear that Egypt has an abundance of food that is available fo...
Genesis 42:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Report Made to Jacob. B. C. 1706. 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto th...
Genesis 42:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Slay my two sons, two of the four mentioned Genesis 46:9 . An absurd proposition, neither fit for him to make, nor for Jacob to accept.
Genesis 42:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may kill my two sons if I do not bring him to you. Hand him over to me and I will bring him back to you again.” ' Reuben is concerned to go straight ba...
Genesis 42:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Genesis 42:29-38 THE INCREASING TROUBLES OF JACOB’S OLD AGE I. The causes which led to them. 1. The strange perplexity into which his sons had been broug...
Genesis 42:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 42:4 . Benjamin. Jacob wished to reserve him to be heir of the blessing instead of Joseph, who he thought was dead. Hence he let the ten go, for it is highly probable that the Egyptians wo...
Genesis 42:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Slay my two sons An unlawful mode of speaking I will give you leave to take away my life, unless I do this or that. Such modes of speaking as this do not become the mouths of the disciples of...
Genesis 42:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 42:1 Now when Jacob saw —literally, and Jacob saw, i.e. perceived by the preparations of others for buying corn in Egypt (Lange), but more probably learnt by the repor...
Genesis 42:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jacob's Grief
Genesis 42:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Slay my. Genesis 43:9 Genesis 44:32-34 Genesis 46:9 Micah 6:7

Genesis 42:37 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Genesis 42:37 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Genesis 42:37 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Genesis 42:37 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Genesis 42:37 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Genesis 42:37 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 42:37 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Genesis 42:37 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 42:37 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Genesis 42:37 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 42:37 - The Biblical Illustrator

Genesis 42:37 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Genesis 42:37 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Genesis 42:37 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge