And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me.
Ver. 36. Simeon is not.] That is, As good he were not; for ye have left him prisoner, and unless ye return the sooner with Benjamin, which I cannot yield to, is like to be put to death as a spy. See here the pangs and passions of a parent, and how love descends!