Genesis 42:26-38

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resting place <04411> [the inn.]

resting place <04411> [inn.]

{Malon,} from {loon,} to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their {girbehs,} or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a {khan,} or {caravanserai,} which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging: and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period.

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<03820> [their heart.]

dismayed .... trembling <03318 02729> [failed them. Heb. went forth.]

This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.

God <0430> [What is.]

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harshly ........... spying <07186 05414> [roughly to us. Heb. with us hard things.]

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honest <03651> [true.]

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twelve brothers <0251 06240> [twelve brethren.]

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move about freely <05503> [traffick.]

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each man's <0376> [every man's.]

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childless <07921> [Me have ye.]

[all these things are against me.]

{Alay hayoo cullanah,} literally, "upon me are all these things:" rendered by the Vulgate, {in me h‘c omnia mala reciderunt,} "all these evils fall back upon me;" they lie upon me as heavy loads, hastening my death: they are more than I can bear.

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two .... death <04191 08147> [Slay my.]

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brother <0251> [his brother.]

accident <0611> [if mischief.]

go down ............................... bring down <03381> [bring.]