Gen 42:27-35 | TSK | e4.org | the inn , ; ; , 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.

‏ Genesis 42:27-35

the inn Gen 43:21, Gen 44:11; Exod 4:24; Luke 2:7, Luke 10:34

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.

their heart Gen 42:36, Gen 27:33; Lev 26:36; Deut 28:65; 1Kgs 10:5; Ps 61:2; Song 5:6; Luke 21:26

failed them Heb. went forth, This refers to the spasmodic affection which is felt in the breast at any sudden alarm or fright.

What is Isa 45:7; Lam 2:17, Lam 3:37; Amos 3:6

roughly to us Heb. with us hard things, Gen 42:7-20

true Gen 42:11

twelve brethren Gen 42:13

Gen 42:15, Gen 42:19-20

traffic Gen 34:10, Gen 34:21; 1Kgs 10:15; Ezek 17:4

every man's Gen 42:27-28, Gen 43:21