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‏ Genesis 44:16-34

Oh my Lord "No paraphrase," says Dr. A. Clarke, "can heighten the effect of Judah's address to Joseph. To add, would be to diminish its excellence; to attempt to explain, would be to obscure its beauties; to clothe the ideas in other language than that of Judah, and his translators in our Bible, would ruin its energy, and destroy its influence. It is perhaps one of the most tender, affecting pieces of natural oratory ever spoken or penned, and we need not wonder to find that, when Joseph heard it, he could not refrain himself, but wept aloud. His soul must have been insensible beyond what is common to human nature, had he not immediately yielded to a speech so delicately tender, and so powerfully impressive."

let thy Gen 18:30, Gen 18:32; 2Sam 14:12; Job 33:31; Acts 2:29

anger Exod 32:22; Esth 1:12; Ps 79:5

as Pharaoh Gen 41:40, Gen 41:44; Prov 19:12; Dan 3:15, Dan 3:19-23, Dan 5:19; John 5:22

Gen 42:7-10, Gen 43:7, Gen 43:29

we said Every word in this verse is simplicity and pathos itself. No man of the least sensibility can read it without great emotion. Indeed the whole speech is exquisitely beautiful, and perhaps the most complete pattern of genuine natural eloquence extant in any language. When we read this generous speech, we forgive Judah all the past, and cannot refuse to say, "Thou art he whom thy brethren shall praise." Gen 49:8

a child Gen 35:18, Gen 37:3, Gen 37:19, Gen 43:7-8, Gen 46:21

and his brother Gen 37:33-35, Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38

he alone Gen 44:27-29; Luke 7:12

Bring Gen 42:15, Gen 42:20, Gen 43:29

that I may Jer 24:6, Jer 40:4; Amos 9:4

his father would die Gen 44:30, Gen 42:38

Gen 42:15-20, Gen 43:3, Gen 43:5

we told him Gen 42:29-34

Gen 43:2, Gen 43:5

Gen 43:4-5; Luke 11:7

Gen 29:18-21, Gen 29:28, Gen 30:22-25, Gen 35:16-18, Gen 46:19

the one Gen 37:13-14

Surely Gen 37:33, Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38

And if Gen 42:36, Gen 42:38, Gen 43:14; Ps 88:3-4

sorrow Gen 44:31, Gen 42:38; Deut 31:17; Ps 88:4

When I Gen 44:17, Gen 44:31, Gen 44:34

his life 1Sam 18:1, 1Sam 25:29; 2Sam 18:33

when he 1Sam 4:17-18; 2Cor 7:10; 1Thess 4:13

servants shall Gen 44:29, Gen 37:26-27, Gen 37:35; 1Sam 22:22

grave Gen 44:29, Gen 37:35

Gen 43:8-9, Gen 43:16

therefore What must Benjamin have felt when he heard his brother conclude his speech by a proposal which could never have been thought of if it had not been actually made! Perhaps the annals of the whole world do not produce an instance of so heroic and disinterested affection in any mere man.

I pray thee Exod 32:32; Rom 5:7-10, Rom 9:3

instead Heb 7:22; 1John 3:16

lest 1Sam 2:33-34; 2Chr 34:28; Esth 8:6; Jer 52:10-11

come on Heb. find, Exod 18:8; Job 31:29; Ps 116:3, Ps 119:143 *marg.