Gen 44:20-34 | TSK | e4.org | 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." a child , , , , and his brother , , he alone ;

‏ Genesis 44:20-34

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.