13And Israel said unto Joseph, Do not thy brethren feed the flock in Shechem? come, and I will send thee unto them. And he said to him, Here am I.
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Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. …
Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
And Jesse said unto David his son, Take now for thy brethren an ephah of this parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the camp to thy brethren; …
That the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I. …
Then Eli called Samuel, and said, Samuel, my son. And he answered, Here am I.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 12-22)Here is, I. The kind visit which Joseph, in obedience to his father’s command, made to his brethren, who were feeding the flock at Shechem, many miles off. Some suggest that they went thither on purpose, expecting that Joseph would be sent to see them, and that then they should have an opportunity to do him a mischief. However, Joseph and his father had both of them more of the innocence of the do…
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