21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
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I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: …
And if they be bound in fetters, and be holden in cords of affliction; …
And it came to pass, when Joseph was come unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph out of his coat, his coat of many colours that was on him; …
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 21-28)Here is, I. The penitent reflection Joseph’s brethren made upon the wrong they had formerly done to him, Gen. 42:21. They talked the matter over in the Hebrew tongue, not suspecting that Joseph, whom they took for a native of Egypt, understood them, much less that he was the person they spoke of. 1. They remembered with regret the barbarous cruelty wherewith they persecuted him: We are verily guil…
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