36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
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And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
For I the LORD thy God will hold thy right hand, saying unto thee, Fear not; I will help thee. …
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof: and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
O remember that my life is wind: mine eye shall no more see good.
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 29-38)Here is, 1. The report which Jacob’s sons made to their father of the great distress they had been in in Egypt; how they had been suspected, and threatened, and obliged to leave Simeon a prisoner there, till they should bring Benjamin with them thither. Who would have thought of this when they left home? When we go abroad we should consider how many sad accidents, that we little think of, may befa…
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