Chuàngshìjì 43:18

18 Tāmen yīnwei beì lǐng dào Yūesè de wū lǐ , jiù haìpà , shuō , lǐng wǒmen dào zhèlǐ lái , bì shì yīnwei tóu cì guī hái zaì wǒmen kǒudai lǐ de yínzi , zhǎo wǒmen de cuò fùng , xià shǒu haì wǒmen , qiáng qǔ wǒmen wèi núpú , qiǎngduó wǒmen de lü .

Chuàngshìjì 43:18 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 43:18

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into
Joseph's house
It not being usual, as Jarchi observes, for those that came to buy corn to lodge there, but at an inn in the city: and they said, because of the money that was returned in our sacks at
the first time are we brought in;
to examine and inquire of them how they came to go away without paying for their corn, take up their money again after they had laid it down, and take it away with them, and so were guilty of tricking and defrauding, if not of theft: that he may seek occasion against us:
or "roll on us" ^F26; cast all the shame on them, and leave the reproach and scandal of it on them: and fall upon us;
with hard words, and severe menaces, if not with blows: and take us for bondmen, and our asses;
imprison them, which was the punishment for fraud and theft, and take their asses as a forfeiture.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (wnyle llnthl) "ut devolvat (hoc) in nos", Tigurine version.

Chuàngshìjì 43:18 In-Context

16 Yūesè jiàn Biànyǎmǐn hé tāmen tóng lái , jiù duì jiāzǎi shuō , jiàng zhèxie rén lǐng dào wū lǐ . yào zǎishā shēngchù , yùbeì yánxí , yīnwei shǎngwu zhèxie rén tóng wǒ chī fàn .

17 Jiāzǎi jiù zūn zhe Yūesè de méng qù xíng , lǐng tāmen jìn Yūesè de wū lǐ .

18 Tāmen yīnwei beì lǐng dào Yūesè de wū lǐ , jiù haìpà , shuō , lǐng wǒmen dào zhèlǐ lái , bì shì yīnwei tóu cì guī hái zaì wǒmen kǒudai lǐ de yínzi , zhǎo wǒmen de cuò fùng , xià shǒu haì wǒmen , qiáng qǔ wǒmen wèi núpú , qiǎngduó wǒmen de lü .

19 Tāmen jiù ái jìn Yūesè de jiāzǎi , zaì wū ménkǒu hé tā shuōhuà ,

20 Shuō , wǒ zhǔ a , wǒmen tóu cì xià lái shízaì shì yào dí liáng .