Chuàngshìjì 42:15

15 Wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , ruò shì nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi bú dào zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen jiù bùdé chū zhè dìfang , cóngcǐ jiù kĕyǐ bǎ nǐmen zhèng yàn chūlai le .

Chuàngshìjì 42:15 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:15

Hereby ye shall be proved
Whether spies, or not, namely, by producing their youngest brother, said to be at home with his father: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your
youngest brother come hither:
the phrase, "by the life of Pharaoh", seems to be the form of an oath, as it was common with many nations, especially with the Scythians, who used to swear by the royal throne {a}, and the Romans, in later times, by the life, health, and genius of their emperor; and this custom of swearing by the life of their king, or by his head, continued with the Egyptians, as Aben Ezra says, unto his times; though some take this to be a wish or prayer for the life of Pharaoh, and render it, "may Pharaoh live" ^F2, or, at most, but a strong asseveration, that as dear as the life of Pharaoh was to him, so surely they should not stir from the place where they were, unless their youngest brother Benjamin was brought thither.

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FOOTNOTES:

F1 Herodot. Melpomene, sive, l. 4. c. 68.
F2 (herp yx) "vivat Parhoh", Montanus, Junius & Tremellius; so Ainsworth and Lightfoot.

Chuàngshìjì 42:15 In-Context

13 Tāmen shuō , púrén men bĕn shì dìxiōng shí èr rén , shì Jiānán dì yī gèrén de érzi , dǐng xiǎo de xiànjīn zaì wǒmen de fùqin nàli , yǒu yī gè méiyǒu le .

14 Yūesè shuō , wǒ cái shuō nǐmen shì jiānxi , zhè huà shízaì búcuò .

15 Wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , ruò shì nǐmen de xiǎo xiōngdi bú dào zhèlǐ lái , nǐmen jiù bùdé chū zhè dìfang , cóngcǐ jiù kĕyǐ bǎ nǐmen zhèng yàn chūlai le .

16 Xū yào dǎfa nǐmen zhōngjiān yī gèrén qù , bǎ nǐmen de xiōngdi daì lái . zhìyú nǐmen , dōu yào qiú zaì zhèlǐ , hǎo zhèng yàn nǐmen de huà shè bú zhēn , ruò bù zhēn , wǒ zhǐ zhe fǎlǎo de xìngméng qǐshì , nǐmen yídéng shì jiānxi .

17 Yúshì Yūesè bǎ tāmen dōu xià zaì jiānlǐ sān tiān .