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Genesis 44:13

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13 Da zerrissen sie ihre Kleider, und ein jeder belud seinen Esel, und sie kehrten in die Stadt zurück.

Genesis 44:13 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:13

Then they rent their clothes
In token of sorrow and distress, being at their wits' end, like distracted persons, not knowing what to do: this was usually done in the eastern countries when any evil befell, as did Jacob, ( Genesis 37:34 ) ; and as the Egyptians themselves did when mourning for their dead, as Diodorus Siculus F17 relates: and laded every man his ass;
put their sacks of corn on their asses again, having tied them up: and returned to the city;
to the metropolis, as Jarchi, which was either Tanis, that is, Zoan, or, as others think, Memphis: hither they returned to see how it would go with Benjamin, to plead his cause and get him released, that he might go with them, they being afraid to see their father's face without him; otherwise, could they have been content to have gone without him, they might have proceeded on in their journey, see ( Genesis 44:17 ) .


FOOTNOTES:

F17 Bibliothec. l. 1. p. 65.
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Genesis 44:13 In-Context

11 Und sie eilten und hoben ein jeder seinen Sack auf die Erde herab und öffneten ein jeder seinen Sack.
12 Und er durchsuchte: beim Ältesten fing er an, und beim Jüngsten hörte er auf; und der Kelch fand sich im Sacke Benjamins.
13 Da zerrissen sie ihre Kleider, und ein jeder belud seinen Esel, und sie kehrten in die Stadt zurück.
14 Und Juda und seine Brüder kamen in das Haus Josephs; und er war noch daselbst, und sie fielen vor ihm nieder zur Erde.
15 Und Joseph sprach zu ihnen: Was ist das für eine Tat, die ihr getan habt! Wußtet ihr nicht, daß solch ein Mann wie ich wahrsagen kann?
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