Génesis 43:29

29 Entonces José miró a su hermano Benjamín, hijo de su misma madre.
—¿Es este su hermano menor del que me hablaron? —preguntó José—. Que Dios te bendiga, hijo mío.

Génesis 43:29 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 43:29

And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin
He had seen him before when his brethren first presented themselves to him, but then took no particular and special notice of him, only gave him a side look as it were, but now he looked wistly at him: his mother's son;
the son of Rachel his mother, and who was his only brother by his mother's side, the rest, though his brethren, yet only by his father's side, not his mother's sons: and said, [is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me?
he knew he was the same, but was willing to have it from their mouths, to lead on to what he had further to say: and he said;
after they had answered his question, and told him it was he: God be gracious unto thee, my son;
speaking as a superior, a governor, in which capacity he was a father to his inferiors; and as a man, a relation, a brother, though not as yet discovered; he spoke in the most tender and affectionate manner, and, as a religious good man, he wishes the best thing he could for his brother, the grace and goodness of God; and which may be understood in the largest and most expressive sense, as including all good things, temporal, spiritual, and eternal.

Génesis 43:29 In-Context

27 Después de saludarlos, él les preguntó:
—¿Cómo está su padre, el anciano del que me hablaron? ¿Todavía vive?

28 —Sí —contestaron—. Nuestro padre, siervo de usted, sigue con vida y está bien.
Y volvieron a postrarse.

29 Entonces José miró a su hermano Benjamín, hijo de su misma madre.
—¿Es este su hermano menor del que me hablaron? —preguntó José—. Que Dios te bendiga, hijo mío.

30 Entonces José se apresuró a salir de la habitación porque la emoción de ver a su hermano lo había vencido. Entró en su cuarto privado, donde perdió el control y se echó a llorar.

31 Después de lavarse la cara, volvió a salir, ya más controlado. Entonces ordenó: «Traigan la comida».