Génesis 42:36

36 Entonces Jacob, su padre, les dijo:—¡Ustedes me van a dejar sin hijos! José ya no está con nosotros, Simeón tampoco está aquí, ¡y ahora se quieren llevar a Benjamín! ¡Todo esto me perjudica!

Génesis 42:36 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:36

And Jacob their father said unto them, me have ye bereaved
[of my children]
Which looks as if Jacob suspected that they had either sold or slain Joseph, and had done one or the other by Simeon: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not:
neither of them were with him, and both were given up by him as dead, or, as the Targum of Jonathan paraphrases it,

``of Joseph ye have said an evil beast hath devoured him; and Simeon, ye say, the king of the country hath bound him;''

as for Joseph he knew not but he was dead, he feared he was; and as for Simeon, he being in the hands of so rough a man as they had represented the lord of the land to be, and especially as his release depended upon sending Benjamin, which he was determined at present not to do; he was reckoned by him as a lost or dead man: and ye will take Benjamin [away];
they were desirous of it, and what their design was he could not tell; he seems to have a strong suspicion that it was not good: all these things are against me;
against his will, his peace, and comfort, and happiness, though they were all working and would work as they did for his good, and for the good of his family, for the preservation of it during the seven years of famine; or are "upon me" {f}, as heavy burdens, too heavy for him to bear, ready to sink him down to the earth.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 (yle) "super me", Montanus, Schmidt; "[vel.] in me", V. L. Vatablus.

Génesis 42:36 In-Context

34 Pero a la vuelta tráiganme a su hermano menor. Así comprobaré que no son espías, y que en verdad son gente honrada. Luego les entregaré de vuelta a su hermano, y podrán moverse con libertad por el país”.

35 Cuando comenzaron a vaciar sus costales, se encontraron con que la bolsa de dinero de cada uno estaba allí. Esto hizo que ellos y su padre se llenaran de temor.

36 Entonces Jacob, su padre, les dijo:—¡Ustedes me van a dejar sin hijos! José ya no está con nosotros, Simeón tampoco está aquí, ¡y ahora se quieren llevar a Benjamín! ¡Todo esto me perjudica!

37 Pero Rubén le dijo a su padre:—Yo me hago cargo de Benjamín. Si no te lo devuelvo, podrás matar a mis dos hijos.

38 —¡Mi hijo no se irá con ustedes! —replicó Jacob—. Su hermano José ya está muerto, y ahora solo él me queda. Si le llega a pasar una desgracia en el viaje que van a emprender, ustedes tendrán la culpa de que este pobre viejo se muera de tristeza.