The Church Fathers on this verse

Genesis 42:29Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

Douay-Rheims

וַיָּבֹ֛אוּ אֶל־יַעֲקֹ֥ב אֲבִיהֶ֖ם אַ֣רְצָה כְּנָ֑עַן וַיַּגִּ֣ידוּ ל֔וֹ אֵ֛ת כָּל־הַקֹּרֹ֥ת אֹתָ֖ם לֵאמֹֽר׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

The Church Fathers on this verse

2 Church Fathers comment on this verse

John Chrysostom

4th centuryChurch Father

Upon their return to their father, they recounted all that had transpired, sharing the anger that the Egyptian ruler had shown towards them and how he had incarcerated them under the accusation of being spies.

Ephraem the Syrian

4th centuryChurch Father

When Joseph's siblings came back to their home with the provisions they had gathered, they recounted to their father the calamity they had encountered during their travels. They carried the wheat with heavy hearts to their father in Canaan and shared with him the troubling questions they faced and the anger of the ruler they had encountered.