THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
"Hand it to me," he said, "and I will return it to you." Reuben complied, believing that without Benjamin they could not make the journey back to Egypt to procure the necessary provisions.
Genesis 42:37Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons, if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר רְאוּבֵן֙ אֶל־אָבִ֣יו לֵאמֹ֔ר אֶת־שְׁנֵ֤י בָנַי֙ תָּמִ֔ית אִם־לֹ֥א אֲבִיאֶ֖נּוּ אֵלֶ֑יךָ תְּנָ֤ה אֹתוֹ֙ עַל־יָדִ֔י וַאֲנִ֖י אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Mic 6:7May the Lord be appeased with thousands of rams, or with many thousands of fat he goats? shall I give my firstborn for my wickedness, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul?
- Gen 46:9The sons of Ruben: Henoch and Phallu, and Hesron and Charmi.
- Gen 43:9I take the boy upon me, require him at my hand: unless I bring him again, and restore him to thee, I will be guilty of sin against thee for ever.
- Gen 44:32Let me be thy proper servant, who took him into my trust, and promised, saying: If I bring him not again, I will be guilty of sin against my father for ever.
- Gen 44:34For I cannot return to my father without the boy, lest I be a witness of the calamity that will oppress my father.