THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
I made a commitment to my father to bring the boy and accomplish your desire, thereby demonstrating that we were truthful in our communication with you and that there was no deceit in our message.
Genesis 44:30Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
Therefore, if I shall go to thy servant, our father, and the boy be wanting, (whereas his life dependeth upon the life of him,)
וְעַתָּ֗ה כְּבֹאִי֙ אֶל־עַבְדְּךָ֣ אָבִ֔י וְהַנַּ֖עַר אֵינֶ֣נּוּ אִתָּ֑נוּ וְנַפְשׁ֖וֹ קְשׁוּרָ֥ה בְנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- 1 Sam 18:1And it came to pass, when he had made an end of speaking to Saul, the son of Jonathan was knit with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own soul.
- 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.
- Gen 44:31And he shall see that he is not with us, he will die, and thy servants shall bring down his grey hairs with sorrow unto hell.
- Gen 44:17Joseph answered: God forbid that I should do so: he that stole the cup, he shall be my bondman: and go you away free to your father.
- 2 Sam 18:33The king therefore being much moved, went up to the high chamber over the gate, and wept. And as he went he spoke in this manner: My son Absalom, Absalom my son: would to God that I might die for thee, Absalom my son, my son Absalom.
- 1 Sam 25:29For if a man at any time shall rise, and persecute thee, and seek thy life, the soul of my lord shall be kept, as in the bundle of the living, with the Lord thy God: but the souls of thy enemies shall be whirled, as with the violence and whirling of a sling.