Bible study online

Genesis 43:6

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Genesis 43:6

Verse 6 of 34

Scripture focus

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

Genesis 43:6 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Genesis 43:6

Theological / Devotional

Wherefore dealt ye so ill? To the father’s reproachful question, why they had informed the Egyptian viceroy about Benjamin, they replied in self-defense that they had been guilty of no slip of the tongue. How could they have known that such a question would become a source of trouble later on? Though Joseph’s questions concerning their family do not appear in the preceding narrative (ch. 42:13, 22), it is apparent that that information had been supplied in answer to a direct inquiry. In pleading before Joseph in behalf of Benjamin, Judah later reminded him of having asked just such a question (ch. 44:19).

By SdaBc