...as a pledge of their return. This was a fresh affliction to the aged patriarch. " Me," he cried, " have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me," Gen. xlii. 36. It was some time before Jacob would give his...

...and gloomy despondency, upon the application of his sons to take Benjamin with them into Egypt. " Me have ye bereaved of my children — Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away — all these things are against me." Afflicted man ! distrusting the wisdom and goodness of his...

...their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons if...

...of his beloved Rachel flashed upon his mind ; and he exclaimed in the bitterness of his soul, "Me. have ye bereaved of my children ; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not ; and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me [" Jacob appears to have withstood the solicitations of his...

...their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. . And Jacob their father said unto them, me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, slay my two sons,...

...craftily . 36 And Jacob their father qeemed to think they only were in faulty and said untp them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children :*] Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away :] all these things are against me ; this renewed stroke ufion my former sorrows is very grievous^...

...their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. 36 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me. 37 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons,...

...matter of accusation. Upon which, the poor afllicted father breaks out into this complaint — " Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and " Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. All " these things are against me !" Reuben, hoping to persuade his father to consent to part...

...bereaved * Vide from Genesis, chap, xxviii, to chap. 1. t Ibid xxvii. 35. J Ibid. xlii. 36, and seq. ' bereaved of my children, Joseph is not, " and' Simeon is not, and ye will take Ben"jamin away; all these things are against " me." And when Reuben undertook for his security, how melancholy...

...cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it ?" In the afternoon from Gen. xlii. 36. " Me have ye bereaved of my children •: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me." To me, and to an affectionate congregation, a solemn and affecting...