...land, awakened their guilty fears, and they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concern" ing our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his " soul...besought us, and we would not hear} " therefore is this distress come upon us.J) But that the prosperous sinner may not presume upon impunity from the lashes...

...present distress to be a judgment, for this crime, inflicted by Heaven. 'They said one to ano~ ther, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...besought us ; and we would not hear : Therefore is this distress come upon us. — Behold also his blood is required. From this instructive passage of history,...

...might be, for their lives, that their consciences, so far as appears, for the first time, smote them: " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and would not hear." This is the natural and true effect of judgments in this world, to bring us to a knowledge...

...their former visit to Egypt, when placed in temporary confinement, they had said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.'1 Now, their sin comes again to their remembrance. It seems to be brought home...

...shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. 21 f And they said one to another, God will surely require it of thee ; and it would be sin distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin...

...and they said one to another in their own language, (which they supposed he' did not understand,) " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...besought us and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us." They looked upon Joseph, as an austere man, and they well knew that he, being...

...with death in" a foreign land, then did better reflections arise ; " and they " said one to another, we are verily guilty " concerning our brother, in...besought us, " and we would not hear ; therefore is this " distress come upon us." Afflictions, by thus awakening our attention, and quickening a sense of sin...

...national error, to every private breast. — It has taught us wisdom — and has begun to humanise our hearts. — The many are now ready to exclaim,...verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we " saw (he anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we " would not hear ; therefore is this evil come...

...callous to remorse. He had overheard them, when, in their embarrassment, they said one to another, " We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that...soul, when he be,sought us, and we would not hear him ; therefore, is this distress come upon us." He had heard the eldest brother thus upbraid the rest,...

...anxiety and suspicion, in a strange land ; and shall say with the brethren of Joseph, ice are verity guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the...besought us, and we would not hear : therefore is this distress come upon us*. God who found out the iniquity of Joseph's brethren, and at last opened their...