...should come to verify their story, and deliver Simeon. " Me," cried the afflicted parent, " ye have bereaved of my children. Joseph is not, and Simeon...take Benjamin away; all these things are against me." " Slay my two sons," replied Reuben, confident of the probity of the Egyptian prince, notwithstanding...

...child dead, another in the wilderness, I knew not where ; the third they would not let me come near to. Me have ye bereaved of my children, Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin alto ; all these things are against me." Equally unexpected was the meeting with her son, on the same...

...afraid. 36. And Jacob their father said unto them, " Me have " ye bereaved of my children : Joseph к " 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, if J bring him not to " thee :...

...child dead, another in the wilderness, I knew not where ; the third they would not let me come near to. Me have ye bereaved of my children, Joseph is not, and Simeon ie not, and ye will take Benjamin also ; all the«t, things are against me." Equally unexpected was...

...what great and kind designs God was carrying on, when, in the bitterness of his soul, he exclaimed, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not,...take Benjamin away. All these things are against me. And thus it is with afflictions in general : how formidable soever in their aspect, they are all intended...

...land of Canaan, and Sold him all that had befallen them. 16. 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 also. But my son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If mischief...

...cannot see how the present affliction should be for your good ; you are ready to say with Jacob, " Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me." But could you once see how sweetly and orderly all these afflictions work under the blessing and influence...

...unto my son mourning. Thus his father wept for him, S3 — 3.5. And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon i» not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things are against me, ilii. 36. But man dieth,...

...mourn for the parent, and say, Alas, my father! my father ! and many a parent will say with Jacob, I am bereaved of my children ; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin is likely to be taken away. And it will be well if many a parent does not here take up the...

...bitter plaint of overwhelming sorrow, he accuses the brethren, as being the authors of his misery — Me have YE bereaved of my children. Joseph is not,...take Benjamin away. All these things are against me. Little as he was aware of it, this declaration was affirmation of the truth; they, indeed, were the...