Translation:
Return to your father and say, ‘O our father! Your son committed theft. We testify only to what we know. We could not guard against the unforeseen.19
Return to your father and say, ‘O our father! Your son committed theft. We testify only to what we know. We could not guard against the unforeseen.19
Translation:
"Turn you back to your father, and say, ´O our father! behold! your son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen! 1754
"Turn you back to your father, and say, ´O our father! behold! your son committed theft! we bear witness only to what we know, and we could not well guard against the unseen! 1754
Commentary:
1754 'He stole in secret and without our knowledge. How could we in the circumstances prevent it? 1 This may have been a good statement for the other nine brothers, but Judah was himself personally and specially pledged.
Translation:
[And as for you others,] return to your father and say: `O our father! Behold, thy son has stolen-but we [can] bear witness to no more than what has become known to us; 83 and [although we gave you our pledge,] we could not guard against something that [lay hidden in the future and, hence,] was beyond the reach of our perception. 84
[And as for you others,] return to your father and say: `O our father! Behold, thy son has stolen-but we [can] bear witness to no more than what has become known to us; 83 and [although we gave you our pledge,] we could not guard against something that [lay hidden in the future and, hence,] was beyond the reach of our perception. 84
Commentary:
83 I.e., the finding of the King's cup in Benjamin's bag (Baghawi and Zamakhshari).
84 Lit., "We were not guardians over that which was beyond the reach of [our] perception": i.e., "at the time when we gave you our pledge regarding Benjamin; we did not know that he would steal" (Zamakhshari).
83 I.e., the finding of the King's cup in Benjamin's bag (Baghawi and Zamakhshari).
84 Lit., "We were not guardians over that which was beyond the reach of [our] perception": i.e., "at the time when we gave you our pledge regarding Benjamin; we did not know that he would steal" (Zamakhshari).
19 We did not know when we gave you our solemn oath that our brother was going to steal.