Genesis 43:14

If I be bereaved— Houbigant says that the Hebrew is verbatim, But I, as I shall be bereaved, so I will be bereaved: ego autem, ut orbus ero, ita orbus ero. One word demonstrates the event of the thing; the other, a mind prepared for that event, and that not a desirable one. So Esther, before she went in to king Ahasuerus, said, "If I must perish, I will perish;" (so it is in the original;) Esther 4:16. The prudence of Jacob is discernible in the present which he sent to Joseph; his justice, in the care which he took to restore the money found in the sacks; his piety, in the address which he makes to God Almighty for the success of their journey: but that which crowns all these virtues, is the perfect resignation which he shews to the will of God—If I be bereaved, I am, or rather, will be bereaved; if Providence think fit to deprive me of my children, I will submit, and bear it as patiently as I am able, entirely referring myself and the success of this whole affair to him.

Note; 1. What a blessing is bread! Neither the mines of India, nor the spices of Arabia, can supply the want of it. 2. Submission to God's will is not only most for his glory, but for our comfort also. 3. Prayer should sanctify all our journies. If God Almighty go with us, mercy will compass us on every side.