KJV King James Version
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
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Genesis 44:2
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
WEB World English Bible
Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
ASV American Standard Version
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and my cup, the silver cup, thou dost put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his corn-money;’ and he doth according to the word of Joseph which he hath spoken.
Surrounding context — Genesis 44
1 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 [And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
וְאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]גְּבִיעִ֞יH1375 · ge.vi.acupגְּבִ֣יעַH1375 · ge.vi.acupהַכֶּ֗סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyתָּשִׂים֙H7760 · sumto set: makeבְּפִי֙H6310 · pehlipאַמְתַּ֣חַתH572 · am.ta.chatsackהַקָּטֹ֔ןH6996 · qa.tansmallוְאֵ֖תH853 · et[Obj.]כֶּ֣סֶףH3701 · ke.sephsilver: moneyשִׁבְר֑וֹH7668 · she.vergrainוַיַּ֕עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doכִּדְבַ֥רH1697 · da.varwordיוֹסֵ֖ףH3130 · yo.sephJosephאֲשֶׁ֥רH834 · a.sherwhichדִּבֵּֽר׃H1696 · da.varto speak: speak
Cross-references
2 Corinthians 8:8I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness of others, and to prove the sincerity of your love.Genesis 42:15-16Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.Deuteronomy 13:3Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the LORD your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.Matthew 10:16Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.Genesis 42:20But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.Deuteronomy 8:16Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;Deuteronomy 8:2And thou shalt remember all the way which the LORD thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, [and] to prove thee, to know what [was] in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.Genesis 43:32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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