Genesis 44:3
New International Version
As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

New Living Translation
The brothers were up at dawn and were sent on their journey with their loaded donkeys.

English Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

Berean Standard Bible
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

King James Bible
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

New King James Version
As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

New American Standard Bible
As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

NASB 1995
As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

NASB 1977
As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

Legacy Standard Bible
As the morning light broke, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

Amplified Bible
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

Christian Standard Bible
At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

American Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And when it was dawn, the men had started to go, they and their donkeys.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Contemporary English Version
Early the next morning, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the morning arose, they were sent away with their asses.

English Revised Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
At dawn the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

Good News Translation
Early in the morning the brothers were sent on their way with their donkeys.

International Standard Version
Early the next morning, the men were sent on their way, along with their donkeys.

JPS Tanakh 1917
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Literal Standard Version
The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their donkeys—

Majority Standard Bible
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

New American Bible
At daybreak the men and their donkeys were sent off.

NET Bible
When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

New Revised Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

New Heart English Bible
As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent off along with their donkeys.

Webster's Bible Translation
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

World English Bible
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

Young's Literal Translation
The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

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Context
Benjamin and the Silver Cup
2Put 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. 3At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys. 4They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?…

Cross References
Genesis 44:2
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.

Genesis 44:4
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, "Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?


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Genesis 44
1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.
6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack.
14. They are brought before Joseph.
18. Judah's humble supplication to Joseph.














Verses 3-5. - As soon as the morning was light (literally, the morning became bright), the men (literally, and the men) were sent away, they and their asses. That Joseph did not make himself known to his brothers at the repast was not due to unnatural callousness which caused his heart to remain cold and steeled (Kalisch), or to a fear lest he should thereby destroy the character of his mission which made him the medium of retribution for his brothers (Kalisch), but to the fact that in his judgment either his brothers had not been sufficiently tested, or the time did not appear convenient for the disclosure of his secret. And when they were gone out of the city (literally, they went forth out of the city), and not yet far off (literally, they had not gone far), Joseph (literally, and Joseph) said unto his steward (or man over his house), Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them (literally, and overtake them, and say to them), Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? The interpolation at this point of the words, "Why did you steal my silver goblet?" (LXX., Vulgate, Syriac) is superfluous. Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? - literally, and divining he divineth, or maketh trial, in it, the verb נָחַשׁ (from which is derived nachash, a serpent: vide Genesis 3:1) originally signifying to hiss or whisper, and hence to mutter incantations, to practice ophiomancy, and generally to divine. The special form of divination here referred to (κυλικομαντεία, or divining out of cups) was practiced by the ancient Egyptians (Hengstenberg's 'Egypt and the Books of Moses,' p. 39). "Small pieces of gold or silver, together with precious stones, marked with strange figures and signs, were thrown into the vessel; after which certain incantations were pronounced, and the evil demon was invoked; the latter was then supposed to give the answer either by intelligible words, or by pointing to some of the characters on the precious stones, or in some other more mysterious manner. Sometimes the goblet was filled with pure water, upon which the sun was allowed to play; and the figures which were thus formed, or which a lively imagination fancied it saw, were interpreted as the desired omen" (Kalisch). Traces of this ancient practice of soothsaying have been detected by some writers in the magnificent vase of turquoise belonging to Jam-shoed, the Solomon of Persia. Like Merlin's cup, described by Spenser ('Faery Queens,' 3:2, 19) -

"It vertue had to show in perfect sight
Whatever thing was in the world contained
Betwixt the lowest earth and heven's hight,
So that it to the looker appertaynd."
A similar account is given by Homer of the cup of Nestor; and Alexander the Great is reported to have possessed a mystic goblet of a like kind. It is said that in the storming of Seringapatam the unfortunate Tippeo Saib retired to gaze on his divining cup, and that after standing awhile absorbed in it he returned to the fight and fell (vide Kitto's 'Cyclopedia,' art. Divination). Ye have done evil in so doing.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
At daybreak,
הַבֹּ֖קֶר (hab·bō·qer)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1242: Dawn, morning

the men
וְהָאֲנָשִׁ֣ים (wə·hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 582: Man, mankind

were sent on their way
שֻׁלְּח֔וּ (šul·lə·ḥū)
Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7971: To send away, for, out

with their donkeys.
וַחֲמֹרֵיהֶֽם׃ (wa·ḥă·mō·rê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 2543: A male ass


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