Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack. New Living Translation But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack. English Standard Version And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. Berean Standard Bible At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack. King James Bible And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. New King James Version But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw his money; and there it was, in the mouth of his sack. New American Standard Bible But when one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the overnight campsite, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the opening of his sack! NASB 1995 As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. NASB 1977 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Legacy Standard Bible Then one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place. And he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Amplified Bible And at the lodging place, as one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, he saw his money in the opening of his sack. Christian Standard Bible At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver there at the top of his bag. Holman Christian Standard Bible At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his money there at the top of the bag. American Standard Version And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Contemporary English Version When they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey, and at once he saw his moneybag. English Revised Version And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. GOD'S WORD® Translation At the place where they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey. His money was right inside his sack. Good News Translation At the place where they spent the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey and found his money at the top of the sack. International Standard Version Later on, one of them opened up his sack to give his donkey some fodder after they had stopped at the place where they intended to lodge for the night. There, in the mouth of his sack, was all of his money! Majority Standard Bible At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack. NET Bible When one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. New Heart English Bible As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food at the lodging place, he saw his silver. Look, it was in the mouth of his sack. Webster's Bible Translation And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money: for behold, it was in his sack's mouth. World English Bible As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versionand the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag, Young's Literal Translation and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag, Smith's Literal Translation And the one will open his sack to give food to his ass in the lodging place, and he will see his silver; for behold, it in the mouth of his sack. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth; Catholic Public Domain Version And one of them, opening a sack to give his beast of burden fodder at the inn, looked upon the money at the sack’s mouth, New American Bible At the night encampment, when one of them opened his bag to give his donkey some fodder, he saw his money there in the mouth of his bag. New Revised Standard Version When one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money at the top of the sack. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And one of them opened his sack to throw hay for his donkey, at the lodging house, and he saw his money laid in the mouth of his pack. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Brenton Septuagint Translation And one having opened his sack to give his asses fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan…26and they loaded the grain on their donkeys and departed. 27At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack. 28“My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”… Cross References Genesis 43:21 But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us. Genesis 44:1-2 Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack. / 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 37:25-28 And as they sat down to eat a meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh on their way down to Egypt. / Then Judah said to his brothers, “What profit will we gain if we kill our brother and cover up his blood? / Come, let us sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him; for he is our brother, our own flesh.” And they agreed. ... Genesis 45:3 Joseph said to his brothers, “I am Joseph! Is my father still alive?” But they were unable to answer him, because they were terrified in his presence. Genesis 50:20 As for you, what you intended against me for evil, God intended for good, in order to accomplish a day like this—to preserve the lives of many people. Exodus 4:24-26 Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him. / But Zipporah took a flint knife, cut off her son’s foreskin, and touched it to Moses’ feet. “Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me,” she said. / So the LORD let him alone. (When she said, “bridegroom of blood,” she was referring to the circumcision.) Exodus 16:15 When the Israelites saw it, they asked one another, “What is it?” For they did not know what it was. So Moses told them, “It is the bread that the LORD has given you to eat. Exodus 32:1 Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!” Numbers 22:21-23 So in the morning Balaam got up, saddled his donkey, and went with the princes of Moab. / Then God’s anger was kindled because Balaam was going along, and the angel of the LORD stood in the road to oppose him. Balaam was riding his donkey, and his two servants were with him. / When the donkey saw the angel of the LORD standing in the road with a drawn sword in his hand, she turned off the path and went into a field. So Balaam beat her to return her to the path. Deuteronomy 8:2 Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments. Joshua 9:4-5 acted deceptively and set out as envoys, carrying on their donkeys worn-out sacks and old wineskins, cracked and mended. / They put worn, patched sandals on their feet and threadbare clothing on their bodies, and their whole supply of bread was dry and moldy. 1 Samuel 9:7-8 “If we do go,” Saul replied, “what can we give the man? For the bread in our packs is gone, and there is no gift to take to the man of God. What do we have?” / The servant answered him again. “Look,” he said, “I have here in my hand a quarter shekel of silver. I will give it to the man of God, and he will tell us our way.” 2 Kings 7:8 When the lepers reached the edge of the camp, they went into a tent to eat and drink. Then they carried off the silver, gold, and clothing, and went and hid them. On returning, they entered another tent, carried off some items from there, and hid them. Nehemiah 5:15 The governors before me had heavily burdened the people, taking from them bread and wine plus forty shekels of silver. Their servants also oppressed the people. But I did not do this, because of my fear of God. Job 12:22 He reveals the deep things of darkness and brings deep shadows into light. Treasury of Scripture And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. the inn. Genesis 43:21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. Genesis 44:11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. Exodus 4:24 And it came to pass by the way in the inn, that the LORD met him, and sought to kill him. inn. Jump to Previous Ass Bag Donkey Espied Feed Fodder Food Inn Lodging Money Mouth Night Night's Opened Openeth Opening Provender Resting-Place Sack Sack's StoppedJump to Next Ass Bag Donkey Espied Feed Fodder Food Inn Lodging Money Mouth Night Night's Opened Openeth Opening Provender Resting-Place Sack Sack's StoppedGenesis 42 1. Jacob sends his ten sons to buy grain in Egypt.16. They are imprisoned by Joseph as spies. 18. They are set at liberty, on condition to bring Benjamin. 21. They have remorse for Joseph. 24. Simeon is kept for a pledge. 25. They return with grain, and their money. 29. Their relation to Jacob. 36. Jacob refuses to send Benjamin. When one of them opened his sack This phrase introduces a moment of revelation and surprise. The Hebrew word for "opened" is "פָּתַח" (pathach), which often implies an unveiling or a discovery. In the context of the narrative, this act of opening the sack is not just a physical action but a metaphorical unveiling of God's providence and the unfolding of His plan. The sack, a simple container, becomes a vessel of divine intervention, reminding us that God can use the ordinary to reveal the extraordinary. to give feed to his donkey at the lodging place he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack It is said here that one only found his money at the lodging-place, and that the rest did not find their money until they emptied their sacks on reaching home. the sacks mentioned here (in Genesis 42:35) were the same as the travelling-bags, for they are expressly so called in Genesis 43:21-23. In Genesis 43:21, however, they tell Joseph's steward that they all found their money in the mouth of their sacks on opening them at the lodging-place. This was not strictly accurate, but it would have been wearisome and useless to enter into such details. Two things it was necessary to show: the first, that all had found their money; the second, that they had gone too far on their journey homewards to be able to return and give the money back. Probably what is said in Genesis 43:21 was literally true only of one, and he found his money because it had been put in last, and was therefore at the mouth of the wallet. In all the other sacks it had been put in first, under the corn, and so they did not find it until "they had emptied their sacks." . . . Verse 27. - And as one of them opened his sack - literally, and the one opened his sack, i.e. they did not all open their sacks on the homeward journey, although afterwards, in reporting the circumstance to Joseph, they represent themselves as having done so (Genesis 43:21); but only one at the wayside inn, and the rest on reaching home (ver. 35; vide infra, Genesis 43:21) - to give his ass provender in the inn (the מָלון, from לוּן, an inn to pass the night, was not in the modern sense of the term, but simply a halting-place or camping station where travelers were wont to lodge, without finding for themselves or animals any other food than they carried with them), he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth - literally, in the opening, of his amtachath, אַמְתַּחַת, from מָתַח, to spread out, an old word for a sack (Genesis 43:18, 21, 22), here used synonymously with שַׂק, from which it would seem that the travelers carried two sorts of bags, one for the corn כְּלִי (ver. 25), and another for the called asses' provender called אַמְתַּחַת. It was in the latter that the money had been placed.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew At the place where they lodged for the night,בַּמָּל֑וֹן (bam·mā·lō·wn) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4411: A lodgment, caravanserai, encampment one הָאֶחָ֜ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ) Article | Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first of them opened וַיִּפְתַּ֨ח (way·yip̄·taḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve his sack שַׂקּ֗וֹ (śaq·qōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag to get לָתֵ֥ת (lā·ṯêṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 5414: To give, put, set feed מִסְפּ֛וֹא (mis·pō·w) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4554: Fodder for his donkey, לַחֲמֹר֖וֹ (la·ḥă·mō·rōw) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2543: A male ass and he saw וַיַּרְא֙ (way·yar) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7200: To see his silver כַּסְפּ֔וֹ (kas·pōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3701: Silver, money in the mouth בְּפִ֥י (bə·p̄î) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6310: The mouth, edge, portion, side, according to of the sack. אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ׃ (’am·taḥ·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 572: Something expansive, a bag Links Genesis 42:27 NIVGenesis 42:27 NLT Genesis 42:27 ESV Genesis 42:27 NASB Genesis 42:27 KJV Genesis 42:27 BibleApps.com Genesis 42:27 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:27 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:27 French Bible Genesis 42:27 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 42:27 As one of them opened his sack (Gen. 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