Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened. New Living Translation As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the grain! The brothers and their father were terrified when they saw the bags of money. English Standard Version As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. Berean Standard Bible As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed. King James Bible And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. New King James Version Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that surprisingly each man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. New American Standard Bible Now it came about, as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bag of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid. NASB 1995 Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. NASB 1977 Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. Legacy Standard Bible Now it happened that they were emptying their sacks, and behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they feared. Amplified Bible Now when they emptied their sacks, every man’s bundle of money [paid to buy grain] was in his sack. When they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. Christian Standard Bible As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid. Holman Christian Standard Bible As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid. American Standard Version And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. Contemporary English Version When the brothers started emptying their sacks of grain, they found their moneybags in them. They were frightened, and so was their father Jacob, English Revised Version And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. GOD'S WORD® Translation As they were emptying their sacks, each man found his bag of money in his sack. When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were frightened. Good News Translation Then when they emptied out their sacks, every one of them found his bag of money; and when they saw the money, they and their father Jacob were afraid. International Standard Version Later on, as they went about unloading their sacks, each man's bundle of money was found in each man's sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were greatly distressed. Majority Standard Bible As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed. NET Bible When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid. New Heart English Bible Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that look, every man’s bag of silver was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid. Webster's Bible Translation And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. World English Bible As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; Young's Literal Translation And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver is in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; Smith's Literal Translation And it will be in their emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of silver of each in his sack: and they will see the bundles of their silver, they and their father, and they will be afraid. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleWhen they had told this, they poured out their corn and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together, Catholic Public Domain Version Having said this, when they poured out their grain, each found his money tied to the mouth of his sack. And all were terrified together. New American Bible When they were emptying their sacks, there in each one’s sack was his moneybag! At the sight of their moneybags, they and their father were afraid. New Revised Standard Version As they were emptying their sacks, there in each one’s sack was his bag of money. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, behold, every man's bag of money was in his sack; and when both they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And it was that when they emptied their sacks, behold, the moneybag of the man’s money was in the mouth of his pack, and they saw the moneybags of their money, they and their father, and they were afraid. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. Brenton Septuagint Translation And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan…34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’ ” 35 As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed. 36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”… Cross References Genesis 43:12-15 Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake. / Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once. / May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.” ... 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 45:21-23 So the sons of Israel did as they were told. Joseph gave them wagons as Pharaoh had instructed, and he also gave them provisions for their journey. / He gave new garments to each of them, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver and five sets of clothes. / And he sent to his father the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and provisions for his father’s journey. Genesis 37:28 So when the Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty shekels of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took him to Egypt. Genesis 41:56-57 When the famine had spread over all the land, Joseph opened up all the storehouses and sold grain to the Egyptians; for the famine was severe in the land of Egypt. / And every nation came to Joseph in Egypt to buy grain, because the famine was severe over all the earth. Genesis 43:21-22 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. / We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We do not know who put our silver in our sacks.” Genesis 44:8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house? Genesis 45:25-28 So the brothers went up out of Egypt and came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. / “Joseph is still alive,” they said, “and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt!” But Jacob was stunned, for he did not believe them. / However, when they relayed all that Joseph had told them, and when he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him back, the spirit of their father Jacob was revived. ... 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 16:31-32 Now the house of Israel called the bread manna. It was white like coriander seed and tasted like wafers made with honey. / Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” 2 Kings 7:8-9 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. / Finally, they said to one another, “We are not doing what is right. Today is a day of good news. If we are silent and wait until morning light, our sin will overtake us. Now, therefore, let us go and tell the king’s household.” Matthew 6:19-21 Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. / But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Matthew 10:9-10 Do not carry any gold or silver or copper in your belts. / Take no bag for the road, or second tunic, or sandals, or staff; for the worker is worthy of his provisions. Luke 12:33-34 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys. / For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also. Luke 24:41-43 While they were still in disbelief because of their joy and amazement, He asked them, “Do you have anything here to eat?” / So they gave Him a piece of broiled fish, / and He took it and ate it in front of them. Treasury of Scripture And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. every man's. Genesis 42:27,28 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… 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. Jump to Previous Afraid Bag Bags Bundle Bundles Dismayed Emptied Emptying Frightened Grain Money Parcel Pouch Sack Sacks SilverJump to Next Afraid Bag Bags Bundle Bundles Dismayed Emptied Emptying Frightened Grain Money Parcel Pouch Sack Sacks SilverGenesis 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. As they emptied their sacks The act of emptying their sacks signifies a moment of revelation and discovery. In the Hebrew context, the word for "sacks" (אַמְתַּחַת, 'amtachat) can also imply a container or vessel. This moment is symbolic of uncovering hidden truths or confronting past actions. The brothers are unknowingly participating in a divine plan orchestrated by Joseph, which is slowly being revealed to them. This act of emptying is a metaphor for the exposure of their guilt and the beginning of their journey towards repentance and reconciliation. there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver they were dismayed Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew As theyהֵ֚ם (hêm) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They began emptying מְרִיקִ֣ים (mə·rî·qîm) Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 7324: Arm, cast out, draw out, make empty, pour forth out their sacks, שַׂקֵּיהֶ֔ם (śaq·qê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag there וְהִנֵּה־ (wə·hin·nêh-) Conjunctive waw | Interjection Strong's 2009: Lo! behold! in each man’s אִ֥ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person sack בְּשַׂקּ֑וֹ (bə·śaq·qōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8242: A mesh, coarse loose cloth, sacking, a bag was his bag צְרוֹר־ (ṣə·rō·wr-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle of silver! כַּסְפּ֖וֹ (kas·pōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3701: Silver, money And when they הֵ֥מָּה (hêm·māh) Pronoun - third person masculine plural Strong's 1992: They and their father וַאֲבִיהֶ֖ם (wa·’ă·ḇî·hem) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 1: Father saw וַיִּרְא֞וּ (way·yir·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 7200: To see the bags צְרֹר֧וֹת (ṣə·rō·rō·wṯ) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6872: A parcel, a kernel, particle of money, כַּסְפֵּיהֶ֛ם (kas·pê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's 3701: Silver, money they were dismayed. וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃ (way·yî·rā·’ū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3372: To fear, to revere, caus, to frighten Links Genesis 42:35 NIVGenesis 42:35 NLT Genesis 42:35 ESV Genesis 42:35 NASB Genesis 42:35 KJV Genesis 42:35 BibleApps.com Genesis 42:35 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:35 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:35 French Bible Genesis 42:35 Catholic Bible OT Law: Genesis 42:35 It happened as they emptied their sacks (Gen. 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