Genesis 42:27

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

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.

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  • Exod 4:24 : 24 Now on the way, at a place where they stopped for the night, the LORD met Moses and sought to kill him.
  • Luke 2:7 : 7 And she gave birth to her firstborn son and wrapped him in strips of cloth and laid him in a manger, because there was no place for them in the inn.
  • Luke 10:34 : 34 He went up to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring olive oil and wine on them. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
  • Gen 43:21-22 : 21 But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money– the full amount– in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. 22 We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”
  • Gen 44:11 : 11 So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

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  • Gen 42:28-29
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    28He said to his brothers,“My money was returned! Here it is in my sack!” They were dismayed; they turned trembling to one another and said,“What in the world has God done to us?”

    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

  • Gen 42:25-26
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    25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. His orders were carried out.

    26So they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.

  • Gen 43:17-24
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    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

    18But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said,“We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!”

    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

    20They said,“My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.

    21But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money– the full amount– in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it.

    22We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

    23“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them.“Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.

    24The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys.

  • Gen 42:33-35
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    33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.

    34But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are honest men and not spies. Then I will give your brother back to you and you may move about freely in the land.’”

    35When 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.

  • Gen 44:1-3
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    1The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

    2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.

    3When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

  • Gen 44:7-8
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    7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

  • Gen 44:11-13
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    11So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

    12Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

    13They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

  • 12Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks– perhaps it was an oversight.

  • 23To his father he sent the following: ten donkeys loaded with the best products of Egypt and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, food, and provisions for his father’s journey.

  • 21So he brought him to his house and fed the donkeys. They washed their feet and had a meal.

  • 15So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

  • 25When they sat down to eat their food, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were carrying spices, balm, and myrrh down to Egypt.

  • Gen 47:16-18
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    16Then Joseph said,“If your money is gone, bring your livestock, and I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”

    17So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and Joseph gave them food in exchange for their horses, the livestock of their flocks and herds, and their donkeys. He got them through that year by giving them food in exchange for all their livestock.

    18When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said to him,“We cannot hide from our lord that the money is used up and the livestock and the animals belong to our lord. Nothing remains before our lord except our bodies and our land.

  • 14Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace.

  • 2When they finished eating the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them,“Return, buy us a little more food.”

  • 19We have enough straw and grain for our donkeys, and there is enough food and wine for me, your female servant, and the young man who is with your servants. We lack nothing.”

  • 28So when the Midianite merchants passed by, Joseph’s brothers pulled him out of the cistern and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. The Ishmaelites then took Joseph to Egypt.