Genesis 44:11
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
Genesis 44:11 in other translations
| BSB | So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. |
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| WEB | Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack. |
| ASV | Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. |
| YLT | and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each openeth his bag; |
| DARBY | And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack. |
| BBE | Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it. |
| Webster | Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. |
What does Genesis 44:11 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:1-17
Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob as heretofore, they would now have shown it. When the cup was found upon Benjamin, they would have a pretext for leaving him to be a slave. But we cannot judge what men are now, by what they have been formerly; nor what they…
Genesis 44:11 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Genesis 44:10
And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
- Genesis 44:11
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- Genesis 44:12
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Genesis 44:11 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Ellos entonces se dieron prisa, y derribando cada uno su costal en tierra, abrió cada cual el costal suyo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et ils se hâtèrent, et descendirent chacun son sac à terre, et ouvrirent chacun son sac. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und sie eilten und hoben ein jeder seinen Sack auf die Erde herab und öffneten ein jeder seinen Sack. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Itaque festinato deponentes in terram saccos, aperuerunt singuli. |