Genesis 44 · Verse 12

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 44:12, King James Version

Genesis 44:12 in other translations

BSBThe steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
WEBHe searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
ASVAnd he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
YLTand he searcheth--at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed--and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;
DARBYAnd he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
BBEAnd he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.
WebsterAnd he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

What does Genesis 44:12 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…

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Genesis 44:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂvay.cha.Pesand he searchedH2664
בַּגָּד֣וֹלba.ga.Dolwith the old [brother]H1419
הֵחֵ֔לhe.Chelhe beganH2490
וּבַקָּטֹ֖ןu.va.ka.Tonand with the young [brother]H6996
כִּלָּ֑הki.Lahhe finishedH3615
וַיִּמָּצֵא֙vai.yi.ma.Tze'and it was foundH4672
הַגָּבִ֔יעַha.ga.Vi.a'the cupH1375
בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַתbe.'am.Ta.chatin [the] sack ofH572
בִּנְיָמִֽן\׃bin.ya.MinBenjaminH1144

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Genesis 44:12

  • Genesis 43:14

    And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

  • Genesis 44:2

    And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

  • Genesis 43:33

    And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

  • Genesis 44:26-32

    And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. …

  • Genesis 42:36-38

    And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

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Context

  • 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 44:13

    Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.

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Genesis 44:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y buscó; desde el mayor comenzó, y acabó en el menor; y la copa fué hallada en el costal de Benjamín.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il fouilla; il commença par l’aîné, et finit par le plus jeune; et la coupe fut trouvée dans le sac de Benjamin.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er durchsuchte: beim Ältesten fing er an, und beim Jüngsten hörte er auf; und der Kelch fand sich im Sacke Benjamins.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quos scrutatus, incipiens a majore usque ad minimum, invenit scyphum in sacco Benjamin.