Genesis 44:13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Genesis 44:13 in other translations
| BSB | Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city. |
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| WEB | Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city. |
| ASV | Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. |
| YLT | and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn back to the city. |
| DARBY | Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and they returned to the city. |
| BBE | Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town. |
| Webster | Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and returned to the city. |
What does Genesis 44:13 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 44:13 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Genesis 44:13
- 2 Samuel 1:11
Then David took hold on his clothes, and rent them; and likewise all the men that were with him:
- 2 Samuel 13:19
And Tamar put ashes on her head, and rent her garment of divers colours that was on her, and laid her hand on her head, and went on crying.
- Numbers 14:6
And Joshua the son of Nun, and Caleb the son of Jephunneh, which were of them that searched the land, rent their clothes:
- 2 Samuel 1:2
It came even to pass on the third day, that, behold, a man came out of the camp from Saul with his clothes rent, and earth upon his head: and so it was, when he came to David, that he fell to the earth, and did obeisance.
- Genesis 37:29-34
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes. And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go? And they took Joseph’s coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood; And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son’s coat or no. …
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Context
- 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.
- Genesis 44:14
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
Genesis 44:13 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Entonces ellos rasgaron sus vestidos, y cargó cada uno su asno, y volvieron á la ciudad. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Alors ils déchirèrent leurs vêtements, et chacun rechargea son âne, et ils retournèrent à la ville. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Da zerrissen sie ihre Kleider, und ein jeder belud seinen Esel, und sie kehrten in die Stadt zurück. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | At illi, scissis vestibus, oneratisque rursum asinis, reversi sunt in oppidum. |