Genesis 44:12

In 11 translations

BSB

The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

KJV

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

WEB

He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

ASV

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

LSV

and he searches—at the eldest he has begun, and at the youngest he has completed—and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

YLT

and 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;

DBY

And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

DRC

Which when he had searched, beginning at the eldest and ending at the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack.

GNV

And he searched, and began at the eldest and left at the yongest: and the cuppe was found in Beniamins sacke.

JPS

And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

LXXE

And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

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WLC

וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ בַּגָּד֣וֹל הֵחֵ֔ל וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן כִּלָּ֑ה וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ הַגָּבִ֔יעַ בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת בִּנְיָמִֽן׃

LXX-Br

Ἠρεύνησε δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ πρεσβυτέρου ἀρξάμενος, ἕως ἦλθεν ἐπὶ τὸν νεώτερον. καὶ εὗρε τὸ κόνδυ ἐν τῷ μαρσίππῳ τοῦ Βενιαμίν.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Genesis 43:33They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
• Genesis 44:26–32But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’ And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me…
• Genesis 42:36–38Their 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!” Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my…
• Genesis 43:14May 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 44:2Put 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.

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