Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, ‘Place your hand under my thigh,
Genesis 44:1 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised Joseph commanded his steward, ‘Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver at the top of his bag. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition AND HE commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. American Standard Version (1901) And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth. Common English Bible Joseph gave commands to his household manager: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they’ll hold, and put each man’s silver at the top of his sack. Catholic Public Domain Version Then Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying: "Fill their sacks with grain, as much as they are able to hold. And place each one's money at the top of the sack. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Joseph commanded the steward of his house, saying: Fill their sacks with corn, as much as they can hold; and put the money of every one in the top of his sack. |
Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his household who managed all he owned, ‘Place your hand under my thigh,
Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s silver to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! When they and their father saw their bags of silver, they were afraid.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his steward, ‘Take the men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they will eat with me at noon.’
So they approached Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.
When they had used up the grain they had brought back from Egypt, their father said to them, ‘Go back and buy us a little food.’
Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with the silver for his grain.’ So he did as Joseph told him.
Note this: The Lord God of Armies is about to remove from Jerusalem and from Judah every kind of security: the entire supply of bread and water,