Take twice as much silver with you. Return the silver that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.
Genesis 43:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised When we came to the place where we lodged for the night and opened our bags of grain, each one’s silver was at the top of his bag! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And when we came to the inn, we opened our sacks and there was each man's money, full weight, returned in the mouth of his sack. Now we have brought it back again. American Standard Version (1901) and it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand. Common English Bible but when we stopped to spend the night and opened our sacks, there was the exact amount of each man’s silver at the top of his sack. We’ve brought it back with us, Catholic Public Domain Version And having bought it, when we arrived at the inn, we opened our sacks and found the money in the mouths of the sacks, which we now have carried back in the same amount. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when we had bought, and come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight. |
Take twice as much silver with you. Return the silver that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.
The men took this gift, double the amount of silver, and Benjamin. They immediately went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
They said, ‘My lord, we really did come down here the first time only to buy food.
We have brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in the bags.’
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Give careful thought to do what is honourable in everyone’s eyes.
Do not owe anyone anything, except to love one another, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.
Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honourably in everything.
Keep your life free from the love of money. Be satisfied with what you have, for he himself has said, I will never leave you or abandon you. ,
Conduct yourselves honourably among the Gentiles, so that when they slander you as evildoers, they will observe your good works and will glorify God on the day he visits.
Yet do this with gentleness and reverence, keeping a clear conscience, so that when you are accused, those who disparage your good conduct in Christ will be put to shame.