Genesis 44:11

Them they speedily took down their sacks to the ground, and every man opened his sack.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

In Context

10And he said to them: Let it be according to your sentence: with whomsoever it shall be found, let him be my servant, and you shall be blameless.

12Which when he had searched, beginning at the eldest and ending at the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

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Cross References

Genesis 42:27And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth;

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:2-18

Joseph's Policy. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 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. 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. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up,… Read the whole commentary →

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