Genesis 44:2
and put euery mans money in his bagge mouth and put my syluer cuppe in the sackes mouth of the yongest and his corne money also. And he dyd as Ioseph had sayde.
William Tyndale Bible (1525/1530)
In The King James Version
In Context
3And in ye mornynge as soone as it was lighte the me were let goo with their asses.
Cross References
Genesis 42:20and brynge youre yongest brother vnto me: that youre wordes maye be beleved ad that ye dye not And they did so.
Genesis 43:32And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians.
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 →