Genesis 44:12
New International Version
Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

New Living Translation
The palace manager searched the brothers’ sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

English Standard Version
And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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

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

New King James Version
So he searched. He began with the oldest and left off with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

New American Standard Bible
And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

NASB 1995
He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

NASB 1977
And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Legacy Standard Bible
So he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Amplified Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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

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

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

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And they searched, beginning from the elder and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in the sack of Benyamin.

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

Contemporary English Version
Joseph's servant started searching the sacks, beginning with the one that belonged to the oldest brother. When he came to Benjamin's sack, he found the cup.

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

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

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the man made a thorough search. He began with the oldest and ended with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Good News Translation
Joseph's servant searched carefully, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

International Standard Version
The palace manager searched for the cup, beginning with the oldest brother's sack and ending with the youngest brother's sack, and there it was!—in Benjamin's sack.

JPS Tanakh 1917
And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

Literal Standard Version
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;

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

New American Bible
and when a search was made, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest, the goblet turned up in Benjamin’s bag.

NET Bible
Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!

New Revised Standard Version
He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

New Heart English Bible
And he searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin�s sack.

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

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

Young's Literal Translation
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;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Benjamin and the Silver Cup
11So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. 12The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest— and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 13Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.…

Cross References
Genesis 44:2
Put 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.

Genesis 44:11
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.


Treasury of Scripture

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

began.

Genesis 43:33
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.

and the cup.

Genesis 44:26-32
And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us…

Genesis 42:36-38
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me…

Genesis 43:14
And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

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Bag Beginning Begun Benjamin Benjamin's Carefully Completed Cup Eldest Ended Ending Found Goblet Leaving Oldest Proceeded Sack Search Searched Searcheth Starting Steward Youngest
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Genesis 44
1. Joseph's policy to stay his brothers.
6. The silver cup is found in Benjamin's sack.
14. They are brought before Joseph.
18. Judah's humble supplication to Joseph.
















Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The steward searched,
וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ (way·ḥap·pêś)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2664: To seek, to conceal oneself, mask

beginning
הֵחֵ֔ל (hê·ḥêl)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to play

with the oldest
בַּגָּד֣וֹל (bag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

and ending
כִּלָּ֑ה (kil·lāh)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

with the youngest—
וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן (ū·ḇaq·qā·ṭōn)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 6996: Small, young, unimportant

and the cup
הַגָּבִ֔יעַ (hag·gā·ḇî·a‘)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1375: A goblet, the calyx of a, flower

was found
וַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (way·yim·mā·ṣê)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

in Benjamin’s
בִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (bin·yā·min)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites

sack.
בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת (bə·’am·ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 572: Something expansive, a bag


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