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Genesis 42:35

in Genesis 42

As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

KJV

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

This verse in Genesis 42

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

there in each man's sack was his bag of silver

on Genesis 42:35-36

This time the father is standing there when the bags of silver come out, and they are dismayed together. Jacob counts his losses and says everything is going against him. Joseph is alive and governing Egypt, Simeon is the pledge that will bring them back, and Benjamin is the one condition of the meeting. Spurgeon preached on that line that men magnify the hosts of their troubles and undervalue the armies of their mercies.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

); for he concluded it was done with some mischievous design, or perhaps suspected his own sons to have committed some offence, and so to have run themselves into a præmunire--a penalty, which is intimated in what he says (

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And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks,....

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's . . . money was in his sack--It appears that they had been silent about the money discovery at the resting-place, as their father might have blamed them for not instantly returning.

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

As they emptied their sacks - See Clarke on Gen 42:27 (note).

The words behind it

16 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיְהִ֗יand it was

    vayhiH1961 →3559 times

  • הֵ֚םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • מְרִיקִ֣ים[were] emptying

    merikimH7324 →

  • שַׂקֵּיהֶ֔םsacks their

    sakeihemH8242 →49 times

  • וְהִנֵּה־and there!

    vehineh-H2009 →843 times

  • אִ֥ישׁeach man

    ʾishH376 →1663 times

  • צְרוֹר־[the] bag of

    tzeror-H6872 →

  • כַּסְפּ֖וֹsilver his

    kaspoH3701 →403 times

  • בְּשַׂקּ֑וֹ[was] in sack his

    besakoH8242 →49 times

  • וַיִּרְא֞וּand they saw

    vaiyiruH7200 →1300 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • צְרֹר֧וֹת[the] bags of

    tzerorotH6872 →

  • כַּסְפֵּיהֶ֛םsilver<s> their

    kaspeihemH3701 →403 times

  • הֵ֥מָּהthey

    hemahH1992 →553 times

  • וַאֲבִיהֶ֖םand father their

    vaavihemH1 →1212 times

  • וַיִּירָֽאוּ׃and they were afraid

    vaiyirauH3372 →315 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 43:12

    Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

    it leads to

    • Genesis 42:25

      Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,

    • Romans 13:8

      Be indebted to no one, except to one another in love. For he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 1 Thessalonians 4:6

      and no one should ever violate or exploit his brother in this regard, because the Lord will avenge all such acts, as we have already told you and solemnly warned you.

    • Hebrews 13:8

      Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

    • Philippians 4:8

      Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think on these things.

  • Through

    Genesis 43:21

    But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full…

    it leads to

    • Genesis 43:12

      Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.

    • Genesis 43:15

      So the men took these gifts, along with double the amount of silver, and Benjamin as well. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

    • Genesis 42:27–35

      At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of the sack.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Charles Spurgeon, The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, sermon 'All These Things'; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.