And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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;
And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentGenesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.
- Author
- Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
- Date
- Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)