Genesis 42:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
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“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.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it <FI>is<Fi> in the mouth of his bag,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 42:27 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:35As 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.
- Genesis 43:18But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
- Genesis 43:21But 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 amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
- Genesis 44:11So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
- Exodus 4:24Now at a lodging place along the way, the LORD met Moses and was about to kill him.
- Luke 2:7And she gave birth to her firstborn, a Son. She wrapped Him in swaddling cloths and laid Him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.
- Luke 10:34He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
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