Genesis 44:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.”
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“The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Genesis 44:12 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
- Genesis 43:14May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, that he may release your other brother along with Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
- Genesis 43:33They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
- Genesis 44:2Put 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 44:26But we answered, ‘We cannot go down there unless our younger brother goes with us. So if our younger brother is not with us, we cannot see the man.’
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