Parallel Verses New International Version At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack. King James Bible 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. Darby Bible Translation And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. World English Bible As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. Young's Literal Translation and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it is in the mouth of his bag, Genesis 42:27 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleOne of them opened his sack - From Genesis 42:35 we learn that each of the ten brethren on emptying his sack when he returned found his money in it; can we suppose that this was not discovered by them all before? It seems not; and the reason was probably this: the money was put in the mouth of the sack of one only, in the sacks of the others it was placed at or near to the bottom; hence only one discovered it on the road, the rest found it when they came to empty their sacks at their father's house. In the inn - במלון bammalon, from לן lan, to lodge, stay, remain, etc. The place at which they stopped to bait or rest themselves and their asses. Our word inn gives us a false idea here; there were no such places of entertainment at that time in the desert over which they had to pass, nor are there any to the present day. Travellers generally endeavor to reach a well, where they fill their girbahs, or leather bottles, with fresh water, and having clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. This is all we are to understand by the malon or inn in the text, for even caravansaries were not then in use, which are generally no more than four walls perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge the inn. inn. {Malon,} from {loon,} to stay, abide, lodge, denotes any place to stay and lodge in, particularly a place where travellers usually stop to lodge, which is generally near a well, where they fill their {girbehs,} or leathern bottles, with fresh water, and having unladen and clogged their camels, asses, etc., permit them to crop any little verdure there may be in the place, keeping watch over them by turns. Our word inn here gives us a false idea, there were no such places of entertainment in the desert which Joseph's brethren had to pass; nor are there any at the present day. The only accommodation such a place affords is either a well, or a {khan,} or {caravanserai,} which is generally no more than four bare walls, perfectly exposed, the place being open at the top, and furnishing a wretched lodging: and even these, it is probable, were not in use at this early period. Library Corn in EgyptNow, there are very few minds that can make parables. The fact is, I do not know of but one good allegory in the English language, and that is, the "Pilgrim's Progress in Parables, pictures, and analogies are not so easy as some think; most men can understand them, but few can create them. Happy for us who are ministers of Christ, we have no great trouble about this matter; we have not to make parables; they are made for us. I believe that Old Testament history has for one of its designs the furnishing … Charles Haddon Spurgeon—Spurgeon's Sermons Volume 5: 1859 Spiritual Hunger Shall be Satisfied Cross References Genesis 24:25 And she added, "We have plenty of straw and fodder, as well as room for you to spend the night." Genesis 42:26 they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left. Genesis 43:21 But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver--the exact weight--in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us. Genesis 43:22 We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks." Jump to Previous Ass Bag Donkey Espied Feed Fodder Food Inn Lodging Money Mouth Night Night's Opened Openeth Opening Provender Resting-Place Sack Sack's StoppedJump to Next Ass Bag Donkey Espied Feed Fodder Food Inn Lodging Money Mouth Night Night's Opened Openeth Opening Provender Resting-Place Sack Sack's StoppedLinks Genesis 42:27 NIVGenesis 42:27 NLT Genesis 42:27 ESV Genesis 42:27 NASB Genesis 42:27 KJV Genesis 42:27 Bible Apps Genesis 42:27 Biblia Paralela Genesis 42:27 Chinese Bible Genesis 42:27 French Bible Genesis 42:27 German Bible Genesis 42:27 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |