What Does Genesis 42:35 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

they (only used when emphatic)

“And it came to pass as they emptied”

to pour out (literally or figuratively), i.e., empty

“their sacks”

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai

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“that behold every man's”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“bundle”

a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)

“of money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

“their sacks”

properly, a mesh (as allowing a liquid to run through), i.e., coarse loose cloth or sacking (used in mourning and for bagging); hence, a bag (for grai

“saw”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“bundle”

a parcel (as packed up); also a kernel or particle (as if a package)

“of money”

silver (from its pale color); by implication, money

they (only used when emphatic)

“and when both they and their father”

father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application

“they were afraid”

to fear; morally to revere; causatively to frighten