What Does Genesis 43:21 Mean?

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

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“And it came to pass when we came”

to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“to the inn”

a lodgment, i.e., caravanserai or encampment

“that we opened”

to open wide (literally or figuratively); specifically, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

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

“of his sack”

properly, something expansive, i.e., a bag

lo!

“money”

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

“and 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)

“was in the mouth”

the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with prepos

“of his sack”

properly, something expansive, i.e., a bag

“money”

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

“in full weight”

weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)

“and we have brought it again”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

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

“in our hand”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v