King James Version
Genesis 43:22 in the King James Version says “And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 43 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.”
Genesis 43:22 · KJV
And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: we: Heb. coming down we came down
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. I had: Heb. your money came to me
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“have we brought down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
“in our hands”
H3027a 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
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“we cannot tell”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“who put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
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