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Genesis 44

Gen. 44:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And he searched
chaphas (Hebrew #2664)
to seek; causatively, to conceal oneself (i.e. let be sought), or mask
KJV usage: change, (make) diligent (search), disquise self, hide, search (for, out).
Pronounce: khaw-fas'
Origin: a primitive root
, and began
chalal (Hebrew #2490)
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an "opening wedge"); denom. (from 2485) to play (the flute)
KJV usage: begin (X men began), defile, X break, defile, X eat (as common things), X first, X gather the grape thereof, X take inheritance, pipe, player on instruments, pollute, (cast as) profane (self), prostitute, slay (slain), sorrow, stain, wound.
Pronounce: khaw-lal'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 2470)
at the eldest
gadowl (Hebrew #1419)
from 1431; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent
KJV usage: + aloud, elder(-est), + exceeding(-ly), + far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, X sore, (X ) very.
Pronounce: gaw-dole'
Origin: or (shortened) gadol {gaw-dole'}
, and left
kalah (Hebrew #3615)
to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitived (to complete, prepare, consume)
KJV usage: accomplish, cease, consume (away), determine, destroy (utterly), be (when ... were) done, (be an) end (of), expire, (cause to) fail, faint, finish, fulfil, X fully, X have, leave (off), long, bring to pass, wholly reap, make clean riddance, spend, quite take away, waste.
Pronounce: kaw-law'
Origin: a primitive root
at the youngest
qatan (Hebrew #6996)
from 6962; abbreviated, i.e. diminutive, literally (in quantity, size or number) or figuratively (in age or importance)
KJV usage: least, less(-er), little (one), small(-est, one, quantity, thing), young(-er, -est).
Pronounce: kaw-tawn'
Origin: or qaton {kaw-tone'}
: and the cup
gbiya` (Hebrew #1375)
a goblet; by analogy, the calyx of a flower
KJV usage: house, cup, pot.
Pronounce: gheb-ee'-ah
Origin: from an unused root (meaning to be convex)
was found
matsa' (Hebrew #4672)
properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present
KJV usage: + be able, befall, being, catch, X certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), X have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-)on, meet (with), X occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on.
Pronounce: maw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
in Benjamin’s
Binyamiyn (Hebrew #1144)
son of (the) right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory
KJV usage: Benjamin.
Pronounce: bin-yaw-mene'
Origin: from 1121 and 3225
sack
'amtachath (Hebrew #572)
properly, something expansive, i.e. a bag
KJV usage: sack.
Pronounce: am-takh'-ath
Origin: from 4969
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Cross References

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Gen. 43:33• 33And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one with another. (Gen. 43:33)
and the cup.
Gen. 44:26‑32• 26But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother [be] with us.
 27And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
 28and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since.
 29And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with evil to Sheol.
 30Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [is] not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul,
 31it will come to pass, when he sees that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
 32For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all the days. (Gen. 44:26‑32)
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Gen. 42:36‑38• 36And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have made me childless: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things fall on me.
 37And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee again; give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
 38But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. (Gen. 42:36‑38)
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Gen. 43:14• 14And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved [of my children], am bereaved. (Gen. 43:14)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

W. Kelly Translation

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And he searched carefully; he began at the eldest, and left at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.