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Genesis 44

Genesis 44:13

Benjamin and the Silver Cup · Genesis 44:1–17
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Translations

Modern
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
Traditional
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Literal
And they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and they returned to the city.
Latin
At illi, scissis vestibus, oneratisque rursum asinis, reversi sunt in oppidum.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.

Notes

Genesis 44:13

they all tore their clothes: They knew what it would do to Jacob to lose Benjamin (42:38).

Genesis 44:1–34

The brothers seemed different. They felt sorry for what they did to Joseph. They showed honor by returning the money and by bringing Benjamin. Given a chance to get rid of Rachel’s other son, Benjamin, would they do it?

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Symbolic Numbers

Events

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Integrity: Jacob's Sons, when Accused by Joseph of Robbery Mourning for Calamities and Other Sorrows: Ripping the Garments Rending: (Ripping, Tearing) of Garments, an Outward Sign of Affliction