Genesis 44:11
9 If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
10 “As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12 The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13 Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
- KJV
- Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- WEB
- Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.
- ASV
- Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- DARBY
- And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- BLB
- And they hurried, and they lowered each man his bag to the earth, and they opened each man his bag.
- ÅB
- Så skyndte de seg og løftet hver sin sekk ned på jorden, og enhver åpnet sin sekk.
- OTB
- Hver mann senket raskt sekken sin til bakken og åpnet den.
- B1930
- Så skyndte de sig og løftet hver sin sekk ned på jorden, og enhver åpnet sin sekk.