Genesis Chapter 44 verse 12 Holy Bible
And he searched, `and' began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.
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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.
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And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;
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Ellicott's Commentary
Parallel Commentaries ...HebrewThe steward searched,וַיְחַפֵּ֕שׂ (way·ḥap·pêś)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2664: To seek, to conceal oneself, maskbeginningהֵחֵ֔ל (hê·ḥêl)Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 2490: To bore, to wound, to dissolve, to profane, to break, to begin, to playwith the oldestבַּגָּד֣וֹל (bag·gā·ḏō·wl)Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 1419: Great, older, insolentand endingכִּלָּ֑ה (kil·lāh)Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spentwith the youngest—וּבַקָּטֹ֖ן (ū·ḇaq·qā·ṭōn)Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Adjective - masculine singularStrong's 6996: Small, young, unimportantand the cupהַגָּבִ֔יעַ (hag·gā·ḇî·a‘)Article | Noun - masculine singularStrong's 1375: A goblet, the calyx of a, flowerwas foundוַיִּמָּצֵא֙ (way·yim·mā·ṣê)Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularStrong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be presentin Benjamin’sבִּנְיָמִֽן׃ (bin·yā·min)Noun - proper - masculine singularStrong's 1144: Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelitessack.בְּאַמְתַּ֖חַת (bə·’am·ta·ḥaṯ)Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular constructStrong's 572: Something expansive, a bagJump to PreviousBag Beginning Begun Benjamin Benjamin's Carefully Completed Cup Eldest Ended Ending Found Goblet Leaving Oldest Proceeded Sack Search Searched Searcheth Starting Steward Youngest