Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
commanded	וַיְצַ֞ו vay.Tzav	H6680	(intensively) to constitute · conjunction + verb, piel sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
house	בֵּיתוֹ֮ bei.To	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
saying	לֵאמֹר֒ le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
Fill	מַלֵּ֞א ma.Le'	H4390	to fill or (intransitively) be full of · verb, piel imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
men’s	הָֽאֲנָשִׁים֙ ha.'a.na.Shim	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
sacks	אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת 'am.te.Chot	H572	properly · noun, common feminine plural construct
food	אֹ֔כֶל 'O.khel	H400	food · noun, common masculine singular absolute
as	אֲשֶׁ֣ר 'a.Sher	H834	who · relative particle
can	יוּכְל֖וּן yu.khe.Lun	H3201	to be able · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + paragogic nun
carry	שְׂאֵ֑ת se.'Et	H5375	to lift · verb, qal infinitive construct
put	וְשִׂ֥ים ve.Sim	H7760	to put (used in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal imperative, 2nd person masculine singular
man’s	אִ֖ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular absolute
money	כֶּֽסֶף ke.sef-	H3701	silver (from its pale color) · noun, common masculine singular construct
sack’s	אַמְתַּחְתּֽוֹ 'am.tach.To	H572	properly · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mouth	בְּפִ֥י be.Fi	H6310	the mouth (as the means of blowing) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Genesis 42:25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way:…
Genesis 43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men sha…
Genesis 24:2 And Abraham said unto his eldest servant of his house, that ruled over all that he had, Put, I pray thee, thy hand under my thigh:
Genesis 43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a li…
Genesis 43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
Isaiah 3:1 For, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:1-17

Joseph heaps further kindnesses upon his brethren, fills their sacks, returns their money, and sends them away full of gladness; but he also exercises them with further trials. Our God thus humbles those whom he loves and loads with benefits. Joseph ordered his steward to put a fine silver cup which he had (and which, it is likely, was used at his table when they dined with him) into Benjamin's sack's mouth, that it might seem as if he had stolen it from the table, and put it here himself, after his corn was delivered to him. If Benjamin had stolen it, it had been the basest piece of dishonesty and ingratitude that could be and if Joseph, by ordering it to be there, had designed really to ta…

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John Gill on Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the steward of his house,.... Whom the Targum of Jonathan again calls Manasseh, the eldest son of Joseph: saying, fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry; this he ordered out of his great affection for them, and that his father and his family might have sufficient supply in this time of famine: and put every man's money in his sack's mouth; not that which had been put into their sacks the first time, for the steward acknowledged his receipt of it, but what they had paid for their present corn, they were about to carry away.

John Calvin on Genesis 44:1

And he commanded the steward of his house. Here Moses relates how skillfully Joseph had contrived to try the dispositions of his brethren. We have said elsewhere that, whereas God has commanded us to cultivate simplicity, we are not to take this, and similar examples, as affording license to turn aside to indirect and crafty arts. For it may have been that Joseph was impelled by a special influence of the Spirit to this course. He had also a reason, of no common kind, for inquiring very strictly in what manner his brethren were affected. Charity is not suspicious. Why, then, does he so distrust his brethren; and why cannot he suppose that they have anything good, unless he shall first have s…

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Dictionary and topics

Gold · Used as money — Used as money
Money · Silver used as — Silver used as
Travellers · Friends of: Often supplied them with provision — Friends of: Often supplied them with provision

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:1-17

John Gill on Genesis 44:1

John Calvin on Genesis 44:1

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:1-17

John Gill on Genesis 44:1

John Calvin on Genesis 44:1

Dictionary and topics

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 44:1-34