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Genesis 44:12
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Genesis 44:12
12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the yongest: and the cup was found in Beniamins sacke.
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Genesis 44:12
Looked through or examined carefully in order to find or know something.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE + 1611) · Webster 1828 · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness)
To have an original or first existence; to take rise; to commence.
Meaning drawn from: Approved KJV word-family definition · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · KJV usage (PCE)
Oldest, especially the firstborn among siblings.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
Departed from, allowed to remain, or abandoned.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828
The person having the least age among those compared.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
Discovered, obtained, or encountered; or established upon a foundation, according to context.
Meaning drawn from: KJV usage (PCE) · Strong 1890 (KJV alignment witness) · Webster 1828 (independently verified transcription)
A bag, usually a large cloth bag, used for holding and conveying corn, small wares, wool, cotton, hops, and the like.
Meaning drawn from: Webster 1828 · KJV usage (PCE + 1611)
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Open the full verse study36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Open the full verse study14And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
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Open the full verse study33And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another.
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Open the full verse study2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
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Open the full verse study26And 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, except our youngest brother be with us.
27And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
29And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
31It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
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