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Genesis 43:12

And take double money in your hand, second money in addition to that which they felt they still owed the Egyptian ruler; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight. The shrewdness of Jacob wanted to provide for every emergency.

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See also Genesis 43:12 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Genesis 43:12. _DOUBLE MONEY_] What was returned in their sacks, and what was farther necessary to buy another load....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    - Joseph and His Eleven Brethren 11. דבשׁ _d__e__bash_, “honey,” from the bee, or sirup from the juice of the grape. בטנים _bôṭ__e__n_, “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד _shâqêd_, “almond tree;” related: “aw...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 43 THE SECOND VISIT TO JOSEPH _ 1. The journey to Egypt with Benjamin (Genesis 43:1)_ 2. The kindness of Joseph (Genesis 43:16)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    GENESIS 43. THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT WITH BENJAMIN. It is generally held that this chapter is from J except for the references to Simeon in Genesis 43:14 and Genesis 43:23_ b_. According to J, Sim...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _double money_ Jacob recommends a double restitution (Exodus 22:4) for the money that had been mysteriously returned, on the improbable supposition that the affair had been an "oversight." LXX ἀγνόημα...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Return to Egypt 2. _Go again_ That Jacob seems to forget about Simeon, is due to the change from the E to the J narrative....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    TAKE DOUBLE MONEY— i.e.. Both the money which was returned in the mouths of the sacks, and as much more, to buy a second supply of corn. See Genesis 43:21....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    3. _Joseph as Prime Minister of Egypt_ (Genesis 41:46 to Genesis 47:31) 46 And Joseph was thirty years old when he stood before Pharaoh king of Egypt. And Joseph went out from the presence of Pharaoh,...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND TAKE DOUBLE MONEY IN YOUR HAND; AND THE MONEY THAT WAS BROUGHT AGAIN IN THE MOUTH OF YOUR SACKS, CARRY IT AGAIN IN YOUR HAND; PERADVENTURE IT WAS AN OVERSIGHT:_ Take double money - the first sum...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    43:12 sacks, (e-21) 'Bag.' same as ch. 42.27,28, Note e; and so vers. 18,21,22,23; and ch. 44.1,2,8,11,12....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SECOND VISIT TO EGYPT 11. Balm] or 'balsam,'with healing properties. HONEY] This was grape-honey, a syrup made of grapes and diluted with water for a drink. It is still exported from Hebron to Eg...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    DOUBLE MONEY] (1) to repay that put in the sack, and (2) to purchase fresh stores....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The ‘double money’ included the money that they found in their sacks earlier. And it included money to buy more grain. THE MEAL IN JOSEPH’S HOUSE V16 Joseph saw that Benjamin was with them. So he s...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    GOD’S ANCIENT PEOPLE GENESIS _ALUN OWEN_ CHAPTER 43 JACOB SENDS HIS SONS TO EGYPT AGAIN V1 Now there was an extreme lack of food in the region. V2 And they had eaten the grain that the brothers...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    DOUBLE MONEY. — So Rashi; but others render it literally, _second money,_ that is, a second sum of money. This agrees with the phrase “other money_”_ in Genesis 43:22....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ כֶ֥סֶף מִשְׁנֶ֖ה קְח֣וּ בְ יֶדְכֶ֑ם וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN Genesis 42:1; Genesis 43:1; Genesis 44:1 "Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good."-...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE BROTHERS RETURN WITH BENJAMIN Genesis 43:1 Joseph, in giving corn to save his own brethren and the Egyptians from starvation, is a type of our Lord, who gives the bread of life to Jew and Gentile...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    All the old characteristics of Jacob are manifest in this account of his proposed method of dealing with the governor of Egypt with whom his sons had had to do. If things were against him, he did not...

  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

    JOSEPH GETS TO SEE BENJAMIN All of their sacks were filled with grain along with their money. Having already been accused of being spies, they were horrified when one brother discovered their money wa...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And take (b) double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight: (b) When we are in need or...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Proverbs 21:14 Jacob's first and last, and grand resource was this. He had found the sweet effects of it before: Genesis 32:9 with Genesis 33:4....

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    Having already shown the position of Isaac, I resume briefly with the remark that he stands before us clearly as the representative of the Son, and this too as dead, risen, and in heaven. All will und...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 42 THROUGH 47. At the same time another scene presents itself. His brethren, who had rejected him, forced by famine, are brought, by the path of repentance an...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND TAKE DOUBLE MONEY IN YOUR HAND,.... Than what they carried before, either to buy as much more as they then did; or rather because of the greater scarcity of corn, as Jarchi observes, which made it...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    _And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:_ Ver. 12. _And take double mon...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Take double money_ As much again as they took the time before, upon supposition that the price of corn might be risen, or that, if it should be insisted upon, they might pay a ransom for Simeon: And...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iacob is hardly perswaded to send Beniamin. 15 Ioseph entertaineth his brethren. 31 Hee maketh them a feast. [BENIAMIN GOETH WITH HIS BRETHREN.] 1 AND the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    SEVENTH SECTION _The second journey. Benjamin accompanying. Joseph maketh himself known to his brethren. Their return. Jacob’s joy._ GENESIS 43-45 A. The trial of the brethren. Their repentance and...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BROTHERS RETURN TO EGYPT The famine continued until Jacob and his family had eaten up all the provision they had gotten from Egypt. Then Jacob urged his sons to go again and bring more food from...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-14 Jacob urges his sons to go and buy a little food; now, in time of dearth, a little must suffice. Judah urges that Benjamin should go with them. It is not against the honour and duty children owe...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TAKE DOUBLE MONEY, double to what you carried last, either to procure more corn, which may prevent the frequency of such perilous journeys; or because the continuance and increase of the scarcity had...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    On which we shall dwell more particularly. There is not in scripture a more perfect and beautiful type of Christ than Joseph. Whether we view Christ as the object of the Father's love, the object of t...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Genesis 43:12 Take H3947 (H8798) double H4932 money H3701 hand H3027 back H7725 (H8686) hand H3027 money...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And their father Israel said to them, “If it is so now, do it. Take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry the Man down a present, a little balm and a little honey, spicery and m...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Second visit of Joseph's brethren to Egypt in their necessity. CHARACTERS: Jacob, Benjamin, Joseph, Simeon, Judah, steward. CONCLUSION: The way to find mercy with men is to seek it of God...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Genesis 43:14. _If I be bereaved._ The patriarch Jacob having at length consented to the second journey, discovered very great wisdom in the instructions he gave to his sons; nor were his piety and su...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Go again, buy us a little food_ JACOB UNDER THE PRESSURE OF WANT I. His CHANGE OF RESOLUTION (Genesis 43:11). II. His PIETY THROUGHOUT. 1. His faith in God. 2. His honest principle. 3. It is no...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    GENESIS—NOTE ON GENESIS 43:1 The ongoing famine eventually forces Jacob to send his sons back to Egypt with Benjamin. When the brothers return, they are unexpectedly invited to dine at Joseph’s house....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 43:7. The man asked us straitly.] Heb., “Asking, asked.” He earnestly enquired about us and our kindred.— GENESIS 43:9. LET ME BEAR THE BLAME FOR EVER.] Heb., “I shall be a s...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION GENESIS 43:1, GENESIS 43:2 AND THE FAMINE WAS SORE (literally, _was heavy_)_ _IN THE LAND (_sc_._ _of Canaan). AND IT CAME TO PASS, when they had eaten up—lite

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So that was it. But time went on. The famine continued and they used up all of the grain that they had purchased in Egypt. And so it came to pass, when they had eaten up the wheat which they had bough...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    double. Romans 12:17 Romans 13:8 2 Corinthians 8:21 Philippians 4:8...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    PEACE AND PARDON Genesis 43:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS By way of introduction we wish to present to you some succinct statements in Genesis 42:36 As the famine gripped the land, there was but one recours...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Take double money — As much again as they took the time before, upon supposition that the price of corn might be risen, or that, if it should be insisted upon, they might pay a ransom for Simeon. And...

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