Genesis 43:20-22

43:20 They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down ¹  the first time ²  to buy food. 43:21 But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount ³  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ⁴  43:22 We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”

¹ tn The infinitive absolute is used for emphasis before the finite verbal form.

² tn Heb “in the beginning” (see the note on the phrase “last time” in v. 18).

³ tn Heb “in its weight.”

⁴ tn Heb “brought it back in our hand.”