Genesis 44:11

44:11 So each man quickly lowered ¹  his sack to the ground and opened it.

Genesis 42:27

42:27 When one of them ²  opened his sack to get feed for his donkey at their resting place, ³  he saw his money in the mouth of his sack. ⁴ 

Genesis 43:21

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 ⁵  – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. ⁶ 

Genesis 44:1

The Final Test

44:1 He instructed the servant who was over his household, “Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.

¹ tn Heb “and they hurried and they lowered.” Their speed in doing this shows their presumption of innocence.

² tn Heb “and the one.” The article indicates that the individual is vivid in the mind of the narrator, yet it is not important to identify him by name.

³ tn Heb “at the lodging place.”

⁴ tn Heb “and look, it [was] in the mouth of his sack.” By the use of the particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “look”), the narrator invites the reader to look through the eyes of the character and thereby draws attention to the money.

³ tn Heb “in its weight.”

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