Genesis 44:12

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Ten Brothers Were Tested Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowled...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Genesis 44. Benjamin is Accused of Stealing Joseph's Silver Cup, and Judah Pleads with Joseph to Punish him instead of Benjamin. The narrative is f...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Final Test of Joseph's Brethren 2. Put my cup.. in the sack's mouth of the youngest] Joseph evidently did this as an excuse for keeping Benjam...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

VISITS OF JOSEPH'S BRETHREN Genesis 42:1-38 ; Genesis 43:1-34 ; Genesis 44:1-34 "Fear not: for am I in the place of God? But as for you, ye t...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Joseph's Cup in Benjamin's Sack Genesis 44:1-17 It is a terrible revelation when our Benjamins are found possessed of the cup. They have been s...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Occasionally, criticism of Joseph's action in placing the money and his cup in the sacks of his brethren has been made. To put the matter in the mild...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Renting the garment is an eastern token of great distress. Genesis 37:29 .
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE CUP DISCOVERED ‘The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.’ Genesis 44:12 The cup was discovered, and now the brethren, with heavy hearts, we...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And he searched ,.... To the bottom of them, not content to look into the mouth of them being opened, but rummaged them, and searched deeply into th...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Ver. 12. And he searched, and bega...
L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

BENJAMIN ACCUSED WRONGFULLY The wisdom of Joseph is seen now in such a way as to lead his brothers to repentance without accusing them. He instruc...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Joseph's Policy. B. C. 1707. 1 And he...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Began at the eldest, to take off all their suspicion of his fraud. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack. He found doubtless the money there, but...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then they acted hurriedly and every man took his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack. And he searched and began at the eldest and fini...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES.— Genesis 44:5 . Whereby indeed he divineth.] “The ancient Egyptians, and still more the Persians, practised a mode of divination...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Genesis 44:12 I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great fact a fact both too patent and too painful to be gainsaid. Joseph p...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Genesis 44:2 . Put my cup. A splendid cup decorated with devices; in these cups the Egyptians fancied they could divine by the various refractions...
The Biblical Illustrator

The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack The trials of the innocent I. That there is sorrow, and sorrow on a vast scale, is a great fact--a fact bo...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Genesis 44:1 , Genesis 44:2 And he ( i.e. Joseph) commanded the steward of his house, —literally, him that was over hi...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Test
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And he, the chief steward, searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest, partly to hide his own share in the scheme, partly to make...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

began. Genesis 43:33 and the cup. Genesis 44:26-32 Genesis 42:36-38 Genesis 43:14

¹² And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Related Commentaries of Genesis 44:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 44:12