Genesis 44:3

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

By the time, the morning, was light, the men, had been sent away, they, and their asses.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

King James Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Lexham English Bible
When the morning light came the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

New Century Version
At dawn the brothers were sent away with their donkeys.

New English Translation
When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

Amplified Bible
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

New American Standard Bible
As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And in the morning the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

Legacy Standard Bible
As the morning light broke, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

Contemporary English Version
Early the next morning, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

Complete Jewish Bible
At daybreak the men were sent off with their donkeys;

Darby Translation
In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Easy-to-Read Version
Early the next morning the brothers and their donkeys were sent back to their country.

English Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

George Lamsa Translation
As soon as the morning was light, the men started on their way, together with their asses.

Good News Translation
Early in the morning the brothers were sent on their way with their donkeys.

Christian Standard Bible®
At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

Literal Translation
At the morning light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And on the morow whan it was daye, they let ye men go with their Asses.

American Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Bible in Basic English
And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And in the morning assoone as it was lyght, the men were let go, they, and their asses.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

King James Version (1611)
Assoone as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their asses.

English Revised Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

Berean Standard Bible
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And whanne the morewtid roos, thei weren delyuered with her assis.

Young's Literal Translation
The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their asses --

Update Bible Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

Webster's Bible Translation
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.

World English Bible
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

New King James Version
As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

New Living Translation
The brothers were up at dawn and were sent on their journey with their loaded donkeys.

New Life Bible
Early in the morning the men were sent away with their donkeys.

New Revised Standard
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And when the morning arose, they were sent away with their asses.

Revised Standard Version
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their asses.

THE MESSAGE
At break of day the men were sent off with their donkeys. They were barely out of the city when Joseph said to his house steward, "Run after them. When you catch up with them, say, ‘Why did you pay me back evil for good? This is the chalice my master drinks from; he also uses it for divination. This is outrageous!'"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.

Contextual Overview

¹ Then commanded he him who was over his house saying - Fill the sacks of the men, with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the mouth of his sack; ² and my cup - the cup of silver, shalt thou put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his corn-silver. So he did, according to the word of Joseph, which he had spoken. ³ By the time, the morning, was light, the men, had been sent away, they, and their asses. ⁴ They themselves, had gone out of the city - they had not gone far, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Rise chase after the men, - so shalt thou overtake them and shalt say unto them, Wherefore have ye requited evil for good? ⁵ Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby, he himself, doth divine? Ye have done evil in what ye have done. ⁶ So he overtook them, - and spake unto them these words. ⁷ And they said unto him, Wherefore should my lord speak such words as these? Far be thy servants, from doing such a thing as this! ⁸ Lo! the silver that we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan, - how then could we steal out of the house of thy lord, silver or gold? ⁹ With whomsoever of thy servants it can be found, he shall die, - and, we also, will become my lord's servants. ¹⁰ And he said, Yea, now, according to your words, so, let it be, - he with whom it is found, shall be my servant, Ye, however, shall be clear.

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Gill's Notes on the Bible

As soon as the morning was light,.... When it was break of day, before the sun rose:

the men were sent away, they and their asses; the men being refreshed with food, and their asses having provender given them, and saddled and loaded, they were handsomely and honourably dismissed.

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 acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put their attachment to Benjamin, and the genuineness of their change of disposition, to a test that will at the same time expose Benjamin to no hazard.

Genesis 44:1-5

And my cup. - Besides returning each man’s money as before, a silver cup of Joseph’s is put in Benjamin’s bag, after which, when daylight comes, they are dismissed. They are scarcely out of the town when Joseph’s steward is ordered to overtake them, and charge them with stealing the cup. “And whereby indeed he divineth.” Divining by cups, we learn from this, was a common custom in Egypt (Herodotus ii. 83). It is here mentioned to enhance the value of the cup. Whether Joseph really practised any sort of divination cannot be determined from this passage.

Genesis 44:6-12

The cup is found in Benjamin’s bag. “Spake unto them these words.” The words of Joseph, supplying of course the mention of the cup which is expressed in the text only by the pronoun this. “We brought back to thee.” Silver that we might have retained, and to which you made no claim when we tendered it, we brought back. How or why should we therefore, steal silver? “Now also according to your words let it be.” He adopts their terms with a mitigation. He with whom the cup is found shall become a slave for life, and the rest be acquitted. The steward searches from the oldest to the youngest. The cup is found where it was put.

Genesis 44:13-17

“They rent their garments;” the natural token of a sorrow that knows no remedy. “And Judah went.” He had pledged himself for the safety of Benjamin to his father. And he was yet there; awaiting no doubt the result which he anticipated. “They fell before him on the earth.” It is no longer a bending of the head or bowing of the body, but the posture of deepest humiliation. How deeply that early dream penetrated into the stern reality! “Wot ye not that such a man as I doth certainly divine?” Joseph keeps up the show of resentment for a little longer, and brings out from Judah the most pathetic plea of its kind that ever was uttered. “The God,” the great and only God, “hath found out the iniquity of thy servants;” in our dark and treacherous dealing with our brother. “Behold, we are servants to my lord.” He resigns himself and all to perpetual bondage, as the doom of a just God upon their still-remembered crime. “He shall be my servant; and ye, go up in peace to your father.” Now is the test applied with the nicest adjustment. Now is the moment of agony and suspense to Joseph. Will my brothers prove true? says he within himself. Will Judah prove adequate to the occasion? say we. His pleading with his father augured well.

Verse 18-34

“And Judah came near unto him.” He is going to surrender himself as a slave for life, that Benjamin may go home with his brothers, who are permitted to depart. “Let thy servant now speak a word in the ears of my lord.” There is nothing here but respectful calmness of demeanor. “And let not thine anger burn against thy servant.” He intuitively feels that the grand vizier is a man of like feelings with himself. He will surmount the distinction of rank, and stand with him on the ground of a common humanity. “For so art thou as Pharaoh.” Thou hast power to grant or withhold my request. This forms, the exordium of the speech. Then follows the plea. This consists in a simple statement of the facts, which Judah expects to have its native effect upon a rightly-constituted heart. We will not touch this statement, except to explain two or three expressions. A young lad - a comparative youth. “Let me set mine eyes upon him” - regard him with favor and kindness. “He shall leave his father and he shall die.” If he were to leave his father, his father would die. Such is the natural interpretation of these words, as the paternal affection is generally stronger than the filial. “And now let thy servant now abide instead of the lad a servant to my lord.” Such is the humble and earnest petition of Judah. He calmly and firmly sacrifices home, family, and birthright, rather than see an aged father die of a broken heart.