King James Version

Genesis 43:22

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

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וְכֶ֧סֶףvekhesefand moneyכֶּסֶףconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “and money”, the ordinary formH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).אַחֵ֛רacherother manאַחֵרadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “other man”, the ordinary formH312properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.(an-) other man, following, next, strange.הוֹרַ֥דְנוּhoradnvbring downיָרַדverb, hiphil, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “bring down”, a completed actionH3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications)[idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take…בְיָדֵ֖נוּveyadenvin handיָדpreposition, noun, common, both genders, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in hand”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3027a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),([phrase] be) able, [idiom] about, [phrase] armholes, at, axletree, because of, beside, border, [idiom] bounty, [phrase] broad, (broken-) handed, [idiom] by, charge, coast, [phrase] consecrate, [phrase] creditor, custody, debt, dominion, […לִשְׁבָּרlishbarto sellשָׁבַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct — “to sell”, the to-form of the verbH7666to deal in grainbuy, sell.אֹ֑כֶלokhelfoodאֹכֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “food”, the ordinary formH400foodeating, food, meal(-time), meat, prey, victuals.לֹ֣אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…יָדַ֔עְנוּyadanvknowיָדַעverb, qal, perfect, 1st person, common, plural — “know”, a completed actionH3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with…מִיmiwhoמִיparticle, interrogative — “who”H4310who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffixany (man), [idiom] he, [idiom] him, [phrase] O that! what, which, who(-m, -se, -soever), [phrase] would to God.שָׂ֥םsamputשׂוּםverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “put”, a completed actionH7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)[idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase]…כַּסְפֵּ֖נוּkaspenvmoneyכֶּסֶףnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “money”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3701silver (from its pale color); by implication, moneymoney, price, silver(-ling).בְּאַמְתְּחֹתֵֽינוּbeamtechoteynvin sackאַמְתַּחַתpreposition, noun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, plural — “in sack”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH572properly, something expansive, i.e. a bagsack.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.'

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American Standard Version (1901)

And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food: we know not who put our money in our sacks.

Young’s Literal Translation

and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.'

World English Bible

We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don’t know who put our money in our sacks.”

Darby Translation

And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.

Douay-Rheims

And we have brought other money besides, to buy what we want: we cannot tell who put it in our bags.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.'

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And we have brought other money with us to buy food; we know not who put the money into our sacks.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἀργύριον ἕτερον ἠνέγκαμεν μεθʼ ἑαυτῶν, ἀγοράσαι βρώματα· οὐκ οἴδαμεν τίς ἐνέβαλεν τὸ ἀργύριον εἰς τοὺς μαρσίππους ἡμῶν.