Genesis 44:12
Modern Translations
New International Version
Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

New Living Translation
The palace manager searched the brothers’ sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

English Standard Version
And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Berean Study Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

New American Standard Bible
And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

NASB 1995
He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

NASB 1977
And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Amplified Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Christian Standard Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Contemporary English Version
Joseph's servant started searching the sacks, beginning with the one that belonged to the oldest brother. When he came to Benjamin's sack, he found the cup.

Good News Translation
Joseph's servant searched carefully, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then the man made a thorough search. He began with the oldest and ended with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

International Standard Version
The palace manager searched for the cup, beginning with the oldest brother's sack and ending with the youngest brother's sack, and there it was!—in Benjamin's sack.

NET Bible
Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!
Classic Translations
King James Bible
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

New King James Version
So he searched. He began with the oldest and left off with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

King James 2000 Bible
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

New Heart English Bible
And he searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin?s sack.

World English Bible
He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

American King James Version
And he searched, and began at the oldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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

A Faithful Version
And he searched first at the oldest and with the youngest last. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

Darby Bible Translation
And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

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

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

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
And he searched, and began at the eldest and left at the yongest: and the cuppe was found in Beniamins sacke.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cuppe was founde in Beniamins sacke.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
And he searched & beganne at the greatest vnto the yongest, and the cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
And he serched and began at the eldest and left at the yongest. And the cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and he searches—at the eldest he has begun, and at the youngest he has completed—and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

Young's Literal Translation
and he searcheth -- at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed -- and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

Smith's Literal Translation
And he will search, beginning at the great and finishing at the small: and he will find the cup in Benjamin's sack.

Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Which when he had searched, beginning at the eldest and ending at the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when he had searched, beginning with the oldest, all the way to the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin’s sack.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And they searched, beginning from the elder and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in the sack of Benyamin.

Lamsa Bible
And they searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.
















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