Genesis 43:21 — compare English translations
Compare translationsGenesis 43:21 in 3 English versions, beneath the original-language interlinear. Each original word links to its lexicon entry, so you can weigh the renderings against the morphology yourself. Full word study →
וַֽיְהִ֞י
hâyâh
H1961
to be
כִּי
kîy
H3588
that
בָ֣אנוּ
bôwʼ
H935
to enter
אֶל
ʼêl
H413
to
הַמָּל֗וֹן
mâlôwn
H4411
inn
וַֽנִּפְתְּחָה֙
pâthach
H6605
to open
אֶת
ʼêth
H853
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אַמְתְּחֹתֵ֔ינוּ
ʼamtachath
H572
sack
וְהִנֵּ֤ה
hinnêh
H2009
behold
כֶֽסֶף
keçeph
H3701
silver
אִישׁ֙
ʼîysh
H376
man
בְּפִ֣י
peh
H6310
mouth
אַמְתַּחְתּ֔וֹ
ʼamtachath
H572
sack
כַּסְפֵּ֖נוּ
keçeph
H3701
silver
בְּמִשְׁקָל֑וֹ
mishqâl
H4948
weight
וַנָּ֥שֶׁב
shûwb
H7725
to return
אֹת֖וֹ
ʼêth
H853
-
בְּיָדֵֽנוּ
yâd
H3027
hand
Each is an independent rendering of the whole verse — the interlinear is not word-aligned to these translations.
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World English Bible Public Domain
and it happened, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it again in our hand.
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King James Version Public Domain
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
But it happened when we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks and behold, man’s silver in the mouth of his sack; our silver in its weight! So we have brought it back in our hand.
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).