Verse | Translation | Text |
Ge 42:25 | Strong Concordance | Then Joseph [03130] commanded [06680] to fill [04390] their sacks [03627] with corn [01250], and to restore [07725] every man's [0376] money [03701] into his sack [08242], and to give [05414] them provision [06720] for the way [01870]: and thus [03651] did he [06213] unto them. |
King James | Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money--This private generosity was not an infringement of his duty--a defrauding of the revenue. He would have a discretionary power--he was daily enriching the king's exchequer--and he might have paid the sum from his own purse. |