Genesis 42:26

Translations

King James Version (KJV)

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed there.

American King James Version (AKJV)

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed there.

American Standard Version (ASV)

And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

Basic English Translation (BBE)

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

Webster's Revision

And they loaded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

World English Bible

They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

English Revised Version (ERV)

And they laded their asses with their corn, and departed thence.

Definitions for Genesis 42:26

Thence - There; that place.

Clarke's Genesis 42:26 Bible Commentary

They laded their asses - Amounting, no doubt, to several scores, if not hundreds, else they could not have brought a sufficiency of corn for the support of so large a family as that of Jacob.

Barnes's Genesis 42:26 Bible Commentary

The nine brothers return home and record their wonderful adventure. "In the inn;" the lodge or place where they stopped for the night. This place was not yet perhaps provided with even the shelter of a roof. It was merely the usual place of halting. They would probably occupy six or seven days on the journey. Apparently at the first stage one opened his sack to give provender to his ass. The discovery of the silver in its mouth strikes them with terror. In a strange land and with an uneasy conscience they are easily alarmed. It was not convenient or necessary to open all the bags on the way, and so they make no further discovery.