Genesis 42:35

42:35 When they were emptying their sacks, there was each man’s bag of money in his sack! When they and their father saw the bags of money, they were afraid.

Genesis 47:14-15

47:14 Joseph collected all the money that could be found in the land of Egypt and in the land of Canaan as payment ¹  for the grain they were buying. Then Joseph brought the money into Pharaoh’s palace. ²  47:15 When the money from the lands of Egypt and Canaan was used up, all the Egyptians ³  came to Joseph and said, “Give us food! Why should we die ⁴  before your very eyes because our money has run out?”

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¹ tn Or “in exchange.” On the use of the preposition here see BDB 90 s.v. בְּ.

² tn Heb “house.”

³ tn Heb “all Egypt.” The expression is a metonymy and refers to all the people of Egypt.

⁴ tn The imperfect verbal form has a deliberative force here.