Génesis 42:35

35 Y sucedió que cuando estaban vaciando sus sacos, he aquí que el atado del dinero de cada uno estaba en su saco; y cuando ellos y su padre vieron los atados de su dinero, tuvieron temor.

Génesis 42:35 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 42:35

And it came to pass, as they emptied their sacks
Both those in which were the corn they had bought, and those in which were their provender for their cattle, and provision for themselves: that, behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack;
the same purse, and the same pieces of money, gold or silver, they had paid to the steward: and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money, they
were afraid;
the Targum of Jonathan adds,

``because of Simeon, whom they had left there;''

fearing that they should he charged with theft or fraud, and that Simeon would be put to death; they had opened their sacks before, and found their money in them, but put it up again as it was, in order to open them in their father's presence, from whom they thought proper to conceal this circumstance, lest he should blame them for not returning to the governor with their money upon the first notice of it, when they had travelled but one day's journey; wherefore they make no mention of it in the account of things that befell them, and express their surprise and fear upon finding it when they opened their sacks, as if they had known, nothing of it before; though it may be their fears were renewed and increased by what Jacob might observe to them, as the consequence of it, which they had not so thoroughly considered before.

Génesis 42:35 In-Context

33 Y el hombre, el señor de aquella tierra, nos dijo: "Por esto sabré que sois hombres honrados: dejad uno de vuestros hermanos conmigo y tomad grano para el hambre de vuestras casas, y marchaos;

34 pero traedme a vuestro hermano menor para que sepa yo que no sois espías, sino hombres honrados. Os devolveré a vuestro hermano, y podréis comerciar en la tierra."

35 Y sucedió que cuando estaban vaciando sus sacos, he aquí que el atado del dinero de cada uno estaba en su saco; y cuando ellos y su padre vieron los atados de su dinero, tuvieron temor.

36 Y su padre Jacob les dijo: Me habéis privado de mis hijos; José ya no existe, y Simeón ya no existe, y os queréis llevar a Benjamín; todas estas cosas son contra mí.

37 Entonces Rubén habló a su padre, diciendo: Puedes dar muerte a mis dos hijos, si no te lo traigo; ponlo bajo mi cuidado, y yo te lo devolveré.