Génesis 42:35

35 Cuando comenzaron a vaciar sus costales, se encontraron con que la bolsa de dinero de cada uno estaba allí. Esto hizo que ellos y su padre se llenaran de 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 »Entonces el hombre que gobierna aquel país nos dijo: “Con esto voy a comprobar si en verdad son gente honrada. Dejen aquí conmigo a uno de sus hermanos, y vayan a llevar alimento para calmar el hambre de sus familias.

34 Pero a la vuelta tráiganme a su hermano menor. Así comprobaré que no son espías, y que en verdad son gente honrada. Luego les entregaré de vuelta a su hermano, y podrán moverse con libertad por el país”.

35 Cuando comenzaron a vaciar sus costales, se encontraron con que la bolsa de dinero de cada uno estaba allí. Esto hizo que ellos y su padre se llenaran de temor.

36 Entonces Jacob, su padre, les dijo:—¡Ustedes me van a dejar sin hijos! José ya no está con nosotros, Simeón tampoco está aquí, ¡y ahora se quieren llevar a Benjamín! ¡Todo esto me perjudica!

37 Pero Rubén le dijo a su padre:—Yo me hago cargo de Benjamín. Si no te lo devuelvo, podrás matar a mis dos hijos.