John Gill's Exposition on Genesis 43:21

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And it came to pass when we came to the inn, etc.] Upon the road, on the first day’s journey, to refresh themselves and their cattle: that we opened our sacks; to give provender to our cattle; by which it appears that they all did this, though it is only said of one of them at the inn, and of all of them when they came home, (<014227>Genesis 42:27,35); and, behold, [every] man’s money [was] in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; nothing wanting of it; it being usual in those times to pay money by weight, and not by the tale of pieces: and we have brought it again in our hand; in order to pay it for the corn we have had, having no design to defraud.

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