Where did Joseph's brothers find the hidden money? View all View original

This Bible contradiction is from the Skeptic's Annotated Bible.

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At home.

Genesis 42:29-35 View context

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies:

We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone:

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

At the inn.

Genesis 42:27 View context

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it [was] in his sack's mouth.

Genesis 43:21 View context

And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, [every] man's money [was] in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.