אַמְתַּחַתʼamtachath

sack(s) (Genesis 44:2; Genesis 44:12; Genesis 42:28; Genesis 42:27; Genesis 44:1)

Pronunciation: am-takh'-ath · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H572

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 15 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 42:27 But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he found his money in the top of his sack.
  • Genesis 42:28 “Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it’s here in my sack!” Then their hearts sank. Trembling, they said to each other, “What has God done to us?”
  • Genesis 43:12 Also take double the money that was put back in your sacks, as it was probably someone’s mistake.
  • Genesis 43:18 The brothers were terrified when they saw that they were being taken into Joseph’s house. “It’s because of the money someone put in our sacks last time we were here,” they said. “He plans to pretend that we stole it. Then he will seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”
  • Genesis 43:21 But as we were returning home, we stopped for the night and opened our sacks. Then we discovered that each man’s money—the exact amount paid—was in the top of his sack! Here it is; we have brought it back with us.
  • Genesis 43:22 We also have additional money to buy more food. We have no idea who put our money in our sacks.”
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).