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and take double money in your hand, with the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry again in your hand. Perhaps it was an oversight.
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Honesty Over Opportunity
Jacob models profound integrity by insisting his sons return the money found in their sacks. He doesn't see it as a lucky break but assumes it was an "oversight." Commentators stress this as a key lesson: true honesty involves correcting others' mistakes that benefit you, as keeping such gains is a form of deceit.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
דבשׁ debash — “honey,” from the bee, or syrup from the juice of the grape. בטנים boṭen — “pistachio nuts.” שׁקד shâqêd —…
19th Century
Anglican
Double money. —So Rashi; but others render it literally, second money, that is, a second sum of money. This agrees with t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And take double money in your hand Than what they carried before, either to buy as much more as they then did; or rather …
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