And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

and he searcheth, at the eldest he hath begun, and at the youngest he hath completed, and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;

And he searched, and began at the oldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag.

And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack.

And when he had searched, beginning with the oldest, all the way to the youngest, he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

Scrutatus est autem: a maximo incepit, et in minimo finivit: et inventus est scyphus in sacco Benjamin.

And he searched,.... To the bottom of them, not content to look into the mouth of them being opened, but rummaged them, and searched deeply into them to find the cup, which was the thing charged upon them he was solicitous to find; as for the money in the sack's mouth he took no notice of that, nor is there any mention of it:
and began at the oldest; at Reuben, as the Targum of Jonathan expresses it: the steward might know their different ages in course, by the order in which they were placed at Joseph's table when they dined with him:
and left off at the youngest; at Benjamin, he ended his scrutiny with him; this method he took partly to hold them in fear as long as he could, and partly to prevent any suspicion of design, which might have been entertained had he went directly to Benjamin's sack:
and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack; where the steward himself had put it, and as it is usually said, they that hide can find.