New American Standard Bible 1995
Genesis 44:7-16
7They saidH559 to him, “WhyH4100 does my lordH113 speakH1696 such wordsH1697 as theseH428? FarH2486 be it from your servantsH5650 to doH6213 suchH2088 a thingH1697. 8BeholdH2005, 1the moneyH3701 whichH834 we foundH4672 in the mouthH6310 of our sacksH572 we have broughtH7725 backH7725 to you from the landH776 of CanaanH3667. HowH349 then could we stealH1589 silverH3701 orH176 goldH2091 from your lord’sH113 houseH1004? 92With whomeverH834 of your servantsH5650 it is foundH4672, let him dieH4191, and we alsoH1571 will be my lord’sH113 3slavesH5650.” 10So he saidH559, “NowH6258 let it alsoH1571 be according to your wordsH1697; he with whomH834 it is foundH4672 shall be my slaveH5650, and the rest of you shall be innocentH5355.” 11Then they hurriedH4116, eachH376 manH376 loweredH3381 his sackH572 to the groundH776, and eachH376 manH376 openedH6605 his sackH572. 12He searchedH2664, beginningH2490 with the oldestH1419 and endingH3615 with the youngestH6996, and 4the cupH1375 was foundH4672 in Benjamin’sH1144 sackH572. 13Then they 5toreH7167 their clothesH8071, and when eachH376 manH376 loadedH6006 his donkeyH2543, they returnedH7725 to 6the cityH5892.
14When JudahH3063 and his brothersH251 cameH935 to Joseph’sH3130 houseH1004, he was stillH5750 thereH8033, and 7they fellH5307 to the groundH776 beforeH6440 him. 15JosephH3130 saidH559 to them, “WhatH4100 is thisH2088 deedH4639 that you have doneH6213? Do you not knowH3045 that suchH3644 a manH376 as I can indeedH5172 practiceH5172 8divinationH5172?” 16So JudahH3063 saidH559, “WhatH4100 can we sayH559 to my lordH113? WhatH4100 can we speakH1696? And howH4100 can we justifyH6663 ourselves? GodH430 has foundH4672 out the iniquityH5771 of your servantsH5650; beholdH2009, we are my lord’sH113 9slavesH5650, bothH1571 we and the one in whoseH834 10possessionH3027 the cupH1375 has been foundH4672.”
Notes
- 1. Genesis 44:8 Gen 43:21 ↩
- 2. Genesis 44:9 Gen 31:32 ↩
- 3. Genesis 44:9 Gen 44:16 ↩
- 4. Genesis 44:12 Gen 44:2 ↩
- 5. Genesis 44:13 Gen 37:29, 34; Num 14:6; 2 Sam 1:11 ↩
- 6. Genesis 44:13 Gen 44:4 ↩
- 7. Genesis 44:14 Gen 37:7, 10 ↩
- 8. Genesis 44:15 Gen 44:5 ↩
- 9. Genesis 44:16 Gen 44:9 ↩
- 10. Genesis 44:16 Lit hand ↩
Commentaries on Genesis 44
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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