Genesis 44
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Genesis 44:5-15

5Is this not that from which my lord drinks, and which he indeed uses for 1divination? You have done wrong in doing this!’”

6So 2he overtook them and spoke these words to them. 7And they said to him, “Why does my lord say such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! 8Behold, 3the money which we found in the opening of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house? 94With whomever of your servants it is found, he shall die, and we also shall be my lord’s 5slaves.” 10So he said, “Now let it indeed be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, but the rest of you shall be considered innocent.” 11Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 12And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and 6the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 13Then they 7tore their clothes in grief, and when each man had loaded his donkey, they returned to 8the city.

14When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and 9they fell down to the ground before him. 15Joseph said to them, “What is this thing that you have done? Do you not know that a man who is like me can indeed practice 10divination?”

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 44:5 Gen 30:27; 44:15; Lev 19:26; Deut 18:10-14 ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 44:6 I.e., the steward ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 44:8 Gen 43:21 ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 44:9 Gen 31:32 ↩
  5. 5. Genesis 44:9 Gen 44:16 ↩
  6. 6. Genesis 44:12 Gen 44:2 ↩
  7. 7. Genesis 44:13 Gen 37:29, 34; Num 14:6; 2 Sam 1:11 ↩
  8. 8. Genesis 44:13 Gen 44:4 ↩
  9. 9. Genesis 44:14 Gen 37:7, 10 ↩
  10. 10. Genesis 44:15 Gen 44:5 ↩

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