Genesis 44:16

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen.

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  • Gen 44:9 : 9 If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness is yours, but shame is on us, even to this day; and on the men of Judah and the people of Jerusalem, and on all Israel, those who are near and those who are far off, in all the countries where you have sent them because of the sin which they have done against you.
  • Num 32:23 : 23 But if you do not do this, then you are sinners against the Lord; and you may be certain that your sin will have its reward.
  • Deut 25:1 : 1 If there is an argument between men and they go to law with one another, let the judges give their decision for the upright, and against the wrongdoer.
  • Josh 7:1 : 1 But the children of Israel did wrong about the cursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the family of Judah, took of the cursed thing, moving the Lord to wrath against the children of Israel.
  • Josh 7:18 : 18 Then the house of Zabdi came forward man by man, and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
  • Judg 1:7 : 7 And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.
  • Ezra 9:10 : 10 And now, O our God, what are we to say after this? for we have not kept your laws,
  • Ezra 9:15 : 15 O Lord God of Israel, righteousness is yours; we are only a small band which has been kept from death, as at this day: see, we are before you in our sin; for no one may keep his place before you because of this.
  • Job 40:4 : 4 Have you an arm like God? have you a voice of thunder like his?
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He who gives a decision for the evil-doer and he who gives a decision against the upright, are equally disgusting to the Lord.
  • Prov 28:17 : 17 One who has been the cause of a man's death will go in flight to the underworld: let no man give him help.
  • Isa 5:3 : 3 And now, you people of Jerusalem and you men of Judah, be the judges between me and my vine-garden.
  • Isa 27:9 : 9 So by this will the sin of Jacob be covered, and this is all the fruit of taking away his punishment; when all the stones of the altar are crushed together, so that the wood pillars and the sun-images will not be put up again.
  • Matt 7:2 : 2 For as you have been judging, so you will be judged, and with your measure will it be measured to you.
  • Luke 12:2 : 2 But nothing is covered up, which will not come to light, or secret, which will not be made clear.
  • Acts 2:37 : 37 Now when these words came to their ears their hearts were troubled, and they said to Peter and the other Apostles, Brothers, what are we to do?
  • Gen 37:7 : 7 We were in the field, getting the grain stems together, and my grain kept upright, and yours came round and went down on the earth before mine.
  • Gen 37:9 : 9 Then he had another dream, and gave his brothers an account of it, saying, I have had another dream: the sun and the moon and eleven stars gave honour to me.
  • Gen 37:18-28 : 18 But they saw him when he was a long way off, and before he came near them they made a secret design against him to put him to death; 19 Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer. 20 Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams. 21 But Reuben, hearing these words, got him out of their hands, saying, Let us not take his life. 22 Do not put him to a violent death, but let him be placed in one of the holes; this he said to keep him safe from their hands, with the purpose of taking him back to his father again. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they took off his long coat which he had on; 24 And they took him and put him in the hole: now the hole had no water in it. 25 Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels. 26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood? 27 Let us give him to these Ishmaelites for a price, and let us not put violent hands on him, for he is our brother, our flesh. And his brothers gave ear to him. 28 And some traders from Midian went by; so pulling Joseph up out of the hole, they gave him to the Ishmaelites for twenty bits of silver, and they took him to Egypt.
  • Gen 42:21-22 : 21 And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us. 22 And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.
  • Gen 43:8-9 : 8 Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever. 9 Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
  • Gen 44:32 : 32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

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  • Gen 44:17-19
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    17 Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

    18 Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us.

    19 My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?

  • Gen 44:7-10
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    7 And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

    8 See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

    9 If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants.

    10 And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible.

  • Gen 44:14-15
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    14 So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

    15 And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    17 You are to say to Joseph, Let the wrongdoing of your brothers be overlooked, and the evil they did to you: now, if it is your pleasure, let the sin of the servants of your father's God have forgiveness. And at these words, Joseph was overcome with weeping.

    18 Then his brothers went, and falling at his feet, said, Truly, we are your servants.

  • Gen 44:5
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    5 Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil.

  • Gen 42:21
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    21 And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

  • Gen 44:32-33
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    32 For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever.

    33 So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

  • Gen 47:25
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    25 And they said to him, Truly you have kept us from death; may we have grace in your eyes, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

  • Gen 37:26
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    26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is there in putting our brother to death and covering up his blood?

  • Gen 43:7
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    7 Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we and you and our little ones may not come to destruction.

  • Gen 44:2
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    2 And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

  • Gen 42:10
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    10 And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

  • Gen 44:24
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    24 And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.

  • Gen 47:18
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    18 And when that year was ended, they came to him in the second year, and said, We may not keep it from our lord's knowledge that all our money is gone, and all the herds of cattle are my lord's; there is nothing more to give my lord but our bodies and our land;