Genesis 44:10

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The steward replied, "Let it be as you say: whoever is found with it will become my slave, and the rest of you will be innocent."

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  • Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."
  • Gen 44:33 : 33 Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
  • Exod 22:3 : 3 If what was stolen is found alive in his possession, whether it is an ox, a donkey, or a sheep, he must pay back double.
  • Matt 18:24-25 : 24 As he began the settlement, a man who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 Since he was not able to pay, the master ordered that he and his wife and his children and all that he had be sold to repay the debt.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:6-9
    4 verses
    88%

    6When the steward caught up to them, he said these words to them.

    7But they replied to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

    8"Look, we even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

    9"If any of your servants is found with it, he will die, and we will also become my lord's slaves."

  • Gen 44:15-18
    4 verses
    78%

    15Joseph asked them, "What is this deed you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can certainly practice divination?"

    16Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? How can we speak or justify ourselves? God has uncovered the guilt of your servants. Here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found."

    17But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose possession the cup was found will be my slave. As for the rest of you, go back to your father in peace."

    18Then Judah stepped forward and said, "Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh."

  • Gen 44:11-12
    2 verses
    77%

    11Each of the men quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

    12The steward searched, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

  • Gen 44:29-33
    5 verses
    76%

    29'If you take this one also from me and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray hair down to the grave in sorrow.'

    30So now, if I come to your servant, my father, and the boy is not with us—since his life is so closely bound up with the boy's life—

    31it will happen that when he sees the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought down the gray hair of your servant, our father, in sorrow to the grave.

    32For your servant took responsibility for the boy before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.'

    33Now, therefore, please let your servant remain here as a slave to my lord in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Joseph instructed the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the opening of his sack."

    2"Then put my silver cup in the opening of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain." And he did as Joseph had instructed.

  • Gen 43:9
    72%

    9I will be a guarantee for him; you can hold me personally responsible. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

  • Gen 47:25
    71%

    25They replied, 'You have saved our lives! May we find favor in the eyes of my lord, and we will be servants to Pharaoh.'

  • Gen 42:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households.

    20Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die.' And they did so.

  • 1 Kgs 20:40
    71%

    40But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.' The king of Israel said to him, 'That is your sentence; you have pronounced it yourself.'

  • Josh 2:19-20
    2 verses
    71%

    19If anyone leaves the house, their death will be on their own head, and we will not be guilty. But if harm comes to anyone in your house, we will take the blame.

    20But if you reveal this matter of ours, we will be released from the oath you made us swear.

  • Gen 44:21
    71%

    21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'"

  • Jer 26:14
    70%

    14'But as for me, I am in your hands; do with me whatever you think is good and right in your eyes.'

  • 1 Sam 8:16
    70%

    16He will take your male and female servants, your best young men, and your donkeys, and use them for his own work.

  • 2 Chr 28:10
    70%

    10And now you intend to enslave the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But aren’t you also guilty of sins against the LORD your God?

  • Gen 50:18
    70%

    18Then his brothers also came, bowed down before him, and said, 'We are your servants.'

  • Jer 39:12
    70%

    12“Take him and look after him; do him no harm, but do for him whatever he tells you.”

  • Gen 30:34
    70%

    34Laban said, 'Very well, let it be as you have said.'

  • Josh 2:17
    70%

    17The men said to her, "We will be free from this oath you made us swear

  • Gen 42:16
    69%

    16Send one of you to bring your brother; the rest of you will stay in prison. This will test whether your words are true. If not, then by the life of Pharaoh, you are spies.'

  • Gen 31:16
    69%

    16Surely all the wealth that God took away from our father belongs to us and our children. So do whatever God has told you to do.'

  • Gen 42:33
    69%

    33'Then the man who is lord of the land said to us, "This is how I will know if you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me and take food for your starving households and go.

  • Gen 31:37
    69%

    37You have searched through all my belongings. What have you found that belongs to your household? Place it here in front of my relatives and yours, and let them judge between us.

  • Gen 44:24
    69%

    24When we went back to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

  • Gen 39:4
    69%

    4Joseph found favor in his master's eyes and became his personal servant. Potiphar put him in charge of his household and entrusted everything he owned to his care.