Genesis 44:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

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

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? God forbid that your servants should do such a thing as this:

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said{H559} unto him, Wherefore speaketh{H1696} my lord{H113} such words{H1697} as these? Far be it{H2486} from thy servants{H5650} that they should do{H6213} such a thing.{H1697}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And they said{H559}{(H8799)} unto him, Wherefore saith{H1696}{(H8762)} my lord{H113} these words{H1697}? God forbid{H2486} that thy servants{H5650} should do{H6213}{(H8800)} according to this thing{H1697}:

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    And they answered him: wherfore sayth my LORde soch wordes? God forbydd that thy servauntes shulde doo so.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    They answered him: Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes? God forbyd, that thy seruauntes shulde do eny soch thinge?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    and they say unto him, `Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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:

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 34:25-31 : 25 On the third day, when they were in pain, two of Jacob's sons, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brothers, each took his sword, came against the city undetected, and killed every male. 26 They killed Hamor and his son Shechem with the sword and took Dinah from Shechem's house and left. 27 The sons of Jacob came upon the dead bodies and plundered the city because their sister had been defiled. 28 They took their flocks, herds, donkeys, and everything in the city and in the fields. 29 They carried off all their wealth, their children, and their wives, taking everything in the houses as plunder. 30 Then Jacob said to Simeon and Levi, "You have brought trouble on me by making me odious to the inhabitants of the land, the Canaanites and the Perizzites. We are few in number. If they join forces against me and attack me, my household and I will be destroyed." 31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"
  • Gen 35:22 : 22 While Israel was living in that region, Reuben went and slept with Bilhah, his father’s concubine, and Israel heard about it. Now Jacob had twelve sons:
  • Gen 37:18-32 : 18 They saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they conspired to kill him. 19 They said to one another, "Look, here comes the dreamer!" 20 Come now, let’s kill him and throw him into one of the pits. We can say that a wild animal devoured him. Then we’ll see what becomes of his dreams." 21 But Reuben heard this and tried to rescue him from their hands. He said, "Let us not take his life." 22 Reuben also said to them, "Do not shed any blood. Throw him into this pit here in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him." He said this intending to rescue him from their hands in order to return him to his father. 23 So when Joseph came to his brothers, they stripped him of his robe—the ornate robe he was wearing. 24 Then they took him and threw him into the pit. The pit was empty; there was no water in it. 25 As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm, and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt. 26 Judah said to his brothers, "What profit is there if we kill our brother and conceal his blood? 27 Come, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay our hands on him. After all, he is our brother, our own flesh." His brothers agreed. 28 When the Midianite merchants passed by, they pulled Joseph up out of the pit and sold him to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver. And they took Joseph to Egypt. 29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes. 30 He went back to his brothers and said, "The boy is gone! What am I going to do?" 31 Then they took Joseph's tunic, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the tunic in the blood. 32 They sent the ornate tunic to their father and said, "We found this. Please examine it to see whether it is your son's tunic or not."
  • Gen 38:16-18 : 16 He turned aside to her by the roadside and said, 'Come now, let me sleep with you.' He did not know she was his daughter-in-law. She asked, 'What will you give me to sleep with you?' 17 He replied, 'I will send you a young goat from my flock.' She said, 'Will you give me something as a pledge until you send it?' 18 He asked, 'What pledge should I give you?' She answered, 'Your seal and its cord, and the staff in your hand.' So he gave them to her and slept with her, and she conceived by him.
  • Josh 22:22-29 : 22 The Mighty One, God, the LORD—the Mighty One, God, the LORD! He knows, and let Israel also know! If it was in rebellion or treachery against the LORD, do not spare us today. 23 If we have built an altar to turn away from following the LORD, or to offer burnt offerings or grain offerings, or to offer fellowship sacrifices on it, may the LORD Himself call us to account. 24 We did this because we feared that someday your descendants might say to ours, ‘What do you have to do with the LORD, the God of Israel?’ 25 The LORD has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you—you Reubenites and Gadites! You have no share in the LORD.’ So your descendants might cause ours to stop worshiping the LORD. 26 That is why we said, ‘Let us build an altar—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, 27 but as a witness between us and you and the generations that follow, that we will worship the LORD at His sanctuary with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and fellowship offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants will not be able to say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD.’ 28 And we said, ‘If they ever say this to us or to our descendants, we will answer: Look at the replica of the altar of the LORD, which our ancestors built—not for burnt offerings or sacrifices, but as a witness between us and you.’ 29 Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, and sacrifices other than the altar of the LORD our God that stands in front of His tabernacle.
  • 2 Sam 20:20 : 20 Joab replied, "Far be it from me to devour or destroy the city!
  • 2 Kgs 8:13 : 13 Hazael said, "How could your servant, a mere dog, accomplish such a great thing?" Elisha answered, "The LORD has shown me that you will become king over Aram."
  • Prov 22:1 : 1 A good name is more desirable than great wealth; being esteemed is better than silver or gold.
  • Eccl 7:1 : 1 A good name is better than fine perfume, and the day of death better than the day of birth.
  • Heb 13:18 : 18 Pray for us, for we are confident that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Gen 44:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    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."

    10 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."

  • Gen 44:15-19
    5 verses
    81%

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

    16 Judah 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."

    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."

    18 Then 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."

    19 My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'"

  • Gen 42:10-12
    3 verses
    80%

    10 But they said to him, 'No, my lord! Your servants have come to buy food.

    11 We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants are not spies.'

    12 But Joseph insisted, 'No! You have come to see the vulnerability of the land.'

  • Gen 44:4-6
    3 verses
    79%

    4 They had just left the city and had not gone far when Joseph said to his steward, "Get up, pursue the men. When you catch up to them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?'

    5 'Is this not the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? You have done wrong in what you have done.'

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

  • Gen 43:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 Israel said, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man that you had another brother?”

    7 They replied, “The man kept asking us about ourselves and our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How could we have known he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”

  • Gen 44:21-24
    4 verses
    77%

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

    22 But we said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.'"

    23 But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'

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

  • Gen 44:32-34
    3 verses
    76%

    32 For 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.'

    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.

    34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I could not bear to see the misery that would come upon my father.

  • Gen 42:28
    76%

    28 He said to his brothers, 'My money has been returned! Look, it is here in my sack.' Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another, saying, 'What is this that God has done to us?'

  • Gen 50:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    17 'This is what you are to say to Joseph: “Please forgive the transgressions of your brothers and their sin, for they treated you so badly.” Now, please forgive the transgressions of the servants of the God of your father.' Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

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

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1 Joseph 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 43:18
    75%

    18 But the men were afraid when they were taken to Joseph's house. They said, "We were brought here because of the silver that was returned to our sacks the first time. He plans to trap us, attack us, take us as slaves, and seize our donkeys."

  • Gen 47:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    3 Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers, 'What is your occupation?' and they replied to Pharaoh, 'Your servants are shepherds, just as our fathers were.'

    4 They also said to Pharaoh, 'We have come to sojourn in this land because there is no pasture for your servants’ flocks, for the famine in the land of Canaan is severe. Please allow your servants to settle in the region of Goshen.'

  • Gen 42:14
    74%

    14 But Joseph said to them, 'It is just as I said: You are spies!

  • Gen 34:31
    74%

    31 But they replied, "Should he treat our sister like a prostitute?"

  • Gen 42:21
    74%

    21 They said to one another, 'Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.'

  • Gen 42:30
    74%

    30 They said, 'The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.'

  • Gen 47:18
    74%

    18 When that year was over, they came to him the next year and said, 'We cannot hide from our lord that our money is gone and our livestock has been given to you. There is nothing left for our lord but our bodies and our land.'

  • Gen 43:20
    74%

    20 They said, "Please, my lord, we came down here before to buy food.

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