Genesis 44:17

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, t you up in peace unto your father.

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Referenced Verses

  • Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Jud of all the earth do right?
  • Gen 26:29 : 29 That thou wilt do us no hurt, as we have not touched thee, and as we have done unto thee nothing but good, and have sent thee away in peace: thou art now the blessed of the LORD.
  • Gen 37:32-33 : 32 And they sent the coat of many colours, and they brought it to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it be thy son's coat or no. 33 And he knew it, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast hath devoured him; Joseph is without doubt rent in pieces.
  • Gen 42:18 : 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
  • 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
  • Ps 75:2 : 2 When I shall receive the congregation I will judge uprightly.
  • Prov 17:15 : 15 He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Gen 44:18-19
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    83%

    18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anr burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

    19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

  • Gen 44:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

    8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

    9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

    10And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.

  • Gen 44:15-16
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    81%

    15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

    16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

  • Gen 44:32-34
    3 verses
    80%

    32For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.

    33Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

    34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    75%

    1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.

    2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the younst, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

  • Gen 44:21-23
    3 verses
    75%

    21And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

    22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

    23And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your younst brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

  • Gen 45:8
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    8So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

  • Gen 43:9
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    9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

  • Gen 44:30
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    30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;

  • Exod 4:23
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    23And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

  • Gen 50:17-18
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    74%

    17So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin; for they did unto thee evil: and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

    18And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we be thy servants.

  • Gen 40:11
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    11And Pharaoh's cup was in my hand: and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh's cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand.

  • Gen 44:5
    73%

    5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

  • Gen 50:5
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    5My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digd for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.

  • Gen 45:17
    73%

    17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, t you unto the land of Canaan;