Genesis 44:10
He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”
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- Gen 44:17 : 17 But Joseph said,“Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
- Gen 44:33 : 33 “So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
- Exod 22:3 : 3 If the sun has risen on him, then there is blood guilt for him. A thief must surely make full restitution; if he has nothing, then he will be sold for his theft.
- Matt 18:24-25 : 24 As he began settling his accounts, a man who owed ten thousand talents was brought to him. 25 Because he was not able to repay it, the lord ordered him to be sold, along with his wife, children, and whatever he possessed, and repayment to be made.
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- Gen 44:6-94 verses88%
6When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.
7They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”
- Gen 44:15-184 verses78%
15Joseph said to them,“What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
16Judah replied,“What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, 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 hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”
18Then Judah approached him and said,“My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
- Gen 44:11-122 verses77%
11So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!
- Gen 44:29-335 verses76%
29If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.’
30“So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us– his very life is bound up in his son’s life.
31When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying,‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.’
33“So now, please let your servant remain as my lord’s slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
- Gen 44:1-22 verses72%
1The Final Test He instructed the servant who was over his household,“Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
2Then put my cup– the silver cup– in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph instructed.
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9I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
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25They replied,“You have saved our lives! You are showing us favor, and we will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
- Gen 42:19-202 verses71%
19If you are honest men, leave one of your brothers confined here in prison while the rest of you go and take grain back for your hungry families.
20But you must bring your youngest brother to me. Then your words will be verified and you will not die.” They did as he said.
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40Well, it just so happened that while your servant was doing this and that, he disappeared.” The king of Israel said to him,“Your punishment is already determined by your own testimony.”
- Josh 2:19-202 verses71%
19Anyone who leaves your house will be responsible for his own death– we are innocent in that case! But if anyone with you in the house is harmed, we will be responsible.
20If you should report what we’ve been up to, we are not bound by this oath you made us swear.”
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21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’
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14As to my case, I am in your power. Do to me what you deem fair and proper.
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16He will take your male and female servants, as well as your best cattle and your donkeys, and assign them for his own use.
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10And now you are planning to enslave the people of Judah and Jerusalem. Yet are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
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18Then his brothers also came and threw themselves down before him; they said,“Here we are; we are your slaves.”
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12“Find Jeremiah and look out for him. Do not do anything to harm him, but do with him whatever he tells you.”
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34“Agreed!” said Laban,“It will be as you say.”
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17The men said to her,“We are not bound by this oath you made us swear unless the following conditions are met:
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16One of you must go and get your brother, while the rest of you remain in prison. In this way your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If not, then, as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
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16Surely all the wealth that God snatched away from our father belongs to us and to our children. So now do everything God has told you.”
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33“Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us,‘This is how I will find out if you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for your hungry households and go.
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37When you searched through all my goods, did you find anything that belonged to you? Set it here before my relatives and yours, and let them settle the dispute between the two of us!
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24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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4So Joseph found favor in his sight and became his personal attendant. Potiphar appointed Joseph overseer of his household and put him in charge of everything he owned.