Genesis 44:5

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Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

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  • Gen 30:27 : 27 But Laban said to him,“If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me on account of you.”
  • Gen 44:15 : 15 Joseph 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?”
  • Lev 19:26 : 26 Blood, Hair, and Body“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.
  • 2 Kgs 21:6 : 6 He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger.
  • Deut 18:10-14 : 10 There must never be found among you anyone who sacrifices his son or daughter in the fire, anyone who practices divination, an omen reader, a soothsayer, a sorcerer, 11 one who casts spells, one who conjures up spirits, a practitioner of the occult, or a necromancer. 12 Whoever does these things is abhorrent to the LORD and because of these detestable things the LORD your God is about to drive them out from before you. 13 You must be blameless before the LORD your God. 14 Those nations that you are about to dispossess listen to omen readers and diviners, but the LORD your God has not given you permission to do such things.
  • 1 Kgs 20:33 : 33 The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying,“Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab then said,“Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

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  • Gen 44:15-18
    4 verses
    81%

    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 44:4
    81%

    4They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household,“Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them,‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

  • Gen 44:6-8
    3 verses
    77%

    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?

  • Gen 44:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    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.

  • Gen 40:11
    72%

    11Now Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand, so I took the grapes, squeezed them into his cup, and put the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.”

  • Amos 6:6
    71%

    6They drink wine from sacrificial bowls, and pour the very best oils on themselves. Yet they are not concerned over the ruin of Joseph.

  • Prov 4:17
    70%

    17Indeed they have eaten bread gained from wickedness and drink wine obtained from violence.

  • Hab 2:15
    70%

    15“Woe to you who force your neighbor to drink wine– you who make others intoxicated by forcing them to drink from the bowl of your furious anger, so you can look at their naked bodies.

  • Gen 42:14
    69%

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

  • Jer 49:12
    69%

    12For the LORD says,“If even those who did not deserve to drink from the cup of my wrath must drink from it, do you think you will go unpunished? You will not go unpunished, but must certainly drink from the cup of my wrath.

  • Gen 40:21
    69%

    21He restored the chief cupbearer to his former position so that he placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand,

  • Prov 31:5
    69%

    5lest they drink and forget what is decreed, and remove from all the poor their legal rights.

  • Jer 2:18
    69%

    18What good will it do you then to go down to Egypt to seek help from the Egyptians? What good will it do you to go over to Assyria to seek help from the Assyrians?

  • Ps 75:8
    69%

    8For the LORD holds in his hand a cup full of foaming wine mixed with spices, and pours it out. Surely all the wicked of the earth will slurp it up and drink it to its very last drop.”

  • Job 15:16
    68%

    16how much less man, who is abominable and corrupt, who drinks in evil like water!

  • Gen 50:20
    68%

    20As for you, you meant to harm me, but God intended it for a good purpose, so he could preserve the lives of many people, as you can see this day.

  • Zech 7:6
    68%

    6And now when you eat and drink, are you not doing so for yourselves?’”

  • Gen 44:12
    68%

    12Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!

  • Gen 44:10
    68%

    10He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”

  • Gen 50:17
    68%

    17‘Tell Joseph this: Please forgive the sin of your brothers and the wrong they did when they treated you so badly.’ Now please forgive the sin of the servants of the God of your father.” When this message was reported to him, Joseph wept.

  • Gen 50:15
    68%

    15When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said,“What if Joseph bears a grudge and wants to repay us in full for all the harm we did to him?”

  • Jer 25:28
    68%

    28If they refuse to take the cup from your hand and drink it, tell them that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says‘You most certainly must drink it!

  • Isa 5:22
    68%

    22Beware, those who are champions at drinking, who display great courage when mixing strong drinks.

  • Gen 40:1
    68%

    1The Cupbearer and the Baker After these things happened, the cupbearer to the king of Egypt and the royal baker offended their master, the king of Egypt.

  • Gen 43:34
    68%

    34He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. They drank with Joseph until they all became drunk.

  • Gen 40:13
    68%

    13In three more days Pharaoh will reinstate you and restore you to your office. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did before when you were cupbearer.