Genesis 44:6

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.

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  • Gen 44:7-8
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    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 44:1-5
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    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.

    3When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.

    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?

    5Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

  • Gen 44:15-19
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    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.

    19My lord asked his servants,‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

  • Gen 32:19
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    19He also gave these instructions to the second and third servants, as well as all those who were following the herds, saying,“You must say the same thing to Esau when you meet him.

  • Gen 44:24
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    24When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

  • Gen 42:14
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    14But Joseph told them,“It is just as I said to you: You are spies!

  • Gen 39:17
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    17This is what she said to him:“That Hebrew slave you brought to us tried to humiliate me,

  • Gen 42:29-30
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    29They returned to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan and told him all the things that had happened to them, saying,

    30“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly to us and treated us as if we were spying on the land.

  • Gen 37:6
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    6He said to them,“Listen to this dream I had:

  • Gen 44:10-12
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    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.”

    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 31:23
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    23So he took his relatives with him and pursued Jacob for seven days. He caught up with him in the hill country of Gilead.

  • Gen 37:16-18
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    16He replied,“I’m looking for my brothers. Please tell me where they are grazing their flocks.”

    17The man said,“They left this area, for I heard them say,‘Let’s go to Dothan.’” So Joseph went after his brothers and found them at Dothan.

    18Now Joseph’s brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

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    15They went to the land of Gilead to the Reubenites, Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh, and said to them:

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    57Then they said,“We’ll call the girl and find out what she wants to do.”

  • Gen 26:30
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    30So Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

  • Gen 43:19
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    19So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.

  • Gen 33:8
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    8Esau then asked,“What did you intend by sending all these herds to meet me?” Jacob replied,“To find favor in your sight, my lord.”

  • Gen 42:23
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    23(Now they did not know that Joseph could understand them, for he was speaking through an interpreter.)

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    5When it was time to shut the city gate for the night, the men left. I don’t know where they were heading. Chase after them quickly, for you have time to catch them!”

  • Gen 24:54
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    54After this, he and the men who were with him ate a meal and stayed there overnight. When they got up in the morning, he said,“Let me leave now so I can return to my master.”

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    12So David’s servants went on their way. When they had returned, they came and told David all these things.

  • Gen 32:17
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    17He instructed the servant leading the first herd,“When my brother Esau meets you and asks,‘To whom do you belong? Where are you going? Whose herds are you driving?’

  • Gen 43:17
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    17The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.

  • Gen 44:21
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    21“Then you told your servants,‘Bring him down to me so I can see him.’

  • Lev 6:1
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    9In this way God has snatched away your father’s livestock and given them to me.

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    6The LORD said to Moses:

  • 1 Sam 17:30
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    30Then he turned from those who were nearby to someone else and asked the same question, but they gave him the same answer as before.