Genesis 44:4

World English Bible (2000)

When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good?

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 35:12 : 12 They reward me evil for good, to the bereaving of my soul.
  • John 10:32 : 32 Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father. For which of those works do you stone me?"
  • Ps 109:5 : 5 They have rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
  • Prov 17:13 : 13 Whoever rewards evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
  • Deut 2:16 : 16 So it happened, when all the men of war were consumed and dead from among the people,
  • 1 Sam 24:17 : 17 He said to David, "You are more righteous than I; for you have done good to me, whereas I have done evil to you.
  • 2 Chr 20:11 : 11 behold, how they reward us, to come to cast us out of your possession, which you have given us to inherit.

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  • Gen 44:5-7
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    5 Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"

    6 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

    7 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!

  • Gen 44:1-3
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    1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in his sack's mouth.

    2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

    3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

  • Gen 44:15
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    15 Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Don't you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?"

  • Gen 37:17-18
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    17 The man said, "They have left here, for I heard them say, 'Let us go to Dothan.'" Joseph went after his brothers, and found them in Dothan.

    18 They saw him afar off, and before he came near to them, they conspired against him to kill him.

  • Gen 50:15
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    15 When Joseph's brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, "It may be that Joseph will hate us, and will fully pay us back for all of the evil which we did to him."

  • Gen 50:17
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    17 'You shall tell Joseph, "Now please forgive the disobedience of your brothers, and their sin, because they did evil to you."' Now, please forgive the disobedience of the servants of the God of your father." Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

  • Gen 43:17
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    17 The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

  • Gen 42:25
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    25 Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man's money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

  • Gen 45:4-5
    2 verses
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    4 Joseph said to his brothers, "Come near to me, please." They came near. "He said, I am Joseph, your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

    5 Now don't be grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that you sold me here, for God sent me before you to preserve life.

  • Gen 45:17
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    17 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Tell your brothers, 'Do this. Load your animals, and go, travel to the land of Canaan.

  • Gen 43:15
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    15 The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

  • Gen 50:20
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    20 As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save many people alive.

  • Gen 42:14
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    14 Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies!'

  • Gen 43:24
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    24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

  • Gen 44:17
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    17 He said, "Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."

  • Gen 42:7
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    7 Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

  • Gen 45:9
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    9 Hurry, and go up to my father, and tell him, 'This is what your son Joseph says, "God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me. Don't wait.