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Genesis 44:1
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Then he commanded his house steward, saying,
"Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's
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Genesis 44:2
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"Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of
the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had
told him. |
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Genesis 44:3
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As soon as it was light, the men were sent away,
they with their donkeys. |
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Genesis 44:4
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They had just gone out of the city, and were
not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when
you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good? |
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Genesis 44:5
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'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks
and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'" |
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Genesis 44:6
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So he overtook them and spoke these words to
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Genesis 44:7
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They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such
words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing. |
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Genesis 44:8
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"Behold, the money which we found in the mouth
of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could
we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? |
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Genesis 44:9
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"With whomever of your servants it is found,
let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves." |
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Genesis 44:10
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So he said, "Now let it also be according to
your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall
be innocent." |
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Genesis 44:11
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Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack
to the ground, and each man opened his sack. |
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Genesis 44:12
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He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending
with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. |
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Genesis 44:13
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Then they tore their clothes, and when each
man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city. |
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Genesis 44:14
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When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's
house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him. |
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Genesis 44:15
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Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that
you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?"
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Genesis 44:16
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So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord?
What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity
of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose
possession the cup has been found." |
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Genesis 44:17
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But he said, "Far be it from me to do this.
The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but
as for you, go up in peace to your father." |
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Genesis 44:18
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Then Judah approached him, and said, "Oh my
lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry
with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh. |
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Genesis 44:19
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"My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you
a father or a brother?' |
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Genesis 44:20
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"We said to my lord, 'We have an old father
and a little child of his old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left
of his mother, and his father loves him.' |
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Genesis 44:21
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"Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him
down to me that I may set my eyes on him.' |
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Genesis 44:22
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"But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave
his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.' |
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Genesis 44:23
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"You said to your servants, however, 'Unless
your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.' |
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Genesis 44:24
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"Thus it came about when we went up to your
servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. |
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Genesis 44:25
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"Our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little
food.' |
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Genesis 44:26
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"But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest
brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless
our youngest brother is with us.' |
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Genesis 44:27
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"Your servant my father said to us, 'You know
that my wife bore me two sons; |
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Genesis 44:28
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and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely
he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since. |
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Genesis 44:29
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'If you take this one also from me, and harm
befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.' |
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Genesis 44:30
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"Now, therefore, when I come to your servant
my father, and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's
life, |
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Genesis 44:31
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when he sees that the lad is not with us, he
will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father
down to Sheol in sorrow. |
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Genesis 44:32
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"For your servant became surety for the lad
to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then let me bear the
blame before my father forever.' |
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Genesis 44:33
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"Now, therefore, please let your servant remain
instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.
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Genesis 44:34
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"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad
is not with me--for fear that I see the evil that would overtake my father?" |
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