Verse 1
Genesis 44:1
Bible in Basic English
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Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יְצַ֞ו אֶת אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל בֵּית/וֹ֮ לֵ/אמֹר֒ מַלֵּ֞א אֶת אַמְתְּחֹ֤ת הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁים֙ אֹ֔כֶל כַּ/אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוּכְל֖וּ/ן שְׂאֵ֑ת וְ/שִׂ֥ים כֶּֽסֶף אִ֖ישׁ בְּ/פִ֥י אַמְתַּחְתּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he commanded what was over his house, saying, "Fill the bags of the men with food as they are able to carry, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag."
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Chapter 44 Context
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Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's b...
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And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.
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And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away.
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And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over hi...
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Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Trul...
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So he overtook them and said these words to them.
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And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do s...
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See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan...
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If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will b...
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And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will n...
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Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it.
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And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benj...
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Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town.
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So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on thei...
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And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I wou...
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And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God (Eloh...
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Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may...
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Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your...
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My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother?
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And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his br...
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And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.
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And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to...
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But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my...
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And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words.
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And our father said, Go again and get us a little food.
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And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's...
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And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons;
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The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I ha...
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If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in...
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If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life a...
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When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will...
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For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to...
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So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.
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For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
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