Verse 14
Genesis 44:14
Bible in Basic English
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So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יָּבֹ֨א יְהוּדָ֤ה וְ/אֶחָי/ו֙ בֵּ֣יתָ/ה יוֹסֵ֔ף וְ/ה֖וּא עוֹדֶ֣/נּוּ שָׁ֑ם וַ/יִּפְּל֥וּ לְ/פָנָ֖י/ו אָֽרְצָ/ה
English Translation
And Judah came with his brothers to Joseph's house, and he was still there, and they fell before him on the ground.
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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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