Verse 1
Genesis 44:1
American Standard Version
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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men`s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man`s money in his sack`s mouth.
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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And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men`s sacks with food, as much as they c...
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And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack`s mouth of the youngest, and his grain money. And he did...
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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[And] when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, U...
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Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so...
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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
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And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants...
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Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks` mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land o...
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With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord`s bondmen.
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And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bond...
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Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in B...
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Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph`s house; and he was yet there: and they fell before him on...
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And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can...
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And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves...
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And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall...
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Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh, my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in...
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My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; an...
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his fa...
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my...
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And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
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And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may...
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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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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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and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sor...
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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his life...
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it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not [with us], that he will die: and thy servant...
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For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then...
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Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let...
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For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come o...
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