Verse 4
Genesis 44:4
New King James Version
4
And when they were gone out of the city,
and not
yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Original Language Text
hebrew
הֵ֠ם יָֽצְא֣וּ אֶת הָ/עִיר֮ לֹ֣א הִרְחִיקוּ֒ וְ/יוֹסֵ֤ף אָמַר֙ לַֽ/אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל בֵּית֔/וֹ ק֥וּם רְדֹ֖ף אַחֲרֵ֣י הָֽ/אֲנָשִׁ֑ים וְ/הִשַּׂגְתָּ/ם֙ וְ/אָמַרְתָּ֣ אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם לָ֛/מָּה שִׁלַּמְתֶּ֥ם רָעָ֖ה תַּ֥חַת טוֹבָֽה
English Translation
They went out from the city; they did not go far, and Joseph said to the one who was over his house, "Get up, pursue after the men, and you will overtake them, and say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?'"
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Chapter 44 Context
1
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 corn 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 not
yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, foll...
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Is not this
it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so do...
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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God (Elohim) forbid that thy servants s...
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8
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land o...
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9
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen...
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10
And he said, Now also
let it
be according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my serv...
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11
Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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12
And he searched,
and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjami...
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13
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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14
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he
was
yet there: and they fell before him o...
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15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed
is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can...
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16
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, God (Elohim) forbid that I should do so:
but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he...
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18
Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in m...
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19
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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21
And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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22
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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23
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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25
And our father said, Go again,
and 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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27
And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two
sons:
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28
And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
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And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with so...
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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad
be not with us; seeing that his life...
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It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad
is not
with us, that he will die: and thy servants...
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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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33
Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let t...
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For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad
be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil tha...
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