Genesis 44:5,8 - Compare All Versions

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Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.’ ”

We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”

Behold, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

Why have you stolen my master’s silver cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!’”

Didn’t we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination?  What you have done is wrong! ’ ”

We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”

Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

At break of day the men were sent off with their donkeys. They were barely out of the city when Joseph said to his house steward, “Run after them. When you catch up with them, say, ‘Why did you pay me back evil for good? This is the chalice my master drinks from; he also uses it for divination. This is outrageous!’”

They said, “What is my master talking about? We would never do anything like that! Why, the money we found in our bags earlier, we brought back all the way from Canaan—do you think we’d turn right around and steal it back from your master? If that chalice is found on any of us, he’ll die; and the rest of us will be your master’s slaves.”

Is this not that from which my lord drinks, and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this!’ ”

Behold, the money which we found in the opening 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?

Is this not my lord’s drinking cup and the one which he uses for divination? You have done [a great and unforgivable] wrong in doing this.’ ”

Please remember, the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?