Genesis 44

¹And 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. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:25Gen 43:16Gen 24:2Gen 43:19Gen 43:2Isa 3:1

²And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Cor 8:8Deut 13:3Deut 8:16Deut 8:2Gen 42:15-16Gen 42:20Gen 43:32Matt 10:16

³As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁴And 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:John 10:32Ps 35:121 Sam 24:17Deut 2:16Prov 17:13Ps 109:52 Chr 20:11

⁵Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Kgs 21:6Gen 30:27Lev 19:26Deut 18:10-14Gen 44:151 Kgs 20:33

⁶And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

⁷And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 38:16-182 Kgs 8:132 Sam 20:20Eccl 7:1Gen 34:25-31Gen 35:22Gen 37:18-32Heb 13:18Josh 22:22-29Prov 22:1

⁸Behold, 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? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Deut 5:19Exod 20:15Gen 42:21Gen 42:27Gen 42:35Gen 43:12Gen 43:21-22Gen 44:7Jas 2:10-11Matt 19:18

⁹With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 31:32Acts 25:11Gen 43:18Gen 44:16Job 31:38-40Ps 7:3-5

¹⁰And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 22:3Gen 44:17Gen 44:33Matt 18:24-25

¹¹Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI

¹²And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:36-38Gen 43:14Gen 43:33Gen 44:2Gen 44:26-32

¹³Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 1:112 Sam 1:22 Sam 13:19Gen 37:29-34Num 14:6

¹⁴And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:16Gen 43:25Gen 50:18Phil 2:10-11Gen 37:7-10

¹⁵And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 44:4-5Gen 21:26Gen 3:13Gen 39:8Exod 32:1Gen 4:10

¹⁶And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 44:9Dan 9:7Luke 12:2Num 32:23Acts 2:37Deut 25:1Ezra 9:10Ezra 9:15Gen 37:18-28Gen 37:7

¹⁷And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:2 Sam 23:3Gen 18:25Gen 26:29Gen 37:32-33Gen 42:18Prov 17:15Ps 75:2

¹⁸Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Exod 32:22Gen 18:30Gen 41:40Gen 18:32Gen 41:442 Sam 14:12Acts 2:29Dan 3:15Dan 3:19-23Dan 5:19

¹⁹My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:7Gen 42:7-10Gen 43:29

²⁰And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:3Gen 42:38Gen 35:18Gen 37:19Gen 37:33-35Gen 42:13Gen 42:36Gen 43:7-8Gen 44:27-30Gen 46:21

²¹And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:15Gen 42:20Amos 9:4Gen 43:29Jer 24:6Jer 40:4

²²And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:38Gen 44:30

²³And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:3Gen 43:5Gen 42:15-20

²⁴And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:29-34

²⁵And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:2Gen 43:5

²⁶And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:4-5Luke 11:7

²⁷And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 46:19Gen 30:22-25Gen 35:16-18Gen 29:18-21Gen 29:28

²⁸And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 37:33Gen 37:13-14Gen 42:36Gen 42:38

²⁹And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 42:38Gen 43:14Deut 31:17Gen 42:36Gen 44:31Ps 88:3-4

³⁰Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life; Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 Sam 18:11 Sam 25:292 Sam 18:33Gen 44:17Gen 44:31Gen 44:34

³¹It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 44:29Gen 37:351 Sam 22:221 Sam 4:17-181 Thess 4:132 Cor 7:10Gen 37:26-27

³²For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Gen 43:16Gen 43:8-9

³³Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:1 John 3:16Exod 32:32Heb 7:22Rom 5:7-10Rom 9:3

³⁴For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. Copy Many Bible Versions Ask AI Cross Refs:Esth 8:61 Sam 2:33-342 Chr 34:28Exod 18:8Job 31:29Ps 116:3Ps 119:143Jer 52:10-11