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Gen 44:9 — With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

both		Gen 31:32; Job 31:38-40; Psa 7:3-5; Act 25:11
and we		Gen 43:18

Correlating Passages

both

	Gen 31:32	With whomsoever thou findest thy gods, let him not live: before our brethren discern thou what [is] thine with me, and take [it] to thee. For Jacob knew not that Rachel had stolen them.
	Job 31:38	If my land cry against me, or that the furrows likewise thereof complain;
	Job 31:39	If I have eaten the fruits thereof without money, or have caused the owners thereof to lose their life:
	Job 31:40	Let thistles grow instead of wheat, and cockle instead of barley. The words of Job are ended.
	Psa 7:3	O LORD my God, if I have done this; if there be iniquity in my hands;
	Psa 7:4	If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
	Psa 7:5	Let the enemy persecute my soul, and take [it]; yea, let him tread down my life upon the earth, and lay mine honour in the dust. Selah.
	Act 25:11	For if I be an offender, or have committed any thing worthy of death, I refuse not to die: but if there be none of these things whereof these accuse me, no man may deliver me unto them. I appeal unto Caesar.

and we

Gen 43:18

And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

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Scott, Thomas. "Genesis 44:9," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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