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Genesis 44
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Gen 44:1 - Then he commanded^H6680 his house^H1004 steward,^H834^H5921 saying,^H559 “Fill^H4390 the men’s^H376 sacks^H572 with food,^H400 as much^H834 as they can^H3201 carry,^H5375 and put^H7760 each^H376 man’s^H376 money^H3701 in the mouth^H6310 of his sack.^H572

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Gen 44:2 - “Put^H7760 my cup,^H1375 the silver^H3701 cup,^H1375 in the mouth^H6310 of the sack^H572 of the youngest,^H6996 and his money^H3701 for the grain.”^H7668 And he did^H6213 [fn]as Joseph^H3130 had told^H1696 him.

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Gen 44:3 - [fn]As soon^H1242 as it was light,^H215 the men^H376 were sent^H7971 away,^H7971 they with their donkeys.^H2543

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Gen 44:4 - They had just gone^H3318 out of the city,^H5892 and were not far^H7368 off, when Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to his house^H1004 steward,^H834^H5921 “Up, follow^H7291^H310 the men;^H376 and when you overtake^H5381 them, say^H559 to them, ‘Why^H4100 have you repaid^H7999 evil^H7451 for good?^H2896

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Gen 44:5 - ‘Is not this^H2088 the one from which^H834 my lord^H113 drinks^H8354 and which he indeed^H5172 uses^H5172 for divination?^H5172 You have done^H7489 wrong^H7489 in doing^H6213 this.’”^H834

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Gen 44:6 - So he overtook^H5381 them and spoke^H1696 these^H428 words^H1697 to them.

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Gen 44:7 - They said^H559 to him, “Why^H4100 does my lord^H113 speak^H1696 such words^H1697 as these?^H428 Far^H2486 be it from your servants^H5650 to do^H6213 such^H2088 a thing.^H1697

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Gen 44:8 - “Behold,^H2005 the money^H3701 which^H834 we found^H4672 in the mouth^H6310 of our sacks^H572 we have brought^H7725 back^H7725 to you from the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667 How^H349 then could we steal^H1589 silver^H3701 or^H176 gold^H2091 from your lord’s^H113 house?^H1004

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Gen 44:9 - “With whomever^H834 of your servants^H5650 it is found,^H4672 let him die,^H4191 and we also^H1571 will be my lord’s^H113 slaves.”^H5650

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Gen 44:10 - So he said,^H559 “Now^H6258 let it also^H1571 be according to your words;^H1697 he with whom^H834 it is found^H4672 shall be my slave,^H5650 and the rest of you shall be innocent.”^H5355

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Gen 44:11 - Then they hurried,^H4116 each^H376 man^H376 lowered^H3381 his sack^H572 to the ground,^H776 and each^H376 man^H376 opened^H6605 his sack.^H572

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Gen 44:12 - He searched,^H2664 beginning^H2490 with the oldest^H1419 and ending^H3615 with the youngest,^H6996 and the cup^H1375 was found^H4672 in Benjamin’s^H1144 sack.^H572

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Gen 44:13 - Then they tore^H7167 their clothes,^H8071 and when each^H376 man^H376 loaded^H6006 his donkey,^H2543 they returned^H7725 to the city.^H5892

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Gen 44:14 - When Judah^H3063 and his brothers^H251 came^H935 to Joseph’s^H3130 house,^H1004 he was still^H5750 there,^H8033 and they fell^H5307 to the ground^H776 before^H6440 him.

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Gen 44:15 - Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to them, “What^H4100 is this^H2088 deed^H4639 that you have done?^H6213 Do you not know^H3045 that such^H3644 a man^H376 as I can indeed^H5172 practice^H5172 divination?”^H5172

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Gen 44:16 - So Judah^H3063 said,^H559 “What^H4100 can we say^H559 to my lord?^H113 What^H4100 can we speak?^H1696 And how^H4100 can we justify^H6663 ourselves? God^H430 has found^H4672 out the iniquity^H5771 of your servants;^H5650 behold,^H2009 we are my lord’s^H113 slaves,^H5650 both^H1571 we and the one in whose^H834 [fn]possession^H3027 the cup^H1375 has been found.”^H4672

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Gen 44:17 - But he said,^H559 “Far^H2486 be it from me to do^H6213 this.^H2088 The man^H376 in whose^H834 [fn]possession^H3027 the cup^H1375 has been found,^H4672 he shall be my slave;^H5650 but as for you, go^H5927 up in peace^H7965 to your father.”^H1

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Gen 44:18 - Then Judah^H3063 approached^H5066 him, and said,^H559 “Oh^H994 my lord,^H113 may your servant^H5650 please^H4994 speak^H1696 a word^H1697 in my lord’s^H113 ears,^H241 and [fn]do not be angry^H639^H2734 with your servant;^H5650 for you are equal to Pharaoh.^H6547

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Gen 44:19 - “My lord^H113 asked^H7592 his servants,^H5650 saying,^H559 ‘Have^H3426 you a father^H1 or^H176 a brother?’^H251

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Gen 44:20 - “We said^H559 to my lord,^H113 ‘We have^H3426 an old^H2205 father^H1 and a little^H6996 child^H3206 of his old^H2208 age.^H2208 Now his brother^H251 is dead,^H4191 so he alone^H905 is left^H3498 of his mother,^H517 and his father^H1 loves^H157 him.’

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Gen 44:21 - “Then you said^H559 to your servants,^H5650 ‘Bring^H3381 him down^H3381 to me that I may set^H7760 my eyes^H5869 on him.’

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Gen 44:22 - “But we said^H559 to my lord,^H113 ‘The lad^H5288 cannot^H3201^H3808 leave^H5800 his father,^H1 for if he should leave^H5800 his father,^H1 [fn]his father would die.’^H4191

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Gen 44:23 - “You said^H559 to your servants,^H5650 however, ‘Unless^H518^H3808 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 comes^H3381 down^H3381 with you, you will not see^H7200 my face^H6440 again.’^H3254

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Gen 44:24 - “Thus it came^H1961 about when^H3588 we went^H5927 up to your servant^H5650 my father,^H1 we told^H5046 him the words^H1697 of my lord.^H113

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Gen 44:25 - “Our father^H1 said,^H559 ‘Go^H7725 back,^H7725 buy^H7666 us a little^H4592 food.’^H400

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Gen 44:26 - “But we said,^H559 ‘We cannot^H3201^H3808 go^H3381 down.^H3381 If^H518 our youngest^H6996 brother^H251 is with us, then we will go^H3381 down;^H3381 for we cannot^H3201^H3808 see^H7200 the man’s^H376 face^H6440 unless^H369 our youngest^H6996 brother^H251 is with us.’

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Gen 44:27 - “Your servant^H5650 my father^H1 said^H559 to us, ‘You know^H3045 that my wife^H802 bore^H3205 me two^H8147 sons;

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Gen 44:28 - and the one^H259 went^H3318 out from me, and I said,^H559 “Surely^H389 he is torn^H2963 in pieces,”^H2963 and I have not seen^H7200 him since.^H5704^H2008

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Gen 44:29 - ‘If you take^H3947 this^H2088 one^H2088 also^H1571 from [fn]me, and harm^H611 befalls^H7136 him, you will bring^H3381 my gray^H7872 hair^H7872 down^H3381 to Sheol^H7585 in [fn]sorrow.’^H7451

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Gen 44:30 - “Now,^H6258 therefore, when I come^H935 to your servant^H5650 my father,^H1 and the lad^H5288 is not with us, since [fn]his life^H5315 is bound^H7194 up in the lad’s life,^H5315

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Gen 44:31 - when he sees^H7200 that the lad^H5288 is not with us, he will die.^H4191 Thus your servants^H5650 will bring^H3381 the gray^H7872 hair^H7872 of your servant^H5650 our father^H1 down^H3381 to Sheol^H7585 in sorrow.^H3015

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Gen 44:32 - “For your servant^H5650 became^H6148 surety^H6148 for the lad^H5288 to my father,^H1 saying,^H559 ‘If^H518 I do not bring^H935 him back to you, then [fn]let me bear^H2398 the blame^H2398 before my father^H1 forever.’^H3605^H3117

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Gen 44:33 - “Now,^H6258 therefore, please^H4994 let your servant^H5650 remain^H3427 instead^H8478 of the lad^H5288 a slave^H5650 to my lord,^H113 and let the lad^H5288 go^H5927 up with his brothers.^H251

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Gen 44:34 - “For how^H349 shall I go^H5927 up to my father^H1 if the lad^H5288 is not with me—for fear^H6435 that I see^H7200 the evil^H7451 that would [fn]overtake^H4672 my father?”^H1

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NASB95 Footnotes

(44:2)

Or, according to the word

(44:3)

Literally: The morning was light

(44:16)

Literally: hand

(44:17)

Literally: hand

(44:18)

Literally: let not your anger burn against

(44:22)

Literally: he would

(44:29)

Literally: my face

(44:29)

Literally: evil

(44:30)

Literally: his soul is bound with his soul

(44:32)

Literally: and I shall have sinned for all the days before my father

(44:34)

Literally: find

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Genesis 44
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)