Genesis 44:18
Then Judah came near to 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 are even as Pharaoh.
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In Context
19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
Cross References
Genesis 18:30And he said, Oh let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak. Perhaps there shall be thirty found there. And he said, I will not do it, if I find thirty there.
Genesis 37:6And he said to them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed.
Genesis 41:44And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee no man shall lift up his hand or his foot in all the land of Egypt.
2 Samuel 14:12Then the woman said, Let thy handmaid, I pray thee, speak a word to my lord the king. And he said, Say on.
Job 33:31Mark well, O Job, hearken to me. Keep silent, and I will speak.
Proverbs 19:12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion, but his favor is as dew upon the grass.
Matthew Henry on Genesis 44:2-18
Joseph's Policy. ( b. c. 1707.) 1 And 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. 2 And 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. 3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up,… Read the whole commentary →