Genesis 44:5

The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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

In Context

4And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way; Joseph sendingfor the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good?

6He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:27Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

Leviticus 19:26You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.

1 Kings 20:33The men took this for a sign: and in haste caught the word out of his mouth, and said: Thy brother Benadad. And he said to them: Go, and bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him, and he lifted him up into his chariot.

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 →

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