Genesis 44:6

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

In Context

5The 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.

7And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

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Cross References

2 Corinthians 7:11For behold this selfsame thing, that you were made sorrowful according to God, how great carefulness it worketh in you; yea defence, yea indignation, yea fear, yea desire, yea zeal, yea revenge: in all things you have shewed yourselves to be undefiled in the matter.

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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