Genesis 44:4
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Berean Standard Bible
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In Context
3At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
5Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
Cross References
1 Samuel 24:17and said to David, “You are more righteous than I, for you have rewarded me with good, though I have rewarded you with evil.
Psalms 35:12They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
Proverbs 17:13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
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 →