Genesis 44:4

They had hardly left the city when Joseph told his household supervisor, “Go after those men, and when you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you paid back good with evil by stealing my master's silver cup?

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In The King James Version

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

In Context

3At sunrise they were sent on their way with their donkeys.

5This is the cup he personally drinks from, and which he uses for divination. What you've done is really evil!’”

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Cross References

1 Samuel 24:17He told David, “You are a better person than I am, because you have repaid me with good, but I have repaid you with evil.

Psalms 35:12They pay me back with evil instead of good. I feel like giving up.

Proverbs 17:13If you repay evil for good, evil will never leave your 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 →

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