Genesis 44:5

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

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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

4They 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?

6When he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.

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Cross References

Genesis 30:27“Please be so kind as to stay,” Laban replied, “because I have discovered that the Lord has blessed me because of you.”

Leviticus 19:26Don't eat meat with blood in it. Don't use fortune-telling or witchcraft.

1 Kings 20:33The men thought this was a good sign and they immediately took the king at his word, saying, “Yes, Ben-hahad is your brother.” “Go and fetch him!” said the king. So Ben-hadad came out of hiding and surrendered to Ahab, who pulled 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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