Genesis 44:5

Is this not that with which my lord drinks? And he observes diligently with it; you have done evil [in] that which you have done.”

Literal Standard Version

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 have gone out of the city—they have not gone far off—and Joseph has said to him who [is] over his house, “Rise, pursue after the men; and you have overtaken them, and you have said to them: Why have you repaid evil for good?

6And he overtakes them, and speaks to them these words,

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Cross References

Genesis 30:27And Laban says to him, “Now if I have found grace in your eyes—I have observed diligently that YHWH blesses me for your sake.”

Leviticus 19:26You do not eat with the blood. You do not enchant, nor observe clouds.

1 Kings 20:33And the men observe diligently, and hurry, and catch [the word] from him, and say, “Your brother Ben-Hadad”; and he says, “Go in, bring him”; and Ben-Hadad comes out to him, and he causes him to come up on the 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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