Genesis 44:7
They said to him, “Why does my master speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they would do such a thing.
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6The steward overtook them and spoke these words to them.
Cross References
Genesis 35:22While Israel was living in that land, Reuben slept with Bilhah his father's concubine, and Israel heard of it. Now Jacob had twelve sons.
Genesis 38:16He went to her by the road and said, “Come, please let me sleep with you”—for he did not know that she was his daughter-in-law—and she said, “What will you give me so you can sleep with me?”
2 Samuel 20:20So Joab answered and said, “Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
Proverbs 22:1A good name is to be chosen over great riches 1 and favor is better than silver and gold. 1
Hebrews 13:18Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a clean conscience and that we desire to live rightly in all things.
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 →