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Genesis 44:7

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And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

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  1. Genesis 44:5

    Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

  2. Genesis 44:6

    And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

  3. Genesis 44:8

    Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

  4. Genesis 44:9

    With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.