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Genesis 44:22 (NET) New English Translation

1 He instructed the servant who was over his household, "Fill the sacks of the men with as much food as they can carry and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.
2 Then put my cup— the silver cup— in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, along with the money for his grain." He did as Joseph instructed.
3 When morning came, the men and their donkeys were sent off.
4 They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household, "Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?
5 Doesn't my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!'"
6 When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.
7 They answered him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
8 Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?
9 If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord's slaves!"
10 He replied, "You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free."
11 So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12 Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack!
13 They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
14 So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph's house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
15 Joseph said to them, "What did you think you were doing? Don't you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?"
16 Judah replied, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord's slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found."
17 But Joseph said, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace."
18 Then Judah approached him and said, "My lord, please allow your servant to speak a word with you. Please do not get angry with your servant, for you are just like Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'
20 We said to my lord, 'We have an aged father, and there is a young boy who was born when our father was old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's sons left, and his father loves him.'
21 "Then you told your servants, 'Bring him down to me so I can see him.'
22 We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves his father, his father will die.'
23 But you said to your servants, 'If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you will not see my face again.'
24 When we returned to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 "Then our father said, 'Go back and buy us a little food.'
26 But we replied, 'We cannot go down there. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go, for we won't be permitted to see the man's face if our youngest brother is not with us.'
27 "Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife gave me two sons.
28 The first disappeared and I said, "He has surely been torn to pieces." I have not seen him since.
29 If you take this one from me too and an accident happens to him, then you will bring down my gray hair in tragedy to the grave.'
30 "So now, when I return to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us— his very life is bound up in his son's life.
31 When he sees the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father in sorrow to the grave.
32 Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.'
33 "So now, please let your servant remain as my lord's slave instead of the boy. As for the boy, let him go back with his brothers.
34 For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I couldn't bear to see my father's pain."
1 And he commanded H6680 W-VPY3MS the steward H834 RPRO of his house H1004 NMS-3MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , Fill H4390 the men H376 NMS \'s sacks H572 with food H400 NMS , as much as H834 RPRO they can H3201 carry H5375 VQFC , and put H7760 W-VQI2MS every man H376 NMS \'s money H3701 in his sack H572 \'s mouth H6310 B-CMS .
2 And put H7760 VQY2MS my cup H1375 , the silver H3701 cup H1375 , in the sack H572 \'s mouth H6310 B-CMS of the youngest H6996 D-AMS , and his corn H7668 money H3701 NMS . And he did H6213 W-VQY3MS according to the word H1697 K-NMS that H834 RPRO Joseph H3130 had spoken H1696 .
3 As soon as the morning H1242 was light H215 , the men H376 were sent away H7971 , they H1992 PPRO-3MP and their asses H2543 .
4 And when they H1992 PPRO-3MP were gone out of the city H5892 D-GFS , and not H3808 NADV yet far off H7368 , Joseph H3130 said H559 VQQ3MS unto his steward H1004 NMS-3MS , Up H6965 VQI2MS , follow H7291 after H310 PREP the men H376 ; and when thou dost overtake H5381 them , say H559 unto H413 PREP-3MS them , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO have ye rewarded H7999 evil H7451 AFS for H8478 NMS good H2896 NFS ?
5 Is not H3808 D-NPAR this H2088 DPRO it in which H834 RPRO my lord H113 drinketh H8354 , and whereby indeed he divineth H5172 ? ye have done evil H7489 in so H834 RPRO doing H6213 .
6 And he overtook H5381 them , and he spoke H1696 W-VPY3MS unto H413 PREP-3MS them these same H428 words H1697 AMP .
7 And they said H559 W-VQY3MP unto H413 PREP-3MS him , Wherefore H4100 L-IPRO saith H1696 VPY3MS my lord H113 these H428 D-DPRO-3MP words H1697 ? God forbid H2486 IJEC-3FS that thy servants H5650 should do H6213 according to this H2088 D-PMS thing H1697 :
8 Behold H2005 IJEC , the money H3701 NMS , which H834 RPRO we found H4672 VQQ1MP in our sacks H572 \' mouths H6310 B-CMS , we brought again H7725 unto H413 PREP-2MS thee out of the land H776 M-NFS of Canaan H3667 EMS : how H349 W-IJEC then should we steal H1589 out of thy lord\'s house H1004 silver H3701 NMS or H176 CONJ gold H2091 ?
9 With H854 PREP-3MS whomsoever H834 RPRO of thy servants H5650 it be found H4672 , both let him die H4191 , and we H587 PPRO-1MP also H1571 W-CONJ will be H1961 my lord H113 \'s bondmen H5650 .
10 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , Now H6258 ADV also H1571 CONJ let it H1931 PPRO-3MS be according unto your words H1697 : he with H854 PREP-3MS whom H834 RPRO it is found H4672 shall be H1961 VQY3MS my servant H5650 ; and ye H859 W-PPRO-2MP shall be H1961 blameless H5355 .
11 Then they speedily H4116 took down H3381 every man H376 NMS his sack H572 to the ground H776 NFS-3FS , and opened H6605 every man H376 NMS his sack H572 .
12 And he searched H2664 , and began H2490 VHQ3MS at the eldest H1419 , and left H3615 at the youngest H6996 : and the cup H1375 was found H4672 in Benjamin H1144 \'s sack H572 .
13 Then they rent H7167 their clothes H8071 , and laded H6006 every man H376 NMS his ass H2543 , and returned H7725 W-VUY3MP to the city H5892 .
14 And Judah H3063 and his brethren H251 came H935 W-VQY3MS to Joseph H3130 \'s house H1004 ; for he H1931 W-PPRO-3MS was yet H5750 there H8033 ADV : and they fell H5307 W-VQY3MP before H6440 L-CMP-3MS him on the ground H776 NFS-3FS .
15 And Joseph H3130 said H559 W-VQY3MS unto them , What H4100 IGAT deed H4639 is this H2088 D-PMS that H834 RPRO ye have done H6213 ? know H3045 ye not H3808 D-NPAR that H3588 CONJ such a man H376 NMS as I H3644 can certainly divine H5172 ?
16 And Judah H3063 said H559 W-VQY3MS , What H4100 IPRO shall we say H559 W-VQY3MS unto my lord H113 ? what H4100 IPRO shall we speak H1696 ? or how H4100 IPRO shall we clear ourselves H6663 ? God H430 D-EDP hath found out H4672 VQPMS the iniquity H5771 of thy servants H5650 : behold H2009 , we are my lord H113 \'s servants H5650 NMP , both H1571 CONJ we H587 PPRO-1MP , and he also H1571 CONJ with whom H834 RPRO the cup H1375 is found H4672 VNQ3MS .
17 And he said H559 W-VQY3MS , God forbid H2486 IJEC-3FS that I should do H6213 so H2063 DPRO : but the man H376 D-NMS in whose H834 RPRO hand H3027 B-CFS-3MS the cup H1375 is found H4672 VNQ3MS , he H1931 PPRO-3MS shall be H1961 VQY3MS my servant H5650 ; and as for you H859 W-PPRO-2MP , get you up H5927 in peace H7965 unto H413 PREP your father H1 .
18 Then Judah H3063 came near H5066 unto him H413 PREP-3MS , and said H559 W-VQY3MS , Oh H994 my lord H113 , let thy servant H5650 , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , speak H1696 VPY3MS a word H1697 NMS in my lord H113 \'s ears H241 , and let not H408 W-NPAR thine anger H639 burn H2734 against thy servant H5650 : for H3588 CONJ thou art even as H3644 Pharaoh H6547 .
19 My lord H113 asked H7592 his servants H5650 , saying H559 L-VQFC , Have H3426 I-ADV ye a father H1 NMS , or H176 CONJ a brother H251 ?
20 And we said H559 unto H413 PREP my lord H113 , We have H3426 ADV a father H1 NMS , an old man H2205 PFS , and a child H3206 W-NMS of his old age H2208 , a little one H6996 ; and his brother H251 is dead H4191 , and he H1931 PPRO-3MS alone H905 L-CMS-3MS is left H3498 of his mother H517 , and his father H1 loveth H157 him .
21 And thou saidst H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP thy servants H5650 , Bring him down H3381 unto H413 PREP me , that I may set H7760 mine eyes H5869 CMS-1MS upon H5921 him .
22 And we said H559 unto H413 PREP my lord H113 , The lad H5288 cannot H3808 NADV leave H5800 his father H1 CMS-3MS : for if he should leave H5800 his father H1 CMS-3MS , his father would die H4191 .
23 And thou saidst H559 W-VQY3FS unto H413 PREP thy servants H5650 , Except H518 PART your youngest H6996 D-AMS brother H251 come down H3381 with H854 PART-2MP you , ye shall see H7200 L-VQFC my face H6440 no H3808 NADV more H3254 .
24 And it came to pass H1961 W-VQY3MS when H3588 CONJ we came up H5927 unto H413 PREP thy servant H5650 my father H1 CMS-1MS , we told H5046 him the words H1697 CMP of my lord H113 .
25 And our father H1 said H559 W-VQY3MS , Go again H7725 , and buy H7666 us a little H4592 AMS food H400 NMS .
26 And we said H559 , We cannot H3808 NADV go down H3381 : if H518 PART our youngest H6996 D-AMS brother H251 be H3426 PART with H854 PREP-1MP us , then will we go down H3381 : for H3588 CONJ we may H3201 not H3808 NADV see H7200 L-VQFC the man H376 D-NMS \'s face H6440 CMP , except H369 our youngest H6996 D-AMS brother H251 be with H854 us .
27 And thy servant H5650 my father H1 CMS-1MS said H559 W-VQY3MS unto H413 us , Ye H859 PPRO-2MS know H3045 that H3588 CONJ my wife H802 bore H3205 VQQ3FS me two H8147 ONUM sons :
28 And the one H259 D-AMS went out H3318 W-VQY3MS from me , and I said H559 W-VQY1MS , Surely H389 ADV he is torn in pieces H2963 ; and I saw H7200 him not H3808 W-NPAR since H5704 PREP :
29 And if ye take H3947 this H2088 DPRO also H1571 CONJ from M-PREP me H6440 NMP-1MS , and mischief H611 befall H7136 him , ye shall bring down H3381 my gray hairs H7872 with sorrow H7451 to the grave H7585 .
30 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore when I come H935 to H413 PREP thy servant H5650 my father H1 CMS-1MS , and the lad H5288 be not H369 with H854 PREP-1MP us ; seeing that his life H5315 W-CFS-3MS is bound up H7194 in the lad\'s life H5315 ;
31 It shall come to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS , when he seeth H7200 that H3588 CONJ the lad H5288 is not H369 NPAR with us , that he will die H4191 : and thy servants H5650 shall bring down H3381 the gray hairs H7872 of thy servant H5650 our father H1 with sorrow H3015 to the grave H7585 .
32 For H3588 CONJ thy servant H5650 became surety H6148 VQQ3MS for the lad H5288 unto H5973 M-PREP my father H1 CMS-1MS , saying H559 L-VQFC , If H518 PART I bring H935 him not H3808 NADV unto H413 PREP-2MS thee , then I shall bear the blame H2398 to my father H1 forever H3117 D-NMP .
33 Now H6258 W-ADV therefore , I pray thee H4994 IJEC , let thy servant H5650 abide H3427 instead of H8478 NMS the lad H5288 a bondman H5650 NMS to my lord H113 ; and let the lad H5288 go up H5927 with H5973 PREP his brethren H251 .
34 For H3588 CONJ how H349 shall I go up H5927 to H413 PREP my father H1 CMS-1MS , and the lad H5288 be not H369 with H854 PREP-1MS me ? lest peradventure H6435 CONJ I see H7200 VQY1MS the evil H7451 that H834 RPRO shall come on VQY3MS my father H1 .
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