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Genesis 44:15

Joseph

13 Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.

14 When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.

“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

16 “What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”

17 But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
KJV
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
WEB
Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”
ASV
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
DARBY
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
BLB
And Joseph said to them, “What deed [is] this that you⁺ have done? Did you⁺ not know that a man such as I, surely divines?”
ÅB
Da sa Josef til dem: Hva er det for noe dere har gjort? Visste dere ikke at en mann som jeg kan spå?
OTB
Josef spurte dem, “Hva er denne gjerningen dere har gjort? Vet dere ikke at en mann som jeg virkelig kan praktisere spådom?”
B1930
Da sa Josef til dem: Hvad er det for noget I har gjort? Visste I ikke at en mann som jeg kan spå?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Genesis 44:4–5

    They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

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  • Genesis 3:13

    Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”

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  • Genesis 39:8

    But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.

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  • Genesis 21:26

    Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”

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  • Genesis 4:10

    “What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

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  • Exodus 32:1

    Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

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