Genesis 44:3
1 Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
2 Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
4 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?
5 Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
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.
Compare
- BSB
- At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
- KJV
- As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- WEB
- As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
- ASV
- As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- DARBY
- In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- BLB
- The morning was light, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
- ÅB
- Om morgenen, da det ble lyst, lot de mennene med sine eseler fare.
- OTB
- Da morgenen brøt, dro mennene av sted med eslene sine.
- B1930
- Om morgenen, da det blev lyst, lot de mennene med sine asener fare.