Genesis 44:6
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!’”
When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
7 “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
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
- When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
- KJV
- And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
- WEB
- He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
- ASV
- And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
- DARBY
- And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.
- BLB
- And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.
- ÅB
- Og han innhentet dem og sa dette til dem.
- OTB
- Da han tok dem igjen, gjentok han disse ordene for dem.
- B1930
- Og han innhentet dem og sa dette til dem.