Genesis 44:8

⁶ 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.

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?

⁹ If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”

¹⁰ “As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”

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: 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?
KJV: 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?
WEB: Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?
ASV: 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?
DARBY: Behold, the money that we found in our sacks' mouths we have brought again to thee from the land of Canaan; and how should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
BLB: Behold, the silver that we found in the mouth of our bags, we returned to you from the land of Canaan. And how could we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?

ÅB: Se, de penger som vi fant øverst i våre sekker, hadde vi med oss tilbake til deg fra Kana'ans land; hvordan skulle vi da stjele sølv eller gull fra din herres hus?
OTB: Vi brakte til og med tilbake til deg fra Kanaan pengene vi fant i munningen av sekkene våre. Hvorfor skulle vi stjele sølv eller gull fra din herres hus?
B1930: Se, de penger som vi fant øverst i våre sekker, hadde vi med oss tilbake til dig fra Kana'ans land; hvorledes skulde vi da stjele sølv eller gull fra din herres hus?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Genesis 43:12
Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
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Matthew 19:18
“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “‘Do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness,
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James 2:10–11
Whoever keeps the whole law but stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
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Genesis 42:35
As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And when they and their father saw the bags of silver, they were dismayed.
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Genesis 43:21–22
But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
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Deuteronomy 5:19
You shall not steal.
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Exodus 20:15
You shall not steal.
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Romans 13:9
The commandments “Do not commit adultery,” “Do not murder,” “Do not steal,” “Do not covet,” and any other commandments, are summed up in this one decree: “Love your neighbor as yourself.”
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