Genesis 44:4-12

⁴They 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?

⁵Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”

⁶When 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.

⁸We 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?

⁹If 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.”

¹¹So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

¹²The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest — and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

— Genesis 44:4-12

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Cross References for Genesis 44:4-12

• Genesis 30:27
• Genesis 31:32
• John 10:32
• Genesis 44:15
• 2 Kings 21:6
• Leviticus 19:26
• Deuteronomy 18:10-14
• Genesis 38:16-18
• Psalm 35:12
• Genesis 43:14

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