He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”
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He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”
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And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
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And he said: 'Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.'
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Passages linked to Genesis 44:10 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Genesis 44:17 He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
- Genesis 44:33 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.
- Exodus 22:3 If the sun has risen on him, he is guilty of bloodshed. He shall make restitution. If he has nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
- Matthew 18:24-25 When he had begun to reconcile, one was brought to him who owed him ten thousand talents. But because he couldn’t pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, with his wife, his children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Hebrew, innocent.
Hebrew, innocent.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 44:10 And he said, Now also [let] it…
Gen 44:10 And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
Ver. 10. Shall be my servant,] i.e., Mine, in my master’s name and behalf.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Thus he moderates the conditions which they proposed, exempting…
Thus he moderates the conditions which they proposed, exempting the innocent, and exchanging the deserved and offered death of the nocent into slavery.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he said, now also let it be according…
And he said, now also let it be according unto your words,.... Not according to the full extent of their words, but according to a part of them; that be only should be a servant that was found guilty; so moderating the punishment which they had fixed, and were willing to submit to, and therefore could not object to what he next proposes:
he with whom it is found shall be my servant; speaking in the name of Joseph, whom he represented, and who had directed him what to say:
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and ye shall be blameless; acquitted of the charge, and pronounced innocent, and let go free.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Sentence. It is but just; yet I shall only…
Sentence. It is but just; yet I shall only insist on the detention of the culprit. (Calmet) --- Joseph wished to see whether the marks of attention, which he had shewn to Benjamin, would have excited the envy of his brethren (Menochius); and whether they would be concerned for him: thus he would discover their present dispositions. He might wish also to keep his younger brother out of danger, in case they were inclined to persecute him. (Haydock)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 10. my bondman] Joseph’s steward, while accepting the terms,…
10. my bondman] Joseph’s steward, while accepting the terms, mitigates their severity. He proposes that the offender, if apprehended, shall alone be punished, not with death, but with slavery. Joseph’s brethren readily accept the terms.
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