He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
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He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Gen 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake…
Gen 44:6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
Ver. 6. And he spake.] {See Trapp on "Gen 44:2"} {See Trapp on "Gen 43:17"}
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And he overtook them,.... Their asses being laden with…
And he overtook them,.... Their asses being laden with corn could not travel very fast, and he and his attendants being mounted on swift horses:
and he spake unto them these same words; that Joseph had ordered him to say, and so what follows particularly, Gen 44:10.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain he overtook them, and he spake . . .…
he overtook them, and he spake . . . these words--The steward's words must have come upon them like a thunderbolt, and one of their most predominant feelings must have been the humiliating and galling sense of being made so often objects of suspicion. Protesting their innocence, they invited a search. The challenge was accepted [Gen 44:10-11]. Beginning with the eldest, every sack was examined, and the cup being found in Benjamin's [Gen 44:12], they all returned in an indescribable agony of mind to the house of the governor [Gen 44:13], throwing themselves at his feet [Gen 44:14], with the remarkable confession, "God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants" [Gen 44:16].
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain And he (i.e. the steward) overtook them, and he…
And he (i.e. the steward) overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 spoke these words to them
spoke these words to them
"spoke what Joseph told him to say"
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Why does my master speak such words as these?
Here "words" stands for what was said. The brothers refer to the steward as "my master." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. It can be stated in the second person. AT: "Why are you saying this, my master?" (See: Metonymy and First, Second, or Third Person)
Far be it from your servants that they would do such a thing.
The brothers refer to themselves as "your servants" and "they." This is a formal way of speaking to someone with greater authority. AT: "We would never do such a thing!" (See: First, Second, or Third Person)
Far be it from your servants
Something that a person would never do is spoken of as if it were an object that person wants to put very far from himself. (See: Metaphor)
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manager
word
lord
servant
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