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World English Bible

Genesis 44 (WEBP)

[1] He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
[2] Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
[3] As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
[4] When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?
[5] Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”
[6] He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
[7] They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
[8] 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?
[9] With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”
[10] 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.”
[11] Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.
[12] He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
[13] Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.
[14] Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.
[15] Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”
[16] Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”
[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.”
[18] Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.
[19] My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’
[20] We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’
[21] You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’
[22] We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’
[23] You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’
[24] When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
[25] Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’
[26] We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’
[27] Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
[28] One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since.
[29] If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’
[30] Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;
[31] it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.
[32] For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’
[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.
[34] For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

Genesis 44:29 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Genesis 44:31 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 44 (KJVS)

[1] And he commanded () the steward of his house, saying, () Fill () the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can () carry, () and put () every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
[2] And put () my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did () according to the word that Joseph had spoken. ()
[3] As soon as the morning was light, () the men were sent away, () they and their asses.
[4] And when they were gone out () of the city, and not yet far off, () Joseph said () unto his steward, Up, () follow () after the men; and when thou dost overtake () them, say () unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded () evil for good?
[5] Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, () and whereby indeed () he divineth? () ye have done evil () in so doing. ()
[6] And he overtook () them, and he spake () unto them these same words.
[7] And they said () unto him, Wherefore saith () my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do () according to this thing:
[8] 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?
[9] With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, () both let him die, () and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
[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.
[11] Then they speedily () took down () every man his sack to the ground, and opened () every man his sack.
[12] And he searched, () and began () at the eldest, and left () at the youngest: and the cup was found () in Benjamin’s sack.
[13] Then they rent () their clothes, and laded () every man his ass, and returned () to the city.
[14] And Judah and his brethren came () to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell () before him on the ground.
[15] And Joseph said () unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? () wot ye () not that such a man as I can certainly () divine? ()
[16] And Judah said, () What shall we say () unto my lord? what shall we speak? () or how shall we clear ourselves? () God hath found out () the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. ()
[17] And he said, () God forbid that I should do () so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, () he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up () in peace unto your father.
[18] Then Judah came near () unto him, and said, () Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak () a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn () against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
[19] My lord asked () his servants, saying, () Have ye a father, or a brother?
[20] And we said () unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, () and he alone is left () of his mother, and his father loveth () him.
[21] And thou saidst () unto thy servants, Bring him down () unto me, that I may set () mine eyes upon him.
[22] And we said () unto my lord, The lad cannot () leave () his father: for if he should leave () his father, his father would die. ()
[23] And thou saidst () unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down () with you, ye shall see my face no more. () ()
[24] And it came to pass when we came up () unto thy servant my father, we told () him the words of my lord.
[25] And our father said, () Go again, () and buy () us a little food.
[26] And we said, () We cannot () go down: () if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: () for we may () not see () the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.
[27] And thy servant my father said () unto us, Ye know () that my wife bare () me two sons:
[28] and the one went out () from me, and I said, () Surely () he is torn in pieces; () and I saw him () not since:
[29] and if ye take () this also from me, and mischief befall him, () ye shall bring down () my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
[30] Now therefore when I come () to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up () in the lad’s life;
[31] it shall come to pass, when he seeth () that the lad is not with us, that he will die: () and thy servants shall bring down () the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
[32] For thy servant became surety () for the lad unto my father, saying, () If I bring () him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame () to my father for ever.
[33] Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide () instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up () with his brethren.
[34] For how shall I go up () to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see () the evil that shall come on () my father.

Genesis 44:1 Heb. him that was over his house
Genesis 44:5 Or, maketh trial
Genesis 44:15 Or, make trial?

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 44 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἐνετείλατο () Ιωσηφ () τῷ () ὄντι () ἐπὶ () τῆς () οἰκίας () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Πλήσατε τοὺς () μαρσίππους τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () βρωμάτων, () ὅσα () ἐὰν () δύνωνται () ἆραι, () καὶ () ἐμβάλατε () ἑκάστου () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () στόματος () τοῦ () μαρσίππου
[2] καὶ () τὸ () κόνδυ μου () τὸ () ἀργυροῦν ἐμβάλατε () εἰς () τὸν () μάρσιππον τοῦ () νεωτέρου () καὶ () τὴν () τιμὴν () τοῦ () σίτου () αὐτοῦ. () Ἐγενήθη () δὲ () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () Ιωσηφ, () καθὼς () εἶπεν. —
[3] τὸ () πρωῒ () διέφαυσεν, καὶ () οἱ () ἄνθρωποι () ἀπεστάλησαν, () αὐτοὶ () καὶ () οἱ () ὄνοι () αὐτῶν. ()
[4] Ἐξελθόντων () δὲ () αὐτῶν () τὴν () πόλιν () [οὐκ () ἀπέσχον μακράν] () καὶ () Ιωσηφ () εἶπεν τῷ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () οἰκίας () αὐτοῦ () Ἀναστὰς () ἐπιδίωξον ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () καὶ () καταλήμψῃ () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἐρεῖς () αὐτοῖς () Τί () ὅτι () ἀνταπεδώκατε () πονηρὰ () ἀντὶ () καλῶν; ()
[5] Ἵνα () τί () ἐκλέψατέ () μου () τὸ () κόνδυ τὸ () ἀργυροῦν; Οὐ () τοῦτό () ἐστιν, () ἐν () ᾧ () πίνει () ὁ () κύριός () μου; () Αὐτὸς () δὲ () οἰωνισμῷ οἰωνίζεται ἐν () αὐτῷ. () Πονηρὰ () συντετέλεσθε, () ἃ () πεποιήκατε. ()
[6] Εὑρὼν () δὲ () αὐτοὺς () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () κατὰ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα. ()
[7] Οἱ () δὲ () εἶπον αὐτῷ () Ἵνα () τί () λαλεῖ () ὁ () κύριος () κατὰ () τὰ () ῥήματα () ταῦτα; () Μὴ () γένοιτο () τοῖς () παισίν () σου () ποιῆσαι () κατὰ () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο. ()
[8] Εἰ () τὸ () μὲν () ἀργύριον, () ὃ () εὕρομεν () ἐν () τοῖς () μαρσίπποις ἡμῶν, () ἀπεστρέψαμεν () πρὸς () σὲ () ἐκ () γῆς () Χανααν, () πῶς () ἂν () κλέψαιμεν () ἐκ () τοῦ () οἴκου () τοῦ () κυρίου () σου () ἀργύριον () ἢ () χρυσίον; ()
[9] Παρ’ () ᾧ () ἂν () εὑρεθῇ () τὸ () κόνδυ τῶν () παίδων () σου, () ἀποθνῃσκέτω· () καὶ () ἡμεῖς () δὲ () ἐσόμεθα () παῖδες () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἡμῶν. ()
[10] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν Καὶ () νῦν () ὡς () λέγετε, () οὕτως () ἔσται· () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () παρ’ () ᾧ () ἂν () εὑρεθῇ () τὸ () κόνδυ, αὐτὸς () ἔσται () μου () παῖς, () ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἔσεσθε () καθαροί. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔσπευσαν () καὶ () καθεῖλαν () ἕκαστος () τὸν () μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () ἤνοιξαν () ἕκαστος () τὸν () μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ. ()
[12] Ἠρεύνα () δὲ () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πρεσβυτέρου () ἀρξάμενος () ἕως () ἦλθεν () ἐπὶ () τὸν () νεώτερον, () καὶ () εὗρεν () τὸ () κόνδυ ἐν () τῷ () μαρσίππῳ τῷ () Βενιαμιν. ()
[13] Καὶ () διέρρηξαν () τὰ () ἱμάτια () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐπέθηκαν () ἕκαστος () τὸν () μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὸν () ὄνον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἐπέστρεψαν () εἰς () τὴν () πόλιν. ()
[14] Εἰσῆλθεν () δὲ () Ιουδας () καὶ () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () αὐτοῦ () πρὸς () Ιωσηφ () ἔτι () αὐτοῦ () ὄντος () ἐκεῖ () καὶ () ἔπεσον () ἐναντίον () αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[15] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτοῖς () Ιωσηφ () Τί () τὸ () πρᾶγμα () τοῦτο, () ὃ () ἐποιήσατε; () Οὐκ () οἴδατε () ὅτι () οἰωνισμῷ οἰωνιεῖται ἄνθρωπος () οἷος () ἐγώ; ()
[16] Εἶπεν δὲ () Ιουδας () Τί () ἀντεροῦμεν τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἢ () τί () λαλήσωμεν () ἢ () τί () δικαιωθῶμεν; () Ὁ () δὲ () θεὸς () εὗρεν () τὴν () ἀδικίαν () τῶν () παίδων () σου. () Ἰδού () ἐσμεν () οἰκέται () τῷ () κυρίῳ () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () ἡμεῖς () καὶ () παρ’ () ᾧ () εὑρέθη () τὸ () κόνδυ.
[17] Εἶπεν δὲ () Ιωσηφ () Μή () μοι () γένοιτο () ποιῆσαι () τὸ () ῥῆμα () τοῦτο· () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος, () παρ’ () ᾧ () εὑρέθη () τὸ () κόνδυ, αὐτὸς () ἔσται () μου () παῖς, () ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἀνάβητε () μετὰ () σωτηρίας () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () ὑμῶν. ()
[18] Ἐγγίσας () δὲ () αὐτῷ () Ιουδας () εἶπεν Δέομαι, () κύριε, () λαλησάτω () ὁ () παῖς () σου () ῥῆμα () ἐναντίον () σου, () καὶ () μὴ () θυμωθῇς () τῷ () παιδί () σου, () ὅτι () σὺ () εἶ () μετὰ () Φαραω. ()
[19] Κύριε, () σὺ () ἠρώτησας () τοὺς () παῖδάς () σου () λέγων () Εἰ () ἔχετε () πατέρα () ἢ () ἀδελφόν; ()
[20] Καὶ () εἴπαμεν τῷ () κυρίῳ () Ἔστιν () ἡμῖν () πατὴρ () πρεσβύτερος () καὶ () παιδίον () γήρως () νεώτερον () αὐτῷ, () καὶ () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀπέθανεν, () αὐτὸς () δὲ () μόνος () ὑπελείφθη () τῇ () μητρὶ () αὐτοῦ, () ὁ () δὲ () πατὴρ () αὐτὸν () ἠγάπησεν. ()
[21] Εἶπας δὲ () τοῖς () παισίν () σου () Καταγάγετε () αὐτὸν () πρός () με, () καὶ () ἐπιμελοῦμαι () αὐτοῦ. ()
[22] Καὶ () εἴπαμεν τῷ () κυρίῳ () Οὐ () δυνήσεται () τὸ () παιδίον () καταλιπεῖν () τὸν () πατέρα· () ἐὰν () δὲ () καταλίπῃ () τὸν () πατέρα, () ἀποθανεῖται. ()
[23] Σὺ () δὲ () εἶπας τοῖς () παισίν () σου () Ἐὰν () μὴ () καταβῇ () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () ὑμῶν () ὁ () νεώτερος () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν, () οὐ () προσθήσεσθε () ἔτι () ἰδεῖν () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () μου. ()
[24] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἡνίκα () ἀνέβημεν () πρὸς () τὸν () παῖδά () σου () πατέρα () δὲ () ἡμῶν, () ἀπηγγείλαμεν () αὐτῷ () τὰ () ῥήματα () τοῦ () κυρίου. ()
[25] Εἶπεν δὲ () ἡμῖν () ὁ () πατὴρ () ἡμῶν () Βαδίσατε πάλιν, () ἀγοράσατε () ἡμῖν () μικρὰ () βρώματα. ()
[26] Ἡμεῖς () δὲ () εἴπαμεν Οὐ () δυνησόμεθα () καταβῆναι· () ἀλλ’ () εἰ () μὲν () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () ἡμῶν () ὁ () νεώτερος () καταβαίνει () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν, () καταβησόμεθα· () οὐ () γὰρ () δυνησόμεθα () ἰδεῖν () τὸ () πρόσωπον () τοῦ () ἀνθρώπου, () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () τοῦ () νεωτέρου () μὴ () ὄντος () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν. ()
[27] Εἶπεν δὲ () ὁ () παῖς () σου () ὁ () πατὴρ () ἡμῶν () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς () Ὑμεῖς () γινώσκετε () ὅτι () δύο () ἔτεκέν () μοι () ἡ () γυνή· ()
[28] καὶ () ἐξῆλθεν () ὁ () εἷς () ἀπ’ () ἐμοῦ, () καὶ () εἴπατε ὅτι () θηριόβρωτος γέγονεν, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἶδον () αὐτὸν () ἔτι () καὶ () νῦν· ()
[29] ἐὰν () οὖν () λάβητε () καὶ () τοῦτον () ἐκ () προσώπου () μου () καὶ () συμβῇ () αὐτῷ () μαλακία () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ, () καὶ () κατάξετέ () μου () τὸ () γῆρας () μετὰ () λύπης () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()
[30] Νῦν () οὖν () ἐὰν () εἰσπορεύωμαι () πρὸς () τὸν () παῖδά () σου () πατέρα () δὲ () ἡμῶν () καὶ () τὸ () παιδάριον () μὴ () ᾖ () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν ()—ἡ () δὲ () ψυχὴ () αὐτοῦ () ἐκκρέμαται () ἐκ () τῆς () τούτου () ψυχῆς ()—
[31] καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () τῷ () ἰδεῖν () αὐτὸν () μὴ () ὂν () τὸ () παιδάριον () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν () τελευτήσει, () καὶ () κατάξουσιν () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () τὸ () γῆρας () τοῦ () παιδός () σου () πατρὸς () δὲ () ἡμῶν () μετ’ () ὀδύνης () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()
[32] Ὁ () γὰρ () παῖς () σου () ἐκδέδεκται () τὸ () παιδίον () παρὰ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () λέγων () Ἐὰν () μὴ () ἀγάγω () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () σὲ () καὶ () στήσω () αὐτὸν () ἐναντίον () σου, () ἡμαρτηκὼς () ἔσομαι () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα () πάσας () τὰς () ἡμέρας. ()
[33] Νῦν () οὖν () παραμενῶ () σοι () παῖς () ἀντὶ () τοῦ () παιδίου, () οἰκέτης () τοῦ () κυρίου· () τὸ () δὲ () παιδίον () ἀναβήτω () μετὰ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν. ()
[34] Πῶς () γὰρ () ἀναβήσομαι () πρὸς () τὸν () πατέρα, () τοῦ () παιδίου () μὴ () ὄντος () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν; () Ἵνα () μὴ () ἴδω () τὰ () κακά, () ἃ () εὑρήσει () τὸν () πατέρα () μου. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.