Genesis 44:5
Cross References

The cup which you have stolen, is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

Genesis 30:27
Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

Genesis 44:6
He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

Genesis 44:15
And he said to them: Why would you do so? know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining.

Leviticus 19:26
You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.

Deuteronomy 18:10
Neither let there be found among you any one that shall expiate his son or daughter, making them to pass through the fire: or that consulteth soothsayers, or observeth dreams and omens, neither let there be any wizard,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The cup which you have stolen, is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

divineth.

Genesis 44:15 And he said to them: Why would you do so? know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining.

Genesis 30:27 Laban said to him: Let me find favour in thy sight: I have learned, by experience, that God hath blessed me for thy sake.

Leviticus 19:26 You shall not eat with blood. You shall not divine nor observe dreams.

1 Kings 20:33 The men took this for good luck: and in haste caught the word out of his mouth, and said: Thy brother Benadad. And he said to them: Go, and bring him to me. Then Benadad came out to him, and he lifted him up into his chariot.

2 Kings 21:6 And he made his son pass through fire: and he used divinations, and observed omens, and appointed pythons, and multiplied soothsayers, to do evil before the Lord, and to provoke him.

Context
Benjamin and the Silver Cup
4And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way: Joseph sending for the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good? 5The cup which you have stolen, is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.6He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.…
Lexicon
Is this not
הֲל֣וֹא (hă·lō·w)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

the cup that
אֲשֶׁ֨ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

my master
אֲדֹנִי֙ (’ă·ḏō·nî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 113: Sovereign, controller

drinks from
יִשְׁתֶּ֤ה (yiš·teh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8354: To imbibe

and uses for divination?
נַחֵ֥שׁ (na·ḥêš)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 5172: To hiss, whisper a, spell, to prognosticate

What
אֲשֶׁ֥ר (’ă·šer)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

you have done
עֲשִׂיתֶֽם׃ (‘ă·śî·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

is wicked!’”
הֲרֵעֹתֶ֖ם (hă·rê·‘ō·ṯem)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad


Additional Translations
Is this not the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and whereby indeed he divines? you have done evil in so doing.

Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

Why have ye stolen my silver cup? is it not this out of which my lord drinks? and he divines augury with it; ye have accomplished evil in that which ye have done.

Is not this [it] in which my lord drinks, and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil [in] what ye have done.

Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

Is not this the cup in which my lord drinketh, and by which indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'"

Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil in that which ye have done.'
Jump to Previous
Cup Diligently Divination Divineth Drinketh Drinks Evil Future Gets Indeed Master Observeth Uses Whereby Wicked Wine Wrong
Jump to Next
Cup Diligently Divination Divineth Drinketh Drinks Evil Future Gets Indeed Master Observeth Uses Whereby Wicked Wine Wrong
Links
Genesis 44:5 NIV
Genesis 44:5 NLT
Genesis 44:5 ESV
Genesis 44:5 NASB
Genesis 44:5 KJV

Genesis 44:5 Bible Apps
Genesis 44:5 Biblia Paralela
Genesis 44:5 Chinese Bible
Genesis 44:5 French Bible
Genesis 44:5 German Bible

Alphabetical: a also and cup divination doing done done' drinks for from have he in indeed is Isn't lord master my not one the thing this this' uses which wicked wrong you

OT Law: Genesis 44:5 Isn't this that from which my lord (Gen. Ge Gn) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools

Genesis 44:4
Top of Page
Top of Page