Genesis 44:8
Good News Translation
You know that we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in the top of our sacks. Why then should we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

New Revised Standard Version
Look, the money that we found at the top of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; why then would we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?

Contemporary English Version
We even returned the money we found in our grain sacks when we got back to Canaan. So why would we want to steal any silver or gold from your master's house?

New American Bible
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money that we found in the mouths of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

Douay-Rheims Bible
The money, that we found in the top of our sacks, we brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver?

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The money, that we found in the top of our sacks, we brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver?

the money.

Genesis 42:21,27,35 And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us. . . .

Genesis 43:12,21,22 And take with you double money, and carry back what you found in your sacks, lest perhaps it was done by mistake. . . .

how then.

Genesis 44:7 And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

Exodus 20:15 Thou shalt not steal.

Deuteronomy 5:19 And thou shalt not steal.

Matthew 19:18 He said to him: Which? And Jesus said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness.

James 2:10,11 And whosoever shall keep the whole law, but offend in one point, is become guilty of all. . . .

Context
Benjamin and the Silver Cup
7And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact? 8The money, that we found in the top of our sacks, we brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver?9With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord.…
Cross References
Genesis 43:21
And when we had bought, and were come to the inn, we opened our sacks, and found our money in the mouths of the sacks: which we have now brought again in the same weight.

Genesis 44:7
And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

Genesis 44:7
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