Genesis 44 Parallel Bible

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1	And he commands him who [is] over his house, saying, “Fill the bags of the men [with] food, as they are able to carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag;	Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack,	Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
2	and my cup, the silver cup, you put in the mouth of the bag of the young one, and his grain-money”; and he does according to the word of Joseph which he has spoken.	and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him.	Then put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” And he did as Joseph said.
3	The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their donkeys—	As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.	As morning dawned, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
4	they have gone out of the city—they have not gone far off—and Joseph has said to him who [is] over his house, “Rise, pursue after the men; and you have overtaken them, and you have said to them: Why have you repaid evil for good?	They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?	They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
5	Is this not that with which my lord drinks? And he observes diligently with it; you have done evil [in] that which you have done.”	Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”	Isn’t this the cup my master drinks from and also uses for divination? This is a wicked thing you have done.’”
6	And he overtakes them, and speaks to them these words,	When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.	When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them.
7	and they say to him, “Why does my lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word;	They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!	But they said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!
8	behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back to you from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of your lord silver or gold?	Behold, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?	We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found inside the mouths of our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9	With whomsoever of your servants it is found, he has died, and we also are to my lord for servants.”	Whichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also will be my lord’s servants.”	If any of your servants is found to have it, he will die; and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”
10	And he says, “Now also, according to your words, so it [is]; he with whom it is found becomes my servant, and you are acquitted”;	He said, “Let it be as you say: he who is found with it shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall be innocent.”	“Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it will become my slave; the rest of you will be free from blame.”
11	and they hurry and take down each his bag to the earth, and each opens his bag;	Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.	Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12	and he searches—at the eldest he has begun, and at the youngest he has completed—and the cup is found in the bag of Benjamin;	And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.	Then the steward proceeded to search, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13	and they tear their garments, and each loads his donkey, and they return to the city.	Then they tore their clothes, and every man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.	At this, they tore their clothes. Then they all loaded their donkeys and returned to the city.
14	And Judah and his brothers come to the house of Joseph, and he is yet there, and they fall to the earth before him;	When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell before him to the ground.	Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
15	and Joseph says to them, “What [is] this deed that you have done? Have you not known that a man like me diligently observes?”	Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that a man like me can indeed practice divination?”	Joseph said to them, “What is this you have done? Don’t you know that a man like me can find things out by divination?”
16	And Judah says, “What do we say to my lord? What do we speak? And how do we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we [are] servants to my lord, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found”;	And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”	“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.”
17	and he says, “Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup has been found, he becomes my servant; and you, go up in peace to your father.”	But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.”	But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do such a thing! Only the man who was found to have the cup will become my slave. The rest of you, go back to your father in peace.”
18	And Judah comes near to him and says, “O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant—for you are as Pharaoh.	Then Judah went up to him and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.	Then Judah went up to him and said: “Pardon your servant, my lord, let me speak a word to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, though you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
19	My lord has asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or brother?	My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’	My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
20	And we say to my lord, We have a father, an aged one, and a child of old age, a little one; and his brother died, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father has loved him.	And we said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a young brother, the child of his old age. His brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s children, and his father loves him.’	And we answered, ‘We have an aged father, and there is a young son born to him in his old age. His brother is dead, and he is the only one of his mother’s sons left, and his father loves him.’
21	And you say to your servants, Bring him down to me, and I set my eye on him;	Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’	“Then you said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so I can see him for myself.’
22	and we say to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father, when he has left his father, then he has died;	We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’	And we said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father; if he leaves him, his father will die.’
23	and you say to your servants, If your young brother does not come down with you, you do not add to see my face.	Then you said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.’	But you told your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
24	And it comes to pass, that we have come up to your servant my father, that we declare to him the words of my lord;	“When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.	When we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.
25	and our father says, Return, buy for us a little food,	And when our father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food,’	“Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy a little more food.’
26	and we say, We are not able to go down; if our young brother is with us, then we have gone down; for we are not able to see the man’s face, and our young brother not with us.	we said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’	But we said, ‘We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.’
27	And your servant my father says to us, You have known that my wife bore two to me,	Then your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.	“Your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28	and one goes out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn—torn! And I have not seen him since;	One left me, and I said, “Surely he has been torn to pieces,” and I have never seen him since.	One of them went away from me, and I said, “He has surely been torn to pieces.” And I have not seen him since.
29	when you have taken also this from my presence, and harm has met him, then you have brought down my grey hairs with evil to Sheol.	If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in evil to Sheol.’	If you take this one from me too and harm comes to him, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in misery.’
30	And now, at my coming to your servant my father, and the youth not with us (and his soul is bound up in his soul),	“Now therefore, as soon as I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy’s life,	“So now, if the boy is not with us when I go back to your servant my father, and if my father, whose life is closely bound up with the boy’s life,
31	then it has come to pass, when he sees that the youth is not, that he has died, and your servants have brought down the grey hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol;	as soon as he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die, and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.	sees that the boy isn’t there, he will die. Your servants will bring the gray head of our father down to the grave in sorrow.
32	for your servant obtained the youth by guarantee to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you—then I have sinned against my father all the days.	For your servant became a pledge of safety for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father all my life.’	Your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I said, ‘If I do not bring him back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, all my life!’
33	And now, please let your servant abide instead of the youth [as] a servant to my lord, and the youth goes up with his brothers,	Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a servant to my lord, and let the boy go back with his brothers.	“Now then, please let your servant remain here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy, and let the boy return with his brothers.
34	for how do I go up to my father, and the youth not with me? Lest I look on the evil which finds my father.”	For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the evil that would find my father.”	How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father.”
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Genesis 44 Parallel Bible Translations