Genesis 44 Parallel Bible

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	SLT Smith's Literal Translation	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And he will command him over house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they shall be able to lift up, and put the silver of each in the mouth of his sack.	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, thou shalt put in the sack's mouth of the small one, and the silver of his grain; and he will do according to the word which Joseph spake.	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 shone, and the men were sent away, they and their asses.	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 came forth out of the city, they were not far off, and Joseph said to him over his house, Arise, pursue after the men, and having overtaken them, and say to them, For what did ye requite 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 it not this which my lord will drink in it, and divining he will divine in it? ye were evil in which ye did.	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 will overtake them, and will speak 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 will say to him, For what will my lord speak according to these words? far be it for thy 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 silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we turned back to thee from the land of Canaan: and how shall we steal from thy lord's house, 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 thy servants it shall be found, and he shall die, and also we will be for servants to my lord.	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 will say, Also now according to your words let it be thus: with whomsoever it shall be found, he shall be servant to me, and ye shall be pure.	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 will hasten, and will take down each his sack to the earth, and they will open each his sack.	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 will search, beginning at the great and finishing at the small: and he will find the cup in Benjamin's sack.	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 will rend their garments, and will lift up each upon his ass, and will turn back 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 brethren will come to Joseph's house, and he yet there: and they will fall before him to the earth.	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 will say to them, What this deed ye did? knew ye not that divining, a man shall divine such as I?	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 will say to him, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? and how shall we be justified? God found the iniquity of thy servants: behold we are servants to my lord, also we, also him the cup being found in his hand.	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 will say, Far be it for me to do this: the man in whose band the cup being found, he shall be servant to me; and ye, go ye 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 will come near to him and will say, With leave my lord, now shall thy servant speak a word in the ear of my lord, and thine anger shall not be kindled against thy servant; for with thee 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 didst ask thy servants, saying, Is there a father to you, or a 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 said to my lord, There is a father to us, an old man, and a child of old age, a little one: and his brother died, and he will be left alone to his mother; and his father 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 thou wilt say to thy servants, Bring him down to me, and I shall set mine eyes upon 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 shall say to my lord, The youth will not be able to leave his father; and did he leave his father, he 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 thou wilt say to thy servants, If your little brother shall not come down with you, ye shall 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 shall be when we went up to thy servant our father, and announced 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 will say, Turn back and 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 shall say, We shall not be able to go down: if our little brother is with us, and we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face, and our little 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 thy servant my father will say to us, Ye knew that my wife brought forth to me two.	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 the one went forth from me and it was said, Surely he was torn in pieces, he was torn in pieces; and I saw him not till now.	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	And took ye this also from my face, and harm befell him, and ye brought down my old age with evil to hades.	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 if I came to thy servant my father, and the youth not with us, for his soul is bound upon 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	And it was when he having seen that the youth is not, and he will die: and thy servants brought down the old age of thy servant our father in grief to hades.	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 thy servant became surety for the youth with my father, saying, If I shall not bring him to thee, I 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	At this time thy servant shall now remain for the youth, a servant to my lord; and the youth shall go up with his brethren.	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 shall I go up to my father and the youth not with me? lest I shall look upon the evil which shall find 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