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Genesis 44:10

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“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Genesis 44

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave

on Genesis 44:10-11

The steward softens the terms, one man a slave and the rest free of blame. The softened terms leave eleven brothers free without the twelfth, which is the shape of the test. John Calvin notes the moderation in the steward, who asks less than the brothers had offered.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And he said, now also let it be according unto your words,....

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

“Indeed, this is only right. Verily it should be according to your words since you are all guilty in this matter. When there are ten men and a stolen thing is found in the possession of one of them, all of them are arrested.
Ramban: Spain, 1194–1270 · Ramban on Genesis 44:10:1, via Sefaria, Commentary on the Torah by Ramban (Nachmanides). Translated and annotated by Charles B. Chavel. New York, Shilo Pub. House, 1971-1976

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וַיֹּ֕אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • גַּם־also

    gam-H1571 →769 times

  • עַתָּ֥הnow

    ʾatahH6258 →433 times

  • כְדִבְרֵיכֶ֖םaccording to words your

    khedivreikhemH1697 →1440 times

  • כֶּן־[will be] so

    ken-H3651 →771 times

  • ה֑וּאit

    hu'H1931 →1879 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֨ר[anyone] whom

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • יִמָּצֵ֤אit is found

    yimatze'H4672 →455 times

  • אִתּוֹ֙with him

    ʾitoH854 →929 times

  • יִהְיֶה־he will be

    yihyeh-H1961 →3559 times

  • לִּ֣יof me

    li

  • עָ֔בֶדslave

    ʾavedH5650 →799 times

  • וְאַתֶּ֖םand you

    veatemH859 →1094 times

  • תִּהְי֥וּyou will be

    tihyuH1961 →3559 times

  • נְקִיִּֽם׃innocent

    nekiyimH5355 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Genesis 44:33

    Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.

    it leads to

    • 1 John 3:16

      By this we know what love is: Jesus laid down His life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers.

  • Through

    Exodus 22:3

    But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 21:2

      If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.

    • Matthew 18:25

      Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

    • Judges 2:14

      Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they…

    • Isaiah 50:1

      This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for…

  • Through

    Genesis 44:17

    But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”

    it leads to

    • 2 Samuel 23:3

      The God of Israel spoke; the Rock of Israel said to me, ‘He who rules the people with justice, who rules in the fear of God,

    • Psalms 75:2

      “When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.

    • Proverbs 17:15

      Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.

Where this verse is studied

About Genesis

The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
The Tower of Babel, Pieter Brueghel the Elder, 1563. Public domain.
Genesis: the study guide →Read Genesis 44 →

This page draws on John Calvin, Commentary on Genesis; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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