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Genesis 44:7

in Genesis 44

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

KJV

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

This verse in Genesis 44

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Why does my lord say these things

on Genesis 44:7-9

They swear past their knowledge and offer death for the man who has the cup and slavery for the rest. Jacob had sworn the same way when Laban searched the tents for his gods, and Rachel had them, at 31:32. This search ends at Rachel's other son.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And they said unto him, wherefore saith my lord these words?.... One of them, in the name of the rest, perhaps Judah, made answer, as astonished at the charge laid against them, suggesting that there was not the least foundation for it, and were quite surprised to hear anything of this kind alleged against them: God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing; expressing the utmost detestation of such a fact, as being what they could never be guilty of.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • וַיֹּאמְר֣וּand they said

    vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times

  • אֵלָ֔יוto him

    ʾelavH413 →5510 times

  • לָ֚מָּה<to> why?

    lamahH4100 →752 times

  • יְדַבֵּ֣רdoes he speak

    yedaberH1696 →1141 times

  • אֲדֹנִ֔יmaster my

    ʾadoniH113 →333 times

  • כַּדְּבָרִ֖יםaccording to the words

    kadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֑לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • חָלִ֙ילָה֙far be it

    chalilahH2486 →21 times

  • לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָto servants your

    laavadeikhaH5650 →799 times

  • מֵעֲשׂ֖וֹתfrom doing

    measotH6213 →2628 times

  • כַּדָּבָ֥רaccording to the manner

    kadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • הַזֶּֽה׃<the> this

    hazehH2088 →1180 times

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

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

    Ecclesiastes 7:1

    A good name is better than fine perfume, and one’s day of death is better than his day of birth.

    it leads to

    • Revelation 14:13

      And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…

    • Proverbs 22:1

      A good name is more desirable than great riches; favor is better than silver and gold.

    • Ecclesiastes 4:2

      So I admired the dead, who had already died, above the living, who are still alive.

    • 2 Corinthians 5:8

      We are confident, then, and would prefer to be away from the body and at home with the Lord.

    • 2 Corinthians 5:1

      Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.

  • Through

    2 Kings 8:13

    “But how could your servant, a mere dog, do such a monstrous thing?” said Hazael. And Elisha answered, “The LORD has shown me that you will be king over Aram.”

    it leads to

    • 1 Samuel 17:43

      “Am I a dog,” he said to David, “that you come at me with sticks?” And the Philistine cursed David by his gods.

    • 1 Kings 19:15

      Then the LORD said to him, “Go back by the way you came, and go to the Desert of Damascus. When you arrive, you are to anoint Hazael as king over Aram.

    • 2 Samuel 9:8

      Mephibosheth bowed down and said, “What is your servant, that you should show regard for a dead dog like me?”

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.

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