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Genesis Chapter 44

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The chapter opens with Joseph's brothers arriving in Egypt and confronting him, angry over the past and demanding to see him. They accuse him of selling them into slavery and threaten to kill him. The brothers' demand reflects their deep hurt and lack of trust.

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(1) And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
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Genesis 24:2Genesis 43:16Genesis 43:19Genesis 42:25Genesis 43:2Isaiah 3:1

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II Kings 12:4Genesis 42:25Genesis 43:22Genesis 42:35Genesis 43:21Genesis 43:12

(2) And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
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Genesis 42:15Genesis 42:16Genesis 42:20Genesis 43:32Deuteronomy 8:2Deuteronomy 8:16Deuteronomy 13:3Matthew 10:16II Corinthians 8:8

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(3) As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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I Samuel 29:10Isaiah 30:26II Samuel 23:4Isaiah 60:19Luke 11:36John 12:36

(4) And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
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Deuteronomy 2:16I Samuel 24:17II Chronicles 20:11Psalms 35:12Psalms 109:5Proverbs 17:13John 10:32

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Genesis 37:28

(5) Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
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Genesis 44:15Genesis 30:27Leviticus 19:26I Kings 20:33II Kings 21:6

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Jeremiah 33:8

(6) And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
(7) And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
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(8) Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
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Genesis 42:21Genesis 42:27Genesis 42:35Genesis 43:12Genesis 43:21Genesis 43:22Genesis 44:7Exodus 20:15Deuteronomy 5:19Matthew 19:18Romans 13:9James 2:10

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II Kings 12:4Genesis 47:14Genesis 47:15Genesis 23:16Exodus 38:17II Kings 12:13

(9) With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
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(10) 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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Genesis 44:17Genesis 44:33Exodus 22:3Matthew 18:24Matthew 18:25

(11) Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
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(12) And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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(13) Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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(14) And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
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(15) And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
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(16) And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
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(17) And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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Genesis 18:25Genesis 42:18II Samuel 23:3Psalms 75:2Proverbs 17:15Genesis 26:29Genesis 37:32Genesis 37:33

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(18) Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.
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(19) My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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Genesis 42:7Genesis 42:8Genesis 42:9Genesis 42:10Genesis 43:7Genesis 43:29

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(20) And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
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(21) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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Genesis 42:15Genesis 42:20Genesis 43:29Jeremiah 24:6Jeremiah 40:4Amos 9:4

(22) And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
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Genesis 44:30Genesis 42:38

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(23) And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
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Genesis 42:15Genesis 42:16Genesis 42:17Genesis 42:18Genesis 42:19Genesis 42:20Genesis 43:3Genesis 43:5

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(24) And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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(25) And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
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Genesis 43:2Genesis 43:5

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(26) And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
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(27) And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
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(28) And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
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Genesis 37:13Genesis 37:14Genesis 37:33Genesis 42:36Genesis 42:38

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(29) And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Genesis 42:36Genesis 42:38Genesis 43:14Psalms 88:3Psalms 88:4Genesis 44:31Deuteronomy 31:17

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(30) Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
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Genesis 44:17Genesis 44:31Genesis 44:34I Samuel 18:1I Samuel 25:29II Samuel 18:33

(31) It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
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(32) For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
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Genesis 43:8Genesis 43:9Genesis 43:16

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(33) Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
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(34) For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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I Samuel 2:33I Samuel 2:34II Chronicles 34:28Esther 8:6Jeremiah 52:10Jeremiah 52:11Exodus 18:8Job 31:29Psalms 116:3Psalms 119:143

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