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Genesis 44 :: Brenton's English Septuagint (BES)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:1 - And Joseph charged the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:2 - And put my silver cup into the sack of the youngest, and the price of his corn. And it was done according to the word of Joseph, as he said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:3 - The morning dawned, and the men were sent away, they and their asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone out of the city, and were not far off, then Joseph said to his steward, Arise, and pursue after the men; and thou shalt overtake them, and say to them, Why have ye returned evil for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:5 - Why have ye stolen my silver cup? is it not this [fn]out of which my lord drinks? and he divines augury with it; ye have accomplished evil in that which ye have done.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:6 - And he found them, and spoke to them according to these words.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:7 - And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 44:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:8 - If we brought back to thee out of the land of Chanaan the money which we found in our sacks, how should we steal silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:9 - With whomsoever of thy servants thou shalt find the cup, let him die; and, moreover, we will be servants to our lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:10 - And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall be clear.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:11 - And they hasted, and took down every man his sack on the ground, and they opened every man his sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:12 - And he searched, beginning from the eldest, until he came to the youngest; and he found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:13 - And they rent their garments, and laid each man his sack on his ass, and returned to the city.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:14 - And Judas and his brethren came in to Joseph, while he was yet there, and fell on the ground before him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:15 - And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that ye have done? know ye not that a man such as I can surely divine?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:16 - And Judas said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? [fn]whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - And Joseph said, Far be it from me to do this thing; the man with whom the cup has been found, he shall be my servant; but do ye go up with safety to your father.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:18 - And Judas drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharao.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:19 - Sir, thou askedst thy servants, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:20 - And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and he has a son of his old age, a young one, and his brother is dead, and he alone has been left behind to his mother, and his father loves him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:21 - And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me, and I will take care of him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:22 - And we said to my lord, The child will not be able to leave his father; but if he should leave his father, he will die.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:23 - But thou saidst to thy servants, Except your younger brother come down with you, ye shall not see my face again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:24 - And it came to pass, when we went up to thy servant our father, we reported to him the words of our lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:25 - And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:26 - And we said, We shall not be able to go down; but if our younger brother go down with us, we will go down; for we shall not be able to see the man's face, our younger brother not being with us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:27 - And thy servant our father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:28 - and one is departed from me; and ye said that he was devoured of wild beasts, and I have not seen him until now.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:29 - If then ye take this one also from my presence, and an affliction happen to him by the way, then shall ye bring down my old age with sorrow to [fn]the grave.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:30 - Now then, if I should go in to thy servant, and our father, and the boy should not be with us, (and his life depends on this lad's life)—

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:31 - it shall even come to pass, when he sees the boy is not with us, that he will die, and thy servants will bring down the old age of thy servant, and our father, with sorrow to the grave.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:32 - For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty towards my father for ever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:33 - Now then I will remain a servant with thee instead of the lad, a domestic of my lord; but let the lad go up with his brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:34 - For how shall I go up to my father, the lad not being with us? lest I behold the evils which will befal my father.
BES Footnotes
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Translation of the Greek Septuagint into English by Sir Lancelot Charles Lee Brenton, originally published in 1851 and is now in the Public Domain

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Genesis Chapter 44 — Additional Translations:

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