King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 44:7 (KJV)
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
Genesis 44:7 in the World English Bible
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Verse in context — Genesis 44
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
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?
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
Cross references for Genesis 44:7
- Genesis 38:16-18
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me? And he said, I will send ...
- Genesis 34:25-31
And it came to pass on the third day, when they were sore, that two of the sons of Jacob, Simeon and Levi, Dinah's brethren, took each man his sword, and came upon the city boldly, and slew all the males. And they slew Hamor and Shechem his...
- 2 Samuel 20:20
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.
- Proverbs 22:1
A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favour rather than silver and gold.
- Ecclesiastes 7:1
A good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.
- Joshua 22:22-29
The LORD God of gods, the LORD God of gods, he knoweth, and Israel he shall know; if it be in rebellion, or if in transgression against the LORD, (save us not this day,) That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if ...
- Hebrews 13:18
Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.
- 2 Kings 8:13
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The LORD hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
- Genesis 37:18-32
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him. And they said one to another, Behold, this dreamer cometh. Come now therefore, and let us slay him, and cast him into some pit, and ...
- Genesis 35:22
And it came to pass, when Israel dwelt in that land, that Reuben went and lay with Bilhah his father's concubine: and Israel heard it. Now the sons of Jacob were twelve:
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