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Genesis 44:17 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.” "

Genesis 44:17

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15 Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”

16 Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

17 He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

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"He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”"

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"They said to him, “Hold your peace, put your hand on your mouth, and go with us. Be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be priest to the house of one man, or to be priest to a tribe and a family in Israel?”"

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Genesis 44:1

"He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth."

Genesis 44:2

"Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken."

Genesis 44:3

"As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys."

Genesis 44:4

"When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?"

Genesis 44:5

"Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”"

Genesis 44:6

"He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them."

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