Genesis 44:7 Parallel Translations

They answered him, "Sir, how can you say such things? We would never think of doing anything like that!(GOD'S WORD®)

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

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.

BBE:

And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:

DBY:

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!

ERV:

And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing.

JPS:

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.

WBS:

And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:

WEB:

They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

YLT:

and they say unto him, 'Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;

Genesis 44:7 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 44:6 So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.

Genesis 44:8 "Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house? (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

MHC:

44:1-17 Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob as heretofore, they would now have shown it. When the cup was found upon Benjamin, they would have a pretext for leaving him to be a slave. But we cannot judge what men are now, by what they have been formerly; nor what they will do, by what they have done. The steward charged them with being ungrateful, rewarding evil for good; with folly, in taking away the cup of daily use, which would soon be missed, and diligent search made for it; for so it may be read, Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, as having a particular fondness for it, and for which he would search thoroughly? Or, By which, leaving it carelessly at your table, he would make trial whether you were honest men or not? They throw themselves upon Joseph's mercy, and acknowledge the righteousness of God, perhaps thinking of the injury they had formerly done to Joseph, for which they thought God was now reckoning with them. Even in afflictions wherein we believe ourselves wronged by men, we must own that God is righteous, and finds out our sin.

CONC:

Anything Forbid Servants Speak Speaketh Wherefore

Far Forbid Servants Speak Speaketh Wherefore Word Words

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