King James Version (KJV)
Genesis 44:5
“[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.”
Verse in context — Genesis 44
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
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[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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[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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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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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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The book of beginnings, describing creation, humanity’s fall, God’s promises, and the patriarchs (Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph).
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