World English Bible
Genesis 44:7
“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!”
Verse in context — 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.
6
He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
7
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!
8
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house?
9
With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants.
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