World English Bible
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.”
Verse in context — Genesis 44
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
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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?
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Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.
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He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.
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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!
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