SinaiGenesis 44:7
American Standard Version
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.
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Genesis 44:7 in other translations
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!
Genesis 44:7 in context
- 5Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
- 6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
- 7And 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.
- 8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
- 9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.