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Genesis 44:5
Genesis 44:5 is verse 5 of Genesis chapter 44, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
Hebrew Is it not this which
King James Version
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
World English Bible
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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Genesis 44:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible
3 At daybreak, the men were sent on their way with their donkeys.
4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
5 Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
6 When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
7 “Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 44:15“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
Genesis 30:27But Laban replied, “If I have found favor in your eyes, please stay. I have learned by divination that the LORD has blessed me because of you.”
Leviticus 19:26You must not eat anything with blood still in it. You must not practice divination or sorcery.
1 Kings 20:33Now the men were looking for a sign of hope, and they quickly grasped at this word and replied, “Yes, your brother Ben-hadad.” “Go and get him!” said the king. Then Ben-hadad came out, and Ahab had him come up into his chariot.
2 Kings 21:6He sacrificed his own son in the fire, practiced sorcery and divination, and consulted mediums and spiritists. He did great evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger.