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Genesis 44:6

Genesis 44:6 is verse 6 of Genesis chapter 44, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.

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King James Version

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

World English Bible

He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

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Genesis 44:4–8 · Berean Standard Bible

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.

8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

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