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Genesis 44:9
Genesis 44:9 is verse 9 of Genesis chapter 44, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
King James Version
With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
World English Bible
With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”
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Genesis 44:7–11 · Berean Standard Bible
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?
9 If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
10 “As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
11 So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Genesis 31:32If you find your gods with anyone here, he shall not live! In the presence of our relatives, see for yourself if anything is yours, and take it back.” For Jacob did not know that Rachel had stolen the idols.
Job 31:38if my land cries out against me and its furrows weep together,
Job 31:39if I have devoured its produce without payment or broken the spirit of its tenants,
Job 31:40then let briers grow instead of wheat and stinkweed instead of barley.” Thus conclude the words of Job.
Psalms 7:3O LORD my God, if I have done this, if injustice is on my hands,
Psalms 7:4if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
Psalms 7:5then may my enemy pursue me and overtake me; may he trample me to the ground and leave my honor in the dust. Selah
Acts 25:11If, however, I am guilty of anything worthy of death, I do not refuse to die. But if there is no truth to their accusations against me, no one has the right to hand me over to them. I appeal to Caesar!”
Genesis 43:18But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”