“Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.”
Genesis 44:5 (KJV) |
Genesis 44:5
From Genesis 44, in the Book of Genesis (Old Testament).
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As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: