Genesis 44:15

Translations

Modern

“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

Traditional

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

Literal

And Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I, surely divines?”

Latin

Quibus ille ait: Cur sic agere voluistis? an ignoratis quod non sit similis mei in augurandi scientia?

Original

Hebrew

English

“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”

Notes

Genesis 44:1–34

The brothers seemed different. They felt sorry for what they did to Joseph. They showed honor by returning the money and by bringing Benjamin. Given a chance to get rid of Rachel’s other son, Benjamin, would they do it?

Genesis 42:1–44:34

Joseph did several unusual things to his brothers when they came looking for grain. The last time Joseph had been with them, they were filled with jealousy, hatred, and anger; they attempted to destroy their brother, and they deceived their father. Joseph put them through various tests, similar to the trying situations they had put him through, to see if they had changed.

Theme notes and profiles

Egypt Joseph Judah Symbolic Numbers

Events

Joseph's brothers return to Egyptc. 1706 BC

Related verses

Genesis 44:4–5
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?
Genesis 21:26
Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
Genesis 39:8
But he refused. “Look,” he said to his master’s wife, “with me here, my master does not concern himself with anything in his house, and he has entrusted everything he owns to my care.
Genesis 3:13
Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
Genesis 4:10
“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.
Exodus 32:1
Now when the people saw that Moses was delayed in coming down from the mountain, they gathered around Aaron and said, “Come, make us gods who will go before us. As for this Moses who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we do not know what has happened to him!”

People

Joseph: Son of Jacob, ruler in Egypt

Glossary

Benjamin (Person) Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Famine Genesis, Book of Jacob Judah (Person) Patriarchs, Period of the

Topics

Integrity: Jacob's Sons, when Accused by Joseph of Robbery Judah: Son of Jacob: Goes Down Into Egypt for Corn (Grain)

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