6He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.


In Context

3 And when the morning arose, they were sent away with their asses.

4 And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way; Joseph sendingfor the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good?

5 The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

6 He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.

7 And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

8 The money, that we found in the top of our sacks, we brought back to thee from the land of Chanaan: how then should it be that we should steal out of thy lord's house, gold or silver?\

Genesis 44:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:6When he caught up with them, he repeated these words to them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

44:6He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:6And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.