7And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?
7And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?
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?\
9 With whomsoever of thy servants shall be found that which thou seekest, let him die, and we will be the bondmen of my lord.
44:7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
44:7But they said to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!
44:7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.
44:7And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!
44:7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing.
44:7And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:
44:7They said to him, |Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!
44:7and they say unto him, 'Why doth my lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word;
44:7And they said to him, Why said my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing: