7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing.


In Context

4 And when they were gone out of the city, and were 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?

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

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

7 And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should do such a thing.

8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Genesis 44:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:7And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

44:7But they said to him, "Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything like that!

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

44:7And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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!

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

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!

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

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;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

44:7And they said to him, Why said my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing: