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;


In Context

4 they have gone out of the city — they have not gone far off — and Joseph hath said to him who is over his house, 'Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

5 Is not this that with which my lord drinketh? and he observeth diligently with it; ye have done evil in that which ye have done.'

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

7 and 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;

8 lo, the money which we found in the mouth of our bags we brought back unto thee from the land of Canaan, and how do we steal from the house of thy lord silver or gold?

9 with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also are to my lord for servants.'

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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

44:7And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? God forbid that thy servants should 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 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: