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Benjamin and the Silver Cup

Genesis 44:15

In 11 translations

BSB
“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
KJV
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?divine: or, make trial?
WEB
Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”
ASV
And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
LSV
and Joseph says to them, “What [is] this deed that you have done? Have you not known that a man like me diligently observes?”
YLT
and Joseph saith to them, 'What [is] this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'
DBY
And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
DRC
And he said to them: Why would you do so? know you not that there is no one like me in the science of divining.
GNV
Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?
JPS
And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?'
LXXE
And Joseph said to them, What is this thing that ye have done? know ye not that a man such as I can surely divine?

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם הֲל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־נַחֵ֧שׁ יְנַחֵ֛שׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽנִי׃
LXX-Br
Εἶπε δὲ αὐτοῖς Ἰωσὴφ, τί τὸ πρᾶγμα τοῦτο ἐποιήσατε; οὐκ οἴδατε ὅτι οἰωνισμῷ οἰωνιεῖται ὁ ἄνθρωπος, οἷος ἐγώ;

Who and where

👤 Joseph (son of Jacob)◆ Joseph's brothers return to Egypt

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In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Genesis 44:4–5They 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? Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for…
  • Genesis 3:13Then the LORD God said to the woman, “What is this you have done?” “The serpent deceived me,” she replied, “and I ate.”
  • Genesis 21:26Abimelech replied, “I do not know who has done this. You did not tell me, so I have not heard about it until today.”
  • Genesis 39:8But 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.
  • Exodus 32:1Now 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…
  • Genesis 4:10“What have you done?” replied the LORD. “The voice of your brother’s blood cries out to Me from the ground.

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