Genesis 44:7 KJV — MannaFest

Genesis 44:7

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

KJV

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ASV

And 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.

WEB

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

YLT

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;

DBT

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!

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Genesis — The book of beginnings. Creation, fall, flood, covenant, election, providence — eleven generational seams stitch one unbroken story from heaven-and-earth to a coffin in Egypt.

Author: Moses — by traditional attribution; the book is the first of the Pentateuch
Date: Composed c. 15th–13th century BC; draws on older patriarchal sources (the toledoth framework is internal)

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14 verses on the floor

Genesis 38:16–18
And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she was his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?
1 Samuel 20:2
And he said unto him, God forbid; thou shalt not die: behold, my father will do nothing either great or small, but that he will shew it me: and why should my father hide this thing from me? it is not so.
2 Kings 8:13
And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing? And Elisha answered, The Lord hath shewed me that thou shalt be king over Syria.
Genesis 37:18–32
And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.
2 Samuel 20:20
And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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