Genesis 44:8

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

We even returned the money we found in our grain sacks when we got back to Canaan. So why would we want to steal any silver or gold from your master's house?

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

and said to one another, “We're being punished because of Joseph. We saw the trouble he was in, but we refused to help him when he begged us. That's why these terrible things are happening.”

Genesis 42:27

When they stopped for the night, one of them opened his sack to get some grain for his donkey, and straight away he saw his money bag.

Genesis 42:35

When the brothers started emptying their sacks of grain, they found their money bags in them. They were frightened, and so was their father Jacob,

Genesis 43:12

Also take along twice the amount of money for the grain, because there must have been some mistake when the money was put back in your sacks.

Genesis 43:18

But on the way they got worried and started thinking, “We are being taken there because of the money that was put back in our sacks last time. He will arrest us, make us his slaves, and take our donkeys.”

Genesis 44:7

But they replied, “Sir, why do you say such things? We would never do anything like that!

Exodus 20:15

Do not steal.

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” the man asked. Jesus answered, “Do not murder. Be faithful in marriage. Do not steal. Do not tell lies about others.

Romans 13:9

In the Law there are many commands, such as, “Be faithful in marriage. Do not murder. Do not steal. Do not want what belongs to others.” But all these are summed up in the command that says, “Love others as much as you love yourself.”

Deuteronomy 5:19

Do not steal.