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Genesis 44:2

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with the silver for his grain.’ So he did as Joseph told him.

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I am not saying this as a command. Rather, by means of the diligence of others, I am testing the genuineness of your love.


‘Look, I’m sending you out like sheep among wolves. Therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.


do not listen to that prophet’s words or to that dreamer. For the Lord your God is testing you to know whether you love the Lord your God with all your heart and all your soul.


He fed you in the wilderness with manna,  which your ancestors had not known, in order to humble and test you, so that in the end he might cause you to prosper.


Remember that the Lord your God led you on the entire journey these forty years in the wilderness, so that he might humble you and test you to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep his commands.


They served him by himself, his brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, since that is detestable to them.


Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won’t die.’ And they consented to this.


Joseph commanded his steward, ‘Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver at the top of his bag.


At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.


The steward searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.


Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man’s silver to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out.





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