Genesis 44:16

Easy To Read Version

Judah said, “Sir, there is nothing we can say! There is no way to explain. There is no way to show that we are not guilty. God has judged us guilty for something else we did. So all of us, even Benjamin, will be your slaves.”

Cross References

Genesis 37:7

We were all working in the field. We were tying stacks of wheat together. Then my sheaf got up. It stood there while all of your sheaves made a circle around mine. Then all of your stacks of wheat bowed down to mine.”

Genesis 37:9

Then Joseph had another dream. Joseph told his brothers about this dream. Joseph said, “I had another dream. I saw the sun, the moon, and eleven stars bowing down to me.”

Genesis 44:17

But Joseph said, “I will not make you all slaves! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. You others can go in peace to your father.”

Genesis 44:32

“I took responsibility for the young boy. I told my father, ‘If I don’t bring him back to you, then you can blame me all my life.’

Genesis 44:9

If you find that silver cup in any of our sacks, then let that man die. You can kill him, and we will be your slaves.”

1 Kings 17:18

And the woman said to Elijah, “You are a man of God. [194] Can you help me? Or did you come here only to cause me to remember all of my sins? Did you come here only to cause my son to die?”

Ezra 9:10

Now, God, what can we say to you? We have stopped obeying you again!

Ezra 9:15

Lord, God of Israel, you are good! And you still have let some of us live. Yes, we are guilty! And because of our guilt, not one of us should be allowed to stand in front of you.

Job 40:4

“I am too insignificant to speak!\par What can I say to you?\par I can’t answer you!\par I will put my hand over my mouth.\par

Proverbs 17:15

The Lord hates these two things—punishing someone that has done nothing wrong, and forgiving someone that is guilty.

Proverbs 28:17

If a person is guilty of killing another person, then that person will never have peace. Don’t support that person.

Isaiah 27:9

How will Jacob’s guilt be forgiven? What will happen so his sins can be taken away? \{These things will happen\}: The rocks of the altar will be crushed to dust; the statues {\cf2\super [251]} and altars {\cf2\super [252]} for worshiping false gods will all be destroyed.

Isaiah 5:3

\{So God said\}:\par “You people living in Jerusalem,\par and you, man of Judah, {\cf2\super [45]} \par think about me and my vineyard. {\cf2\super [46]} \par

Daniel 9:7

“Lord, you are good, and goodness belongs to you! But shame belongs to us today. Shame belongs to the people from Judah and Jerusalem. Shame belongs to all the people of Israel—to the people that are near, and to the people that are far away. Lord, you scattered those people among many nations. And the people of Israel in all those nations should be ashamed. They should be ashamed of all the bad things they did against you, Lord.

Numbers 32:23

But if you don’t do these things, then you will be sinning against the Lord. And know for sure that you will be punished for your sin.

Matthew 7:2

If you judge other people, you will be judged in the same way you judge them. And the way you give to other people will be the way God gives to you.

Luke 12:2

Everything that is hidden will be shown. Everything that is secret will be made known.

Acts 2:37

When the people heard this, they felt very, very sorry. They asked Peter and the other apostles, {\cf2\super [41]} “Brothers, what should we do?”

Deuteronomy 25:1

“When two people have an argument, they should go to the court. The judges will decide which person is right and which person is wrong.

Joshua 7:1

But the people of Israel did not obey God. There was a man from the family group of Judah named Achan son of Carmi, grandson of Zimri. Achan kept some of the things that should have been destroyed. So the Lord became very angry at the people of Israel.

Joshua 7:18

Then Joshua told all the men in that family to come before the Lord. The Lord chose Achan the son of Carmi. (Carmi was the son of Zimri. And Zimri was the son of Zerah.)

Judges 1:7

Then the ruler of Bezek said, “I cut the thumbs and big toes off of 70 kings. And those kings had to eat pieces of food that fell from my table. Now God has paid me back for the things I did to those kings.” The men of Judah took the ruler of Bezek to Jerusalem and he died there.