Genesis 44:5

New English Translation

Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”

Cross References

Genesis 30:27

But Laban said to him, “If I have found favor in your sight, please stay here, for I have learned by divination that the Lord has blessed me on account of you.”

Genesis 44:15

Joseph said to them, “What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”

Genesis 44:6

When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.

1 Kings 20:33

The men took this as a good omen and quickly accepted his offer, saying, “Ben Hadad is your brother.” Ahab then said, “Go, get him.” So Ben Hadad came out to him, and Ahab pulled him up into his chariot.

2 Kings 21:6

He passed his son through the fire and practiced divination and omen reading. He set up a ritual pit to conjure up underworld spirits, and appointed magicians to supervise it. He did a great amount of evil in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger.

Leviticus 19:26

“‘You must not eat anything with the blood still in it. You must not practice either divination or soothsaying.