Genesis 44:16

The Passion Translation

Judah replied, “What can we say, my lord? How can we plead our case? How can we prove our innocence? God has revealed the guilt of your servants, and here we are—our lord’s slaves, both we and the one in whose sack the silver goblet was found.”

Cross References

Genesis 44:9

Look for yourself. If any of your servants is found to have it, then he will die, and the rest of us will become your master’s slaves!”

Daniel 9:7

Righteousness belongs to you, Lord, but we are all covered with shame even to this day—the people of Judah, the residents of Jerusalem, and all Israel, near and far. You have scattered us to many lands because of our treachery against you.

Luke 12:2

Everything hidden and covered up will soon be exposed. For the facade is falling down, and nothing will be kept secret for long.

Acts 2:37

When they heard this they were crushed and realized what they had done to Jesus. Deeply moved, they said to Peter and the other apostles, “What do we need to do, brothers?”

Matthew 7:2

For you’ll be judged by the same standard that you’ve used to judge others. The measurement you use on them will be used on you.

Isaiah 27:9

By the mercy of Yahweh the guilt of Jacob will be forgiven. Yet the full proof of their forgiveness will be when they crush all the altars to false gods and make them into chalkstones, crushed to pieces, with neither cultic poles nor incense altars still standing.

Isaiah 5:3

So now, you residents of Jerusalem and people of Judah, you be the judges!

Proverbs 28:17

A murderer’s conscience will torment him— a fugitive haunted by guilt all the way to the grave with no one to support him.

Proverbs 17:15

There is nothing God hates more than condemning the one who is innocent and acquitting the one who is guilty.

Judges 1:7

Adoni-Bezek confessed, “I once had seventy kings picking up scraps under my table with their thumbs and big toes cut off. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them!” They took him captive to Jerusalem, where he died.

Joshua 7:18

Joshua then had Zimri’s family come forward one by one, and Yahweh picked out Achan, the son of Carmi, son of Zimri, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah.

Joshua 7:1

But the Israelites violated the commandment regarding the wealth of Jericho that was to be set apart for the Lord. Achan son of Carmi, grandson of Zimri, of the clan of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the devoted things for himself. This ignited Yahweh’s anger against Israel.

Genesis 44:32

Furthermore, I, your servant, have guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father. I told him, ‘If I don’t return the boy back to you, I will bear the blame before you, my father, for the rest of my life!’

Genesis 37:9

Then another night he had a dream, and he shared it with his brothers, saying, “Listen, I had another dream. This time, the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”

Genesis 37:7

“There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the field. Suddenly, my sheaf rose up and stood upright. Then your sheaves gathered around mine and bowed down to mine!”

Genesis 44:17

“No,” Joseph commanded. “Only the one who stole my silver goblet will be my slave; the rest of you will go on home in peace to your father.”