Genesis 44:8

The Passion Translation

Didn’t we return from Canaan with the money we found in our grain sacks? Why then would we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?

Cross References

Genesis 42:21

With Joseph standing there, they began to speak among themselves, saying, “Look what’s happened to us! We’re being punished for what we did to Joseph long ago. We heard his cries of anguish and saw the agony of his soul when he begged us for mercy, but we turned a deaf ear. That’s why all this trouble has come upon us!”

Genesis 42:27

Later, they camped for the night, and as one of them opened his sack of grain to feed his donkey, he discovered that his money was there right on top of the grain!

Genesis 42:35

As they each emptied their sacks of grain, each man found his money inside his sack! When they and their father saw their money returned to them, they were frightened.

Genesis 43:12

Take double the money with you. Give him back the money that was returned in the top of your sacks, for it may have been a mistake.

Genesis 43:18

Now the brothers were very apprehensive as they were being led inside, and said to each other, “He brought us here because of the money that was put back in our sacks the first time we came to Egypt! He’s looking for an opportunity to arrest us, turn us into his slaves, and take away our donkeys!”

Genesis 44:7

They answered him, “Why does my lord accuse us of such things? Far be it from your servants to do anything of the kind!

Matthew 19:18

“Which ones?” he asked. Jesus said, “Don’t murder, don’t commit adultery, don’t steal, don’t lie,

Romans 13:9

For the commandments, “Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet,” and every other commandment can be summed up in these words: “Love and value others the same way you love and value yourself.”