Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?*
Genesis 44:17 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He said, *Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my bondservant; but as for you, go up in shalom to your father.* Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise and go in peace to your father. American Standard Version (1901) And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so: the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Common English Bible Joseph said, “I’d never do such a thing. Only the man found with the cup will be my slave. As for the rest of you, you are free to go back to your father.” Catholic Public Domain Version Joseph responded: "Far be it from me that I should act in this way. He who stole the cup, he will be my servant. But you may go away free to your father." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Joseph answered: God forbid that I should do so. He that stole the cup, he shall be my bondman. And go you away free to your father. |
Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous should be like the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?*
that you will do us no harm, as we have not touched you, and as we have done to you nothing but good, and have sent you away in shalom.' You are now the blessed of the LORD.*
Yosef said to them the third day, *Do this, and live, for I fear God.
He said, *Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless.*
Yehudah said, *What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord's bondservants, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.*
Then Yehudah came near to him, and said, *Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and don't let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Par`oh.
The God of Yisra'el said, the Rock of Yisra'el spoke to me, one who rules over men righteously, who rules in the fear of God,
He who justifies the wicked, and he who condemns the righteous, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD.