Genesis 44:4
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
And when they were gone out of the citie, and not yet farre off, Ioseph said vnto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?
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Genesis 44:4
Departed, went away, passed, or advanced to another place or condition.
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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.
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1. Up to or at the present or stated time; still. 2. At some future time. 3. Nevertheless; however. 4. In addition; further.
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Spoke, declared, reported, commanded, or expressed in words.
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One entrusted to manage another's household, goods, affairs, or responsibilities.
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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.
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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.
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Sense 1: Do: perform, act, or carry out. Sense 2: Used as an auxiliary verb.
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To come up with in a course, pursuit, progress or motion; to catch. To come upon; to fall on afterwards. To take by surprise.
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Sense 1: To speak, declare, tell, or express. Sense 2: What is said.
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1. For that reason, or as a conclusion from what precedes; therefore or consequently. 2. For what reason or purpose; why.
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The second-person plural subject pronoun, referring to the persons being addressed as those who are, do, or receive the stated predicate.
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Gave or received a return, recompense, or requital for conduct or work, whether good or evil.
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Sense 1: Moral wickedness, sin, wrong, or corruption. Sense 2: Harm, misery, calamity, adversity, or punishment.
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1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.
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44:1AND he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.
44:1¶ And hee commaunded the †steward of his house, saying, Fill the mens sackes with food, as much as they can carie, and put euery mans money in his sacks mouth.
44:2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
44:2And put my cup, the siluer cup, in the sackes mouth of the youngest, and his corne money: and he did according to the word that Ioseph had spoken.
44:3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
44:3Assoone as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they, and their asses.
44:4And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
44:4 And when they were gone out of the citie, and not yet farre off, Ioseph said vnto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?
Selected passage44:5Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
44:5 Is not this it, in which my LORD drinketh? and whereby indeed he ‖diuineth? ye haue done euill in so doing.