Genesis 44:7

7 And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:

Genesis 44:7 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:7

And they said unto him, wherefore saith my lord these words?
&c.] One of them, in the name of the rest, perhaps Judah, made answer, as astonished at the charge laid against them, suggesting that there was not the least foundation for it, and were quite surprised to hear anything of this kind alleged against them: God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing;
expressing the utmost detestation of such a fact, as being what they could never be guilty of.

Genesis 44:7 In-Context

5 [Is] not this [the cup] in which my lord drinketh, and by which indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

6 And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.

7 And they said to him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from us that thy servants should do according to this thing:

8 Behold, the money which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to thee from the land of Canaan: how then should we steal from thy lord's house silver or gold?

9 With whom [soever] of thy servants it shall be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bond-men.