Genesis 44:6

6 So he caught up with them and said these words to them.

Genesis 44:6 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:6

And he overtook them
Their asses being laden with corn could not travel very fast, and he and his attendants being mounted on swift horses: and he spake unto them these same words;
that Joseph had ordered him to say, and so what follows particularly, ( Genesis 44:10 ) .

Genesis 44:6 In-Context

4 but before they were far from the city Yosef said to his manager, "Up, go after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid good with evil?

5 Isn't this the goblet my lord drinks from, indeed the one he uses for divination? What you have done is evil!'"

6 So he caught up with them and said these words to them.

7 They replied, "Why does my lord speak this way? Heaven forbid that we should do such a thing!

8 Why, the money we found inside our packs we brought back to you from the land of Kena'an! So how would we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?