Genesis 44:7

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

9 Whichever one of us the goblet is found with, let him be put to death - and the rest of us will be my lord's slaves!"