Chuàngshìjì 44:17

17 Yūesè shuō , wǒ duàn bùnéng zhèyàng xíng . zaì shuí de shǒu zhōng sōu chū bēi lái , shuí jiù zuò wǒde núpú . zhìyú nǐmen , kĕyǐ píng píngān ān dì shàng nǐmen fùqin nàli qù .

Chuàngshìjì 44:17 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:17

And he said, God forbid that I should do so
This would be doing an unjust thing, Joseph suggests, should he take them all for bondmen, for the offence of one: [but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant;
not die, as they had supposed, but become his servant: and as for you, get ye up in peace unto your father;
they had leave, yea, an order to return to their father in the land of Canaan, with their corn and cattle, in peace and plenty; there being no charge against them, nor would any hurt or damage come to them: this Joseph said to try their affection to their brother Benjamin, and see whether they would leave him to distress, and then he should know better how to conduct both towards him and them.

Chuàngshìjì 44:17 In-Context

15 Yūesè duì tāmen shuō , nǐmen zuò de shì shénme shì ne . nǐmen qǐbù zhī xiàng wǒ zhèyàng de rén bì néng zhàn bǔ ma ,

16 Yóudà shuō , wǒmen duì wǒ zhǔ shuō shénme ne . hái yǒu shénme huà kĕ shuō ne . wǒmen zĕn néng zìjǐ biǎobái chūlai ne . shén yǐjing chá chū púrén de zuìniè le . wǒmen yǔ nà zaì tā shǒu zhōng sōu chū bēi lái de dōu shì wǒ zhǔ de núpú .

17 Yūesè shuō , wǒ duàn bùnéng zhèyàng xíng . zaì shuí de shǒu zhōng sōu chū bēi lái , shuí jiù zuò wǒde núpú . zhìyú nǐmen , kĕyǐ píng píngān ān dì shàng nǐmen fùqin nàli qù .

18 Yóudà āijìn tā , shuō , wǒ zhǔ a , qiú nǐ róng púrén shuō yī jù huà gĕi wǒ zhǔ tīng , búyào xiàng púrén fà liè nù , yīnwei nǐ rútóng fǎlǎo yíyàng .

19 Wǒ zhǔ céng wèn púrén men shuō , nǐmen yǒu fùqin yǒu xiōngdi méiyǒu .