Genesis 44:6

6 When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.

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 They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?

5 Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.'"

6 When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words.

7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

8 Behold, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?