Genesis 44:7

7 And they said to him, "Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to 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 Is this not that from which my master drinks? Now he himself certainly practices divination with it. You have done evil [in] what you have done.'"

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

7 And they said to him, "Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

8 Behold, the money that we found in the mouth of our sacks we returned to you from the land of Canaan. Now why would we steal silver or gold from the house of my lord?

9 Whoever is found with it from among your servants shall die. And moreover, we will become slaves to my lord."