Genesis 44:6

6 He caught up with them and repeated all this word for word.

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 were barely out of the city when Joseph said to his house steward, "Run after them. When you catch up with them, say, 'Why did you pay me back evil for good?
5 This is the chalice my master drinks from; he also uses it for divination. This is outrageous!'"
6 He caught up with them and repeated all this word for word.
7 They said, "What is my master talking about? We would never do anything like that!
8 Why, the money we found in our bags earlier, we brought back all the way from Canaan - do you think we'd turn right around and steal it back from your master?
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