Genesis 44:7

7 But they said to him, "Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!

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 cup my master drinks from? Doesn't he also use it to figure things out? You have done an evil thing.' "

6 When the manager caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.

7 But they said to him, "Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!

8 We even brought back to you from Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

9 "If you find out that any of us has the cup, he will die. And the rest of us will become your slaves."