Genesis 44:10

10 qui dixit fiat iuxta vestram sententiam apud quem fuerit inventum ipse sit servus meus vos autem eritis innoxii

Genesis 44:10 Meaning and Commentary

Genesis 44:10

And he said, now also [let] it [be] according unto your
words
Not according to the full extent of their words, but according to a part of them; that be only should be a servant that was found guilty; so moderating the punishment which they had fixed, and were willing to submit to, and therefore could not object to what he next proposes: he with whom it is found shall be my servant;
speaking in the name of Joseph, whom he represented, and who had directed him what to say: and ye shall be blameless;
acquitted of the charge, and pronounced innocent, and let go free.

Genesis 44:10 In-Context

8 pecuniam quam invenimus in summitate saccorum reportavimus ad te de terra Chanaan et quomodo consequens est ut furati simus de domo domini tui aurum vel argentum

9 apud quemcumque fuerit inventum servorum tuorum quod quaeris moriatur et nos servi erimus domini nostri

10 qui dixit fiat iuxta vestram sententiam apud quem fuerit inventum ipse sit servus meus vos autem eritis innoxii

11 itaque festinato deponentes in terram saccos aperuerunt singuli

12 quos scrutatus incipiens a maiore usque ad minimum invenit scyphum in sacco Beniamin