They had gone only a short distance from the city. Now Joseph said to his (A)steward, “Up, follow after the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?[a] Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and (B)by this that he practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.’”

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

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:4 Septuagint (compare Vulgate) adds Why have you stolen my silver cup?

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