Kejadian 44:16

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Sesudah itu berkatalah Yehuda: "Apakah yang akan kami katakan kepada tuanku, apakah yang akan kami jawab, dan dengan apakah kami akan membenarkan diri kami? Allah telah memperlihatkan kesalahan hamba-hambamu ini. Maka kami ini, budak tuankulah kami, baik kami maupun orang pada siapa kedapatan piala itu."

Parallel Translations

Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Sesudah itu berkatalah Yehuda: "Apakah yang akan kami katakan kepada tuanku, apakah yang akan kami jawab, dan dengan apakah kami akan membenarkan diri kami? Allah telah memperlihatkan kesalahan hamba-hambamu ini. Maka kami ini, budak tuankulah kami, baik kami maupun orang pada siapa kedapatan piala itu."

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Maka sembah Yehuda: Apakah yang hendak patik sahut kepada tuanku? Apakah yang hendak patik persembahkan? Dan bagaimana patik sekalian ini dapat membenarkan diri patik? Bahwa telah didapati Allah akan dosa patik-patik tuanku. Bahwa sesungguhnya patik sekalian menjadi hamba kepada tuanku, baik patik sekalian baik ia, yang telah didapati piala itu dalam tangannya.

Contextual Overview

¹ And he commaunded the ruler of his house, saying: fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can cary, & put euery mans mony in his sackesmouth: ² And put my cup, my siluer cup in the sackes mouth of the youngest, and his corne money also. And he did according to the worde that Ioseph had saide. ³ And in the morning assoone as it was lyght, the men were let go, they, and their asses. ⁴ And when they were out of the citie, and not yet farre away, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruler of his house: vp, and folowe after the men, & when thou doest ouertake them, thou shalt say vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euyl for good? ⁵ Is not that the cuppe in the whiche my Lord drinketh? and for the which he consulteth with the propheciers? Ye haue euill done that ye haue done. ⁶ And when he ouertoke them, he sayd the same wordes vnto them. ⁷ And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so. ⁸ Beholde the money which we founde in our sackes mouthes, we brought agayne vnto thee, out of the land of Chanaan: howe then shoulde we steale out of thy Lordes house eyther siluer or golde? ⁹ With whomsoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde, let him dye, and we also wyll be my Lordes bondmen. ¹⁰ And he said, Nowe also let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whom it is founde, shalbe my seruaunt, and ye shalbe blamelesse.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Judah: Genesis 44:32, Genesis 43:8, Genesis 43:9

What shall we say: Deuteronomy 25:1, Ezra 9:10, Ezra 9:15, Job 40:4, Proverbs 17:15, Isaiah 5:3, Daniel 9:7, Acts 2:37

God hath: Genesis 37:18-28, Genesis 42:21, Genesis 42:22, Numbers 32:23, Joshua 7:1, Joshua 7:18, Judges 1:7, Proverbs 28:17, Matthew 7:2, Luke 12:2

iniquity: Genesis 43:9, Isaiah 27:9, Daniel 9:7

behold: Genesis 44:9, Genesis 37:7, Genesis 37:9

Reciprocal: Genesis 46:28 - Judah 1 Kings 18:7 - my lord Elijah 1 Kings 18:21 - answered Psalms 51:15 - O Lord Mark 14:40 - neither

Cross-References

Genesis 37:7
Beholde, we were byndyng sheaues in the fielde: and lo, my sheafe arose and stoode vpright, & beholde, your sheaues stoode rounde about, and made obeysaunce to my sheafe.

Genesis 37:9
And he dreamed yet another dreame, and tolde it his brethren, saying: behold I haue had one dreame more, and beholde, the sunne, and the moone, & xj. starres made obeysaunce to me.

Genesis 44:8
Beholde the money which we founde in our sackes mouthes, we brought agayne vnto thee, out of the land of Chanaan: howe then shoulde we steale out of thy Lordes house eyther siluer or golde?

Genesis 44:9
With whomsoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde, let him dye, and we also wyll be my Lordes bondmen.

Genesis 44:18
Then Iuda went vnto him, and said: Oh my lorde, let thy seruaunt [I pray thee] speake a worde in my lordes eares, and be not inflamed with wrath agaynst thy seruaunt, for thou art euen as Pharao.

Genesis 44:21
And thou saidest vnto thy seruauntes: bryng him vnto me, that I may set my eyes vpon him.

Genesis 44:22
And we aunswered my Lorde, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he shoulde leaue his father, he were but dead.

Genesis 44:28
And the one went out from me, and I sayd, of a suretie he is torne in peeces, and I sawe him not since.

Genesis 44:32
For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long.

Numbers 32:23
But and if ye wyll not do so, beholde, ye haue sinned agaynst the Lorde: and be sure your sinne wyll finde you out.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Judah said, what shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak?.... Signifying that they were nonplussed, confounded, knew not what to say; they could not acknowledge guilt, for they were not conscious of any, and yet could not deny the fact, the cup being found on one of them; and though they might have a suspicion of fraud, yet were afraid to speak out what they suspected, and therefore were at the utmost loss to express themselves:

or how shall we clear ourselves? to assert their innocence signified nothing, here was full proof against them, at least against their brother Benjamin:

God hath found the iniquity of thy servants; brought it to their remembrance, fastened the guilt of it on their consciences, and in his providence was bringing them to just punishment for it; meaning not the iniquity of taking away the cup, which they were not conscious of, but some other iniquity of theirs they had heretofore been guilty of, and now God was contending with them for it; particularly the iniquity of selling Joseph; this was brought to their minds before, when in distress, and now again, see Genesis 42:21:

behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found; hereby fulfilling his dream more manifestly than ever; for, by bowing down to the earth to him, they might be thought to do no other than what all did, that came to buy corn of him; but here they own themselves to be his servants, and him to be lord over them, and to have dominion over them all, and them to be his slaves and bondmen.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

- The Ten Brothers Were Tested

Joseph has had the satisfaction of seeing his brother Benjamin safe and well. He has heard his brothers acknowledging their guilt concerning himself. He resolves to put their attachment to Benjamin, and the genuineness of their change of disposition, to a test that will at the same time expose Benjamin to no hazard.

Genesis 44:1-5

And my cup. - Besides returning each man’s money as before, a silver cup of Joseph’s is put in Benjamin’s bag, after which, when daylight comes, they are dismissed. They are scarcely out of the town when Joseph’s steward is ordered to overtake them, and charge them with stealing the cup. “And whereby indeed he divineth.” Divining by cups, we learn from this, was a common custom in Egypt (Herodotus ii. 83). It is here mentioned to enhance the value of the cup. Whether Joseph really practised any sort of divination cannot be determined from this passage.

Genesis 44:6-12

The cup is found in Benjamin’s bag. “Spake unto them these words.” The words of Joseph, supplying of course the mention of the cup which is expressed in the text only by the pronoun this. “We brought back to thee.” Silver that we might have retained, and to which you made no claim when we tendered it, we brought back. How or why should we therefore, steal silver? “Now also according to your words let it be.” He adopts their terms with a mitigation. He with whom the cup is found shall become a slave for life, and the rest be acquitted. The steward searches from the oldest to the youngest. The cup is found where it was put.

Genesis 44:13-17

“They rent their garments;” the natural token of a sorrow that knows no remedy. “And Judah went.” He had pledged himself for the safety of Benjamin to his father. And he was yet there; awaiting no doubt the result which he anticipated. “They fell before him on the earth.” It is no longer a bending of the head or bowing of the body, but the posture of deepest humiliation. How deeply that early dream penetrated into the stern reality! “Wot ye not that such a man as I doth certainly divine?” Joseph keeps up the show of resentment for a little longer, and brings out from Judah the most pathetic plea of its kind that ever was uttered. “The God,” the great and only God, “hath found out the iniquity of thy servants;” in our dark and treacherous dealing with our brother. “Behold, we are servants to my lord.” He resigns himself and all to perpetual bondage, as the doom of a just God upon their still-remembered crime. “He shall be my servant; and ye, go up in peace to your father.” Now is the test applied with the nicest adjustment. Now is the moment of agony and suspense to Joseph. Will my brothers prove true? says he within himself. Will Judah prove adequate to the occasion? say we. His pleading with his father augured well.

Verse 18-34

“And Judah came near unto him.” He is going to surrender himself as a slave for life, that Benjamin may go home with his brothers, who are permitted to depart. “Let thy servant now speak a word in the ears of my lord.” There is nothing here but respectful calmness of demeanor. “And let not thine anger burn against thy servant.” He intuitively feels that the grand vizier is a man of like feelings with himself. He will surmount the distinction of rank, and stand with him on the ground of a common humanity. “For so art thou as Pharaoh.” Thou hast power to grant or withhold my request. This forms, the exordium of the speech. Then follows the plea. This consists in a simple statement of the facts, which Judah expects to have its native effect upon a rightly-constituted heart. We will not touch this statement, except to explain two or three expressions. A young lad - a comparative youth. “Let me set mine eyes upon him” - regard him with favor and kindness. “He shall leave his father and he shall die.” If he were to leave his father, his father would die. Such is the natural interpretation of these words, as the paternal affection is generally stronger than the filial. “And now let thy servant now abide instead of the lad a servant to my lord.” Such is the humble and earnest petition of Judah. He calmly and firmly sacrifices home, family, and birthright, rather than see an aged father die of a broken heart.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Genesis 44:16. What shall we say, c. — No words can more strongly mark confusion and perturbation of mind. They, no doubt, all thought that Benjamin had actually stolen the cup and the probability of this guilt might be heightened by the circumstance of his having that very cup to drink out of at dinner; for as he had the most honourable mess, so it is likely he had the most honourable cup to drink out of at the entertainment.