Kejadian 44:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Tetapi baru saja mereka keluar dari kota itu, belum lagi jauh jaraknya, berkatalah Yusuf kepada kepala rumahnya: "Bersiaplah, kejarlah orang-orang itu, dan apabila engkau sampai kepada mereka, katakanlah kepada mereka: Mengapa kamu membalas yang baik dengan yang jahat?

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Tetapi baru saja mereka keluar dari kota itu, belum lagi jauh jaraknya, berkatalah Yusuf kepada kepala rumahnya: "Bersiaplah, kejarlah orang-orang itu, dan apabila engkau sampai kepada mereka, katakanlah kepada mereka: Mengapa kamu membalas yang baik dengan yang jahat?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Setelah mereka itu keluar dari negeri, tiada berapa jauhnya, maka kata Yusuf kepada pemerintah rumahnya itu: Bangunlah engkau, kejar akan orang itu dari belakang, maka apabila engkau sampai kepadanya, katakanlah demikian: Mengapa kamu membalas baik itu dengan jahat?

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
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Up: Deuteronomy 2:16

Wherefore: 1 Samuel 24:17, 2 Chronicles 20:11, Psalms 35:12, Psalms 109:5, Proverbs 17:13, John 10:32

Reciprocal: Genesis 44:15 - What Exodus 32:1 - Up Judges 4:14 - Up 1 Samuel 9:26 - Up 1 Samuel 25:21 - he hath requited Psalms 7:4 - If I John 13:25 - who

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 2:16
And so it came to passe, that all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people.

1 Samuel 24:17
And sayde to Dauid, Thou art more righteous then I: for thou hast rewarded me with good, where as I haue rewarded thee with euyll.

2 Chronicles 20:11
See howe they rewarde vs, to come for to cast vs out of thy possession whiche thou hast geuen vs to inherite.

Psalms 35:12
They rewarded me euill for good: to the great discomfort of my soule.

Psalms 109:5
Thus haue they rewarded me euyll for good: and hatred for my good wyll.

Proverbs 17:13
Who so rewardeth euill for good, euil shall not depart from his house.

John 10:32
Iesus aunswered them, Many good workes haue I shewed you from my father: for which of the do ye stone me?

Gill's Notes on the Bible

[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off,.... Which perhaps was Tanis, the Zoan of the Scriptures; see

Ezekiel 30:14, margin;

Joseph said unto his steward, up, follow after the men; who no doubt was ready provided with men and horses, to go out and pursue when Joseph should give the orders, he being privy to Joseph's intentions, and with whom the scheme was concerted, and the secret was. Joseph appears to have been up very early this morning, and had observed the exact time of his brethren's departure, and guessed whereabouts they might be when he sent his steward, and others after them; for it can hardly be thought he was sent alone after eleven men, and to charge them with a theft, and bring them back again:

and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? in taking away the silver cup, when they had been so kindly and bountifully entertained. This he was to represent as base ingratitude, as it would have appeared, had it been fact. In much such manner was Esop used by the inhabitants of Delphos; they, being displeased with him, put a sacred cup or vial into his bags, which he, being ignorant of, went on his way towards Phocis; and they ran after him, and seized him, and charged him with sacrilege h.

h Scholia ad Vespes Aristophanis, p. 534. Ed. Genev. 1607.

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.