The Silver Cup

Genesis 44:1-34

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Genesis

The Creation of the World 1:1-2:3 The Creation of Man and Woman 2:4-25 The Fall of Man 3:1-24 Cain and Abel 4:1-26 From Adam to Noah 5:1-32 The Flood 6:1-8:22 God’s Covenant with Noah 9:1-17 Noah’s Drunkenness and Curse 9:18-29 Nations Descended from Noah 10:1-32 The Tower of Babel 11:1-9 From Shem to Abram 11:10-32 The Call of Abram 12:1-9 Abram in Egypt 12:10-20 Abram and Lot Separate 13:1-18 Abram Rescues Lot 14:1-24 God’s Covenant with Abram 15:1-21 Hagar and Ishmael 16:1-16 The Covenant of Circumcision 17:1-27 A Son Promised to Sarah 18:1-15 Abraham Intercedes for Sodom 18:16-33 The Destruction of Sodom 19:1-29 The Origin of Moab and Ammon 19:30-38 Abraham and Abimelech 20:1-18 The Birth of Isaac 21:1-7 Hagar and Ishmael Sent Away 21:8-21 A Treaty with Abimelech 21:22-34 The Sacrifice of Isaac 22:1-19 Nahor’s Children 22:20-24 The Death and Burial of Sarah 23:1-20 A Wife for Isaac 24:1-67 The Death of Abraham 25:1-11 Ishmael’s Descendants 25:12-18 Esau and Jacob 25:19-34 Isaac and Abimelech 26:1-35 Jacob Takes Esau’s Blessing 27:1-40 Jacob Sent to Paddan-aram 27:41-28:9 Jacob’s Dream at Bethel 28:10-22 Jacob Meets Rachel 29:1-14 Jacob Marries Leah and Rachel 29:15-30 The Children of Jacob 29:31-30:24 Jacob’s Prosperity 30:25-43 Jacob Flees from Laban 31:1-21 Jacob and Laban Make a Covenant 31:22-55 Jacob Prepares to Meet Esau 32:1-21 Jacob Wrestles with God 32:22-32 Jacob Meets Esau 33:1-20 Dinah and the Shechemites 34:1-31 God Blesses Jacob at Bethel 35:1-15 Deaths of Rachel and Isaac 35:16-29 Esau’s Descendants 36:1-30 The Kings of Edom 36:31-43 Joseph’s Dreams 37:1-11 Joseph Sold by His Brothers 37:12-36 Judah and Tamar 38:1-30 Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife 39:1-23 Joseph Interprets Dreams in Prison 40:1-23 Pharaoh’s Dreams 41:1-40 Joseph Rises to Power 41:41-57 Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt 42:1-38 Joseph’s Brothers Return with Benjamin 43:1-34 The Silver Cup 44:1-34 Joseph Reveals Himself 45:1-28 Jacob Goes to Egypt 46:1-47:12 Joseph and the Famine 47:13-31 Jacob Blesses Ephraim and Manasseh 48:1-22 Jacob Blesses His Sons 49:1-28 The Death and Burial of Jacob 49:29-50:14 Joseph Reassures His Brothers 50:15-21 The Death of Joseph 50:22-26

Exodus

Israel Increases in Egypt 1:1-22 The Birth of Moses 2:1-10 Moses Flees to Midian 2:11-25 The Burning Bush 3:1-22 Signs for Moses 4:1-17 Moses Returns to Egypt 4:18-31 Moses and Aaron Before Pharaoh 5:1-21 God Promises Deliverance 5:22-6:12 The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron 6:13-27 Moses and Aaron Sent to Pharaoh 6:28-7:7 Aaron’s Staff Becomes a Serpent 7:8-13 The First Plague: Water to Blood 7:14-24 The Second Plague: Frogs 7:25-8:15 The Third Plague: Gnats 8:16-19 The Fourth Plague: Flies 8:20-32 The Fifth Plague: Livestock Die 9:1-7 The Sixth Plague: Boils 9:8-12 The Seventh Plague: Hail 9:13-35 The Eighth Plague: Locusts 10:1-20 The Ninth Plague: Darkness 10:21-29 A Final Plague Threatened 11:1-10 The Passover 12:1-30 The Exodus 12:31-42 Passover Regulations 12:43-51 Consecration of the Firstborn 13:1-16 Crossing the Red Sea 13:17-14:31 The Song of Moses 15:1-21 Bitter Water Made Sweet 15:22-27 Manna from Heaven 16:1-36 Water from the Rock 17:1-7 Amalek Defeated 17:8-16 Jethro’s Advice 18:1-27 Israel at Mount Sinai 19:1-25 The Ten Commandments 20:1-21 Laws About Altars 20:22-21:1 Laws About Slaves 21:2-11 Laws About Personal Injuries 21:12-36 Laws About Restitution 22:1-15 Laws About Holiness 22:16-31 Laws About Justice 23:1-9 Sabbath Years and Weeks 23:10-13 The Three Feasts 23:14-19 The Angel and the Promises 23:20-33 The Covenant Confirmed 24:1-18 Contributions for the Sanctuary 25:1-9 The Ark of the Testimony 25:10-22 The Table for Bread 25:23-30 The Golden Lampstand 25:31-40 The Tabernacle 26:1-37 The Bronze Altar 27:1-8 The Court of the Tabernacle 27:9-19 Oil for the Lamp 27:20-21 The Priests’ Garments 28:1-5 The Ephod 28:6-14 The Breastpiece of Judgment 28:15-30 Other Priestly Garments 28:31-43 Consecration of the Priests 29:1-46 The Altar of Incense 30:1-10 The Census Tax 30:11-16 The Bronze Basin 30:17-21 The Anointing Oil 30:22-33 The Incense 30:34-38 Oholiab and Bezalel 31:1-11 The Sabbath Sign 31:12-18 The Golden Calf 32:1-33:6 The Tent of Meeting 33:7-11 Moses’ Intercession and God’s Glory 33:12-23 New Tablets and Covenant 34:1-28 The Shining Face of Moses 34:29-35 Sabbath Regulations 35:1-3 Freewill Offerings for the Tabernacle 35:4-29 Bezalel and Oholiab Set Apart 35:30-36:7 Making the Tabernacle 36:8-38 Making the Ark 37:1-9 Making the Table 37:10-16 Making the Lampstand 37:17-24 Making the Altar of Incense 37:25-29 Making the Bronze Altar 38:1-7 Making the Bronze Basin 38:8 Making the Court 38:9-20 Materials of the Tabernacle 38:21-31 Making the Priests’ Garments 39:1 The Ephod Made 39:2-7 The Breastpiece Made 39:8-21 Other Garments Made 39:22-31 The Work Completed 39:32-43 The Tabernacle Erected 40:1-33 The Glory Fills the Tabernacle 40:34-38

Numbers

The Census of Israel 1:1-54 Arrangement of the Camp 2:1-34 The Levites’ Duties 3:1-51 Kohathites’ Service 4:1-20 Gershonites’ Service 4:21-28 Merarites’ Service 4:29-33 Census of the Levites 4:34-49 Unclean Removed from Camp 5:1-4 Restitution for Wrongs 5:5-10 The Test for Adultery 5:11-31 The Nazirite Vow 6:1-21 The Priestly Blessing 6:22-27 Offerings of the Leaders 7:1-89 The Lamps 8:1-4 The Levites Consecrated 8:5-26 The Passover Celebrated 9:1-14 The Cloud Over the Tabernacle 9:15-23 The Silver Trumpets 10:1-10 Departure from Sinai 10:11-36 Complaint and Quail; Seventy Elders 11:1-35 Miriam and Aaron Oppose Moses 12:1-16 Spies Sent into Canaan 13:1-25 Report of the Spies 13:26-33 The People Rebel 14:1-45 Offerings and Firstfruits 15:1-21 Unintentional Sin and Presumptuous Sin 15:22-31 The Sabbath-Breaker 15:32-36 Tassels on Garments 15:37-41 Korah’s Rebellion 16:1-50 Aaron’s Staff Buds 17:1-13 Priests’ and Levites’ Duties 18:1-7 Portions for Priests and Levites 18:8-32 The Red Heifer 19:1-22 Water from the Rock at Meribah 20:1-13 Edom Refuses Passage 20:14-21 Aaron’s Death 20:22-29 Arad Defeated 21:1-3 The Bronze Serpent 21:4-9 Journeys in the Wilderness 21:10-20 Victories over Sihon and Og 21:21-35 Balaam Summoned 22:1-20 Balaam’s Donkey and the Angel 22:21-41 Balaam’s First Oracle 23:1-12 Balaam’s Second Oracle 23:13-26 Balaam’s Third Oracle 23:27-24:14 The Star out of Jacob 24:15-19 Balaam’s Final Sayings 24:20-25 Baal of Peor and Phinehas 25:1-18 The Second Census 26:1-65 Daughters of Zelophehad 27:1-11 Joshua Appointed 27:12-23 Daily Offerings 28:1-8 Sabbath Offerings 28:9-10 Monthly Offerings 28:11-15 Passover Offerings 28:16-25 Weeks (Firstfruits) Offerings 28:26-31 Trumpets Offerings 29:1-6 Day of Atonement Offerings 29:7-11 Booths Offerings 29:12-40 Vows 30:1-16 War with Midian—Spoils 31:1-24 Division of the Spoils 31:25-54 Reuben, Gad, and Half-Manasseh 32:1-42 Stages of Israel’s Journey 33:1-56 Boundaries of the Land 34:1-29 Levitical Cities 35:1-5 Cities of Refuge 35:6-34 Marriage of Zelophehad’s Daughters 36:1-13

Deuteronomy

Preamble and Setting 1:1-8 Leaders Appointed 1:9-18 Spies Sent 1:19-25 Rebellion and Judgment 1:26-46 Journey Through Edom, Moab, Ammon 2:1-23 Victory over Sihon 2:24-37 Victory over Og 3:1-11 Allotment East of Jordan 3:12-20 Moses Forbidden to Enter 3:21-29 Call to Obey 4:1-14 No Idols 4:15-31 The LORD Alone Is God 4:32-40 Cities of Refuge East 4:41-43 Introduction to the Law 4:44-49 The Ten Commandments Rehearsed 5:1-33 The Shema and Instruction 6:1-25 Warning Against the Nations 7:1-26 Do Not Forget the LORD 8:1-20 Not for Your Righteousness 9:1-6 Israel’s Rebellions Recounted 9:7-29 New Tablets; Ark 10:1-11 Fear the LORD 10:12-22 Love, Obey, Choose 11:1-32 The Place of Worship 12:1-32 False Prophets and Idolatry 13:1-18 Clean and Unclean Foods 14:1-21 Tithes 14:22-29 Sabbatical Year 15:1-11 Hebrew Slaves 15:12-18 Firstborn Animals 15:19-23 Passover 16:1-8 Weeks 16:9-12 Booths 16:13-17 Justice 16:18-20 Forbidden Worship 16:21-17:7 Difficult Cases 17:8-13 Laws for the King 17:14-20 Provision for Levites 18:1-8 Abominable Practices 18:9-13 A Prophet Like Moses 18:14-22 Cities of Refuge 19:1-14 Witnesses and Penalties 19:15-21 Rules for War 20:1-20 Unsolved Murder 21:1-9 Wives from War 21:10-14 Rights of the Firstborn 21:15-17 Rebellious Son 21:18-21 Various Laws 21:22-22:12 Laws of Chastity 22:13-30 Assembly Exclusions 23:1-8 Camp Purity 23:9-14 Various Laws Continued 23:15-25:19 Firstfruits and Tithes Confession 26:1-15 You Are the LORD’s People 26:16-19 Law on Stones and Altar 27:1-8 Curses Pronounced 27:9-26 Blessings for Obedience 28:1-14 Curses for Disobedience 28:15-68 Renewal in Moab 29:1-29 Choose Life 30:1-20 Joshua Commissioned 31:1-8 Public Reading of the Law 31:9-13 Moses’ Warning of Apostasy 31:14-29 The Song of Moses 31:30-32:47 Moses to Die on Nebo 32:48-52 Moses Blesses Israel 33:1-29 The Death of Moses 34:1-12

Joshua

Joshua Commissioned and Encouraged 1:1-18 Rahab Protects the Spies 2:1-24 Crossing the Jordan and Memorial Stones 3:1-4:24 Renewal at Gilgal: Circumcision and Passover 5:1-12 The Commander Appears and the Fall of Jericho 5:13-6:27 Defeat at Ai and Achan's Sin Revealed 7:1-26 The Capture and Destruction of Ai 8:1-29 Altar on Mount Ebal and the Law Proclaimed 8:30-35 The Gibeonite Deception and Treaty 9:1-27 Victory at Gibeon and the Long Day 10:1-15 Capture and Execution of the Five Kings 10:16-28 The Southern Campaign and Conquest of Cities 10:29-43 Defeat of the Northern Coalition and Hazor Destroyed 11:1-23 Lists of Kings Defeated East and West of the Jordan 12:1-24 Land Remaining to Be Possessed 13:1-7 Allotments East of the Jordan 13:8-33 Procedure for Distributing the Land and Levitical Cities 14:1-5 Caleb's Claim and Inheritance of Hebron 14:6-15 Boundaries and Towns of Judah 15:1-63 Ephraim and West Manasseh: Boundaries and Claims 16:1-17:18 Shiloh Established and the Land Surveyed 18:1-10 Territory and Towns of Benjamin 18:11-28 Territory of Simeon 19:1-9 Territory of Zebulun 19:10-16 Territory of Issachar 19:17-23 Territory of Asher 19:24-31 Territory of Naphtali 19:32-39 Territory of Dan 19:40-48 Completion of the Allotments and Joshua's Inheritance 19:49-51 Cities of Refuge Established 20:1-9 Levitical Cities and Their Holdings 21:1-45 The Eastern Tribes' Altar and the Reconciliation 22:1-34 Joshua's Farewell Exhortation and Warning 23:1-16 Renewal of the Covenant at Shechem 24:1-27 Death and Burial of Joshua and Eleazar 24:28-33

1 Samuel

Hannah's Prayer for a Son 1:1-20 Hannah Presents Samuel to the Lord 1:21-28 Hannah's Song of Praise 2:1-11 Eli's Corrupt Sons and Samuel's Childhood 2:12-26 Prophecy of Judgment on Eli's House 2:27-36 Samuel's Call and the Lord's Word to Eli 3:1-4:1 Israel Defeated and the Ark Captured 4:2-11 Eli's Death and the Birth of Ichabod 4:12-22 The Ark Brings Judgment in Philistine Cities 5:1-12 The Ark Returned to Israel 6:1-7:1 Samuel Judges Israel and Delivers Them at Mizpah 7:2-17 Israel Demands a King 8:1-22 Saul Chosen and Given Signs 9:1-10:8 Saul Proclaimed King by Lot 10:9-27 Saul's Victory at Jabesh-Gilead 11:1-11 Saul Confirmed as King at Gilgal 11:12-15 Samuel's Farewell and Exhortation to Israel 12:1-25 Saul's Unauthorized Sacrifice and Rebuke 13:1-15 Philistine Pressure and Israel's Lack of Arms 13:16-22 Jonathan's Bold Assault and Victory 13:23-14:14 Saul's Rash Oath and Its Consequences 14:15-23 Saul's Pursuit and Jonathan's Exploits 14:24-48 Saul's Family and Mighty Men 14:49-52 Saul's Disobedience and Rejection as King 15:1-35 David Anointed by Samuel 16:1-13 David Serves Saul and Eases His Torment 16:14-23 David and Goliath 17:1-58 David's Rise and Saul's Jealousy 18:1-30 Saul's Attempts on David's Life and Jonathan's Intervention 19:1-24 David and Jonathan's Covenant 20:1-42 David at Nob: Bread and Goliath's Sword 21:1-9 David Feigns Madness at Gath 21:10-15 David Gathers Followers and Seeks Priestly Aid 22:1-5 Massacre at Nob and Abiathar Joins David 22:6-23 David Delivers Keilah and Inquires of God 23:1-6 Saul's Pursuit, Ziphite Betrayal, and David's Escape 23:7-29 David Spares Saul in a Cave 24:1-22 Nabal's Folly and Abigail's Intervention 25:1-44 David Again Spares Saul in His Camp 26:1-25 David Seeks Refuge with Achish 27:1-12 Saul and the Witch of Endor 28:1-25 The Philistines Reject David 29:1-11 David Recovers His Family and Defeats the Amalekites 30:1-31 The Death of Saul and His Sons 31:1-13

2 Samuel

An Amalekite Reports Saul and Jonathan's Death 1:1-16 David's Lament for Saul and Jonathan 1:17-27 David Anointed King of Judah at Hebron 2:1-7 Ish‑Bosheth Made King; Civil War with David Begins 2:8-3:5 Abner Seeks Alliance with David 3:6-21 Joab Murders Abner; David's Protest and Mourning 3:22-39 Ish‑Bosheth Assassinated 4:1-12 David Anointed King over All Israel 5:1-5 David Captures Jerusalem and Establishes His House 5:6-16 David's Victories over the Philistines 5:17-25 Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem; Uzzah's Death and David's Joy 6:1-23 God's Covenant with David 7:1-17 David's Prayer of Thanksgiving for God's Promise 7:18-29 David's Military Victories 8:1-14 David's Officials and Mighty Men 8:15-18 David Shows Kindness to Mephibosheth 9:1-13 War with the Ammonites and Syrians 10:1-19 David and Bathsheba; the Death of Uriah 11:1-27 Nathan Rebukes David; Judgment and Aftermath 12:1-31 Amnon's Crime against Tamar 13:1-22 Absalom Kills Amnon and Flees 13:23-39 Joab Secures Absalom's Return and Reconciliation 14:1-33 Absalom's Conspiracy and Rise to Power 15:1-12 David Flees Jerusalem; Loyal Followers Accompany Him 15:13-37 Ziba Brings Provisions to David 16:1-4 Shimei Curses David as He Flees 16:5-14 Counsel in Absalom's Court; Ahithophel's Plan and Hushai's Counterplot 16:15-17:29 Battle in the Forest of Ephraim and Absalom's Death 18:1-18 Reports of Victory and David's Grief for Absalom 18:19-19:8 David's Return to Jerusalem; Reconciliation and Disputes 19:9-43 Sheba's Revolt and Its Suppression 20:1-26 Famine and the Gibeonites' Demand; Saul's Descendants Executed 21:1-14 David's Battles with the Philistines and the Valor of His Men 21:15-22 David's Song of Deliverance 22:1-51 David's Final Oracle 23:1-7 The Deeds of David's Mighty Warriors 23:8-39 David's Census and the Resulting Plague 24:1-17 David Purchases the Threshing Floor; Sacrifice and End of Plague 24:18-25

1 Kings

Adonijah Attempts to Seize the Throne 1:1-27 Solomon Anointed King 1:28-53 David's Charge to Solomon and Death 2:1-12 Solomon Consolidates His Power 2:13-46 Solomon's Request for Wisdom 3:1-15 Solomon's Wise Judgment 3:16-28 Solomon's Officials and Administrative Order 4:1-19 The Wealth and Prosperity of Israel 4:20-28 Solomon's Wisdom and Fame 4:29-34 Alliances and Preparations for the Temple 5:1-18 Solomon Builds the Temple 6:1-38 Solomon's Palace and Structural Works 7:1-12 Temple Furnishings and the Work of Hiram 7:13-51 The Ark Brought into the Temple 8:1-21 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication 8:22-61 The Dedication Celebrated with Sacrifice 8:62-66 God's Promise and Warning to Solomon 9:1-9 Solomon's Building Projects and Trade 9:10-28 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 10:1-13 The Wealth and Splendor of Solomon's Reign 10:14-29 Solomon's Foreign Wives and Apostasy 11:1-13 Adversaries Raised Against Solomon 11:14-25 Jeroboam's Call and the Promise of Division 11:26-40 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 11:41-43 Rehoboam's Folly and the Kingdom Divides 12:1-24 Jeroboam Establishes Golden Calves 12:25-33 Prophetic Rebuke at Bethel and Deception 13:1-34 Ahijah's Prophecy Against Jeroboam 14:1-20 Rehoboam's Unfaithfulness and Shishak's Invasion 14:21-31 Abijam's Short Reign in Judah 15:1-8 Asa's Reforms and Early Reign 15:9-24 Nadab's Reign and Baasha's Conspiracy 15:25-32 Baasha's Reign and Jehu's Prophecy 15:33-16:7 Elah Assassinated and Zimri's Usurpation 16:8-14 Zimri's Suicide and Omri's Rise to Power 16:15-20 Omri Establishes Samaria as Capital 16:21-28 Ahab and Jezebel Introduce Baal Worship 16:29-34 Elijah Announces the Drought and Is Fed by Ravens 17:1-6 Elijah in Zarephath: Provision and Resurrection 17:7-24 Elijah Confronts Ahab and Prepares for Confrontation 18:1-15 Elijah on Mount Carmel and the Fall of Baal's Prophets 18:16-46 Elijah Flees to Horeb and Is Renewed 19:1-9 God's Response to Elijah and New Commissions 19:10-18 The Call of Elisha 19:19-21 Ben‑hadad Besieges Samaria; Israel's Defiant Response 20:1-12 Israel's Victories Over Aram and Ahab's Mercy 20:13-34 A Prophet Enacts Judgment on the King 20:35-43 Naboth's Vineyard: Ahab and Jezebel's Crime and Punishment 21:1-29 Ahab and Jehoshaphat Seek Counsel; Micaiah's True Prophecy 22:1-28 Ahab Dies at Ramoth‑Gilead 22:29-40 Jehoshaphat's Reign in Judah 22:41-50 Ahaziah Succeeds Ahab and Does Evil 22:51-53

2 Kings

Ahaziah Seeks Counsel and Elijah’s Judgment 1:1-18 Elijah Taken Up; Elisha Succeeds 2:1-18 Elisha Purifies Jericho’s Water 2:19-22 Mockers of Elisha Mauled by Bears 2:23-25 Alliance Against Moab and Elisha’s Miracle 3:1-27 The Widow’s Oil Multiplied 4:1-7 Elisha Restores the Shunammite’s Son 4:8-37 Poisoned Stew Made Safe 4:38-41 Elisha Feeds a Hundred Men 4:42-44 Naaman Healed of Leprosy and Gehazi’s Greed 5:1-27 The Floating Axe Head 6:1-7 Elisha Foils the Aramean Raid 6:8-23 Famine Besieges Samaria 6:24-7:2 Arameans Flee; Samaria’s Deliverance 7:3-20 The Shunammite Restored to Her Land 8:1-6 Elisha Foretells Hazael’s Rise 8:7-15 Jehoram’s Reign in Israel 8:16-24 Ahaziah of Judah Ascends the Throne 8:25-29 Anointing of Jehu as King 9:1-13 Jehu Slays Joram and the House of Ahab 9:14-29 The Death of Jezebel 9:30-37 Jehu Executes Ahab’s Kin at Jezreel 10:1-17 Jehu Destroys Baal Worship 10:18-36 Joash Crowned; Athaliah Overthrown 11:1-21 Joash Repairs the Temple 12:1-21 Jehoahaz of Israel and Aramean Oppression 13:1-9 Jehoash of Israel and Elisha’s Final Acts 13:10-25 Amaziah of Judah: Victory and Pride 14:1-22 Jeroboam II Restores Israel’s Borders 14:23-29 Azariah (Uzziah) King of Judah 15:1-7 Zechariah’s Short Reign and Assassination 15:8-12 Shallum’s Brief Usurpation and Murder 15:13-16 Menahem’s Reign and Tribute to Assyria 15:17-22 Pekahiah Murdered; Pekah’s Conspiracy 15:23-26 Pekah Rules and Wars with Judah 15:27-31 Jotham King of Judah 15:32-38 Ahaz’s Reign and Submission to Assyria 16:1-20 Fall of Samaria and Israel’s Exile 17:1-6 Reasons for Israel’s Exile 17:7-23 Resettling Samaria and Syncretistic Worship 17:24-41 Hezekiah’s Reforms and Fortifications 18:1-16 Rabshakeh’s Taunts before Jerusalem 18:17-37 Hezekiah’s Plea and Isaiah’s Prophecy 19:1-13 Hezekiah’s Prayer of Surrender 19:14-19 The LORD Delivers Jerusalem from Sennacherib 19:20-37 Hezekiah’s Illness, Recovery, and the Sign 20:1-11 Hezekiah’s Pride and a Warning about Babylon 20:12-21 Manasseh’s Long, Wicked Reign 21:1-18 Amon’s Short Reign and Assassination 21:19-26 Josiah Finds the Book of the Law and Reforms 22:1-20 Josiah’s Covenant Renewal and Passover 23:1-30 Jehoahaz Deposed; Jehoiakim Installed by Egypt 23:31-35 Jehoiakim’s Reign and Babylonian Pressure 23:36-24:7 Jehoiachin’s Brief Reign and First Exile 24:8-17 Zedekiah Appointed as Babylon’s Vassal 24:18-19 Siege and Fall of Jerusalem; Destruction and Exile 24:20-25:26 Jehoiachin Released from Babylonian Prison 25:27-30

1 Chronicles

Genealogies from Adam to Abraham 1:1-27 The Descendants of Abraham 1:28-34 The Edomite Genealogies (Esau and Seir) 1:35-54 The Sons of Israel 2:1-2 The Genealogy and Families of Judah 2:3-55 David’s Descendants and the Royal Line 3:1-24 Judahite Families and Notable Descendants 4:1-23 The Families and Settlements of Simeon 4:24-43 Transjordanian Tribes and Their Chiefs 5:1-10 Wars and Settlements East of the Jordan 5:11-22 Loss of Territory and Exile East of the Jordan 5:23-26 The Levites: Genealogy and Temple Service 6:1-81 The Tribe of Issachar 7:1-5 A Register of Benjamin’s Households 7:6-12 A Brief Genealogical Note 7:13 The Tribe of Naphtali 7:14-19 The Tribe of Manasseh 7:20-29 The Tribe of Ephraim 7:30-40 The Genealogy of Benjamin (including Saul’s Line) 8:1-9:1 Resettlement of Jerusalem: Residents and Officials 9:2-34 Gatekeepers and Temple Servants in Jerusalem 9:35-44 The Death of Saul and the End of His House 10:1-14 David Anointed King over Israel 11:1-3 David Captures Jerusalem (Zion) 11:4-9 David’s Mighty Men and Warriors 11:10-47 Those Who Came to David at Hebron (Judah’s Support) 12:1-22 Israel’s Warriors Join David at Hebron 12:23-40 Bringing the Ark: Preparations and Uzzah’s Death 13:1-14 David’s Household and Philistine Submission 14:1-7 David’s Victories over the Philistines 14:8-17 Preparations for Bringing the Ark to Jerusalem 15:1-16:6 David Institutes Worship and a Song of Praise 16:7-43 God’s Covenant with David (Nathan’s Oracle) 17:1-15 David’s Prayer of Thanksgiving for the Covenant 17:16-27 David’s Military Victories and Tribute 18:1-13 David’s Officials and the Spoils of War 18:14-17 War with the Ammonites and Their Allies 19:1-19 The Campaign against Rabbah (Ammon) 20:1-3 Defeat of the Philistines and Their Champions 20:4-8 David’s Census, Plague, and Purchase of the Temple Site 21:1-22:1 David’s Preparations and Instructions for Solomon 22:2-19 David Organizes the Levites 23:1-6 Levitical Families and Their Heads 23:7-11 Age Regulations and Duties of the Levites 23:12-20 Assignments of Levites: Singers, Gatekeepers, Treasurers 23:21-32 Divisions of the Priests into Twenty‑Four Courses 24:1-19 Priestly Families and Their Cities 24:20-31 The Levitical Musicians and Their Organization 25:1-31 Gatekeepers and Their Lineages 26:1-19 Officials Responsible for Treasuries and Records 26:20-32 Military Divisions and Their Commanders 27:1-15 David’s Civil Officials and Overseers 27:16-24 Heads of the King’s Household and Provisions 27:25-34 David’s Charge to Solomon and the Temple Plan 28:1-21 The Nation’s Offerings for the Temple 29:1-9 David’s Prayer of Praise and Blessing for Solomon 29:10-20 David’s Final Acts and Organization of the Kingdom 29:21-25 The Death of David and Solomon’s Accession 29:26-30

2 Chronicles

Solomon's Sacrifice at Gibeon and Prayer for Wisdom 1:1-17 Solomon Secures Materials and Craftsmen for the Temple 2:1-18 The Temple: Foundation and Structure 3:1-17 Temple Furnishings and Completion of the Work 4:1-5:1 The Ark Installed and Solomon's Dedication Prayer 5:2-6:11 Solomon's Prayer of Dedication and God's Assurance 6:12-42 The Lord Fills the Temple and the Dedication Festival 7:1-10 God Appears to Solomon and Gives a Conditional Promise 7:11-22 Solomon's Other Buildings and Relations with Hiram 8:1-18 The Queen of Sheba Visits Solomon 9:1-12 Solomon's Wealth, Trade, and Administration 9:13-28 Summary of Solomon's Reign and Death 9:29-31 Rehoboam's Folly and the Division of the Kingdom 10:1-11:4 Rehoboam Fortifies Judah and Consolidates Support 11:5-17 Rehoboam's Descendants and Death 11:18-23 Shishak's Invasion and Judah's Loss 12:1-16 Abijah's Victory over Israel and His Death 13:1-14:1 Asa's Reforms and Victory over Ethiopia 14:2-15 Asa Strengthened by Prophecy and Covenant Renewal 15:1-19 Asa's Alliance with Aram and Reproof by Hanani 16:1-14 Jehoshaphat Strengthens Judah and Reforms Justice 17:1-19 Jehoshaphat's Alliance with Ahab and the Battle at Ramoth-gilead 18:1-27 Jehu Rebukes Jehoshaphat for the Alliance with Ahab 18:28-19:3 Judicial Reforms: Judges Appointed to Administer Justice 19:4-11 Jehoshaphat's Deliverance through Prayer and Praise 20:1-30 End of Jehoshaphat's Reign and Jehoram's Accession 20:31-21:3 Jehoram's Wicked Reign, Revolts, and Judgment 21:4-20 Ahaziah Succeeds His Father and Is Wounded 22:1-9 Athaliah's Usurpation Overthrown and Joash Crowned 22:10-23:21 Joash's Temple Restoration under Jehoiada 24:1-16 Joash's Apostasy, Punishment, and Assassination 24:17-27 Amaziah's Reign: Victory, Pride, and Defeat by Israel 25:1-28 Uzziah's Prosperity and Pride; Leprosy for Presumption 26:1-23 Jotham's Reign: Fortifications and Prosperity 27:1-9 Ahaz's Idolatry, Defeats, and Assyrian Subjugation 28:1-27 Hezekiah's Temple Restoration and Religious Reforms 29:1-36 Hezekiah's Passover and National Repentance 30:1-31:1 Hezekiah's Religious Administration and Temple Support 31:2-21 Hezekiah's Defense Against Sennacherib and Divine Deliverance 32:1-23 Hezekiah's Illness, Pride, and the Babylonian Envoys 32:24-33 Manasseh's Idolatry, Captivity, Repentance, and Restoration 33:1-20 Amon's Wicked Reign and Assassination 33:21-25 Josiah's Early Reforms and Temple Repair 34:1-13 The Book of the Law Found, Huldah's Prophecy, and Josiah's Covenant 34:14-33 Josiah's Observance of the Passover 35:1-19 Josiah Killed at Megiddo and National Mourning 35:20-36:1 Jehoahaz Reigns Briefly and Is Deposed by Pharaoh 36:2-4 Jehoiakim's Reign and Disobedience 36:5-8 Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon 36:9-10 Zedekiah's Reign and Rejection of Prophetic Warnings 36:11-14 Judgment, Exile, and the Decree of Cyrus 36:15-23

Psalm

Psalms 1–2 1:1-2:12 Psalms 3–8 3:1-8 Psalms 4–8 4:1-8 Psalms 5–12 5:1-12 Psalms 6–10 6:1-10 Psalms 7–17 7:1-17 Psalms 8–9 8:1-9 Psalms 9–10 9:1-10:18 Psalms 11–7 11:1-7 Psalms 12–8 12:1-8 Psalms 13–6 13:1-6 Psalms 14–7 14:1-7 Psalms 15–5 15:1-5 Psalms 16–11 16:1-11 Psalms 17–15 17:1-15 Psalms 18–50 18:1-50 Psalms 19–14 19:1-14 Psalms 20–9 20:1-9 Psalms 21–13 21:1-13 Psalms 22–31 22:1-31 Psalms 23–6 23:1-6 Psalms 24–10 24:1-10 Psalms 25–22 25:1-22 Psalms 26–12 26:1-12 Psalms 27–14 27:1-14 Psalms 28–9 28:1-9 Psalms 29–11 29:1-11 Psalms 30–12 30:1-12 Psalms 31–24 31:1-24 Psalms 32–33 32:1-33:22 Psalms 34–22 34:1-22 Psalms 35–28 35:1-28 Psalms 36–12 36:1-12 Psalms 37–40 37:1-40 Psalms 38–22 38:1-22 Psalms 39–13 39:1-13 Psalms 40–17 40:1-17 Psalms 41–13 41:1-13 Psalms 42–43 42:1-43:5 Psalms 44–26 44:1-26 Psalms 45–17 45:1-17 Psalms 46–11 46:1-11 Psalms 47–9 47:1-9 Psalms 48–14 48:1-14 Psalms 49–20 49:1-20 Psalms 50–23 50:1-23 Psalms 51–19 51:1-19 Psalms 52–9 52:1-9 Psalms 53–6 53:1-6 Psalms 54–7 54:1-7 Psalms 55–23 55:1-23 Psalms 56–13 56:1-13 Psalms 57–11 57:1-11 Psalms 58–11 58:1-11 Psalms 59–17 59:1-17 Psalms 60–12 60:1-12 Psalms 61–8 61:1-8 Psalms 62–12 62:1-12 Psalms 63–11 63:1-11 Psalms 64–10 64:1-10 Psalms 65–13 65:1-13 Psalms 66–20 66:1-20 Psalms 67–7 67:1-7 Psalms 68–35 68:1-35 Psalms 69–36 69:1-36 Psalms 70–71 70:1-71:24 Psalms 72–20 72:1-20 Psalms 73–28 73:1-28 Psalms 74–23 74:1-23 Psalms 75–10 75:1-10 Psalms 76–12 76:1-12 Psalms 77–20 77:1-20 Psalms 78–72 78:1-72 Psalms 79–13 79:1-13 Psalms 80–19 80:1-19 Psalms 81–16 81:1-16 Psalms 82–8 82:1-8 Psalms 83–18 83:1-18 Psalms 84–12 84:1-12 Psalms 85–13 85:1-13 Psalms 86–17 86:1-17 Psalms 87–7 87:1-7 Psalms 88–18 88:1-18 Psalms 89–52 89:1-52 Psalms 90–91 90:1-91:16 Psalms 92–97 92:1-97:12 Psalms 98–99 98:1-99:9 Psalms 100–5 100:1-5 Psalms 101–8 101:1-8 Psalms 102–28 102:1-28 Psalms 103–106 103:1-106:48 Psalms 107–43 107:1-43 Psalms 108–13 108:1-13 Psalms 109–31 109:1-31 Psalms 110–118 110:1-118:29 Psalms 119–8 119:1-8 Psalms 119–16 119:9-16 Psalms 119–24 119:17-24 Psalms 119–32 119:25-32 Psalms 119–40 119:33-40 Psalms 119–48 119:41-48 Psalms 119–56 119:49-56 Psalms 119–64 119:57-64 Psalms 119–72 119:65-72 Psalms 119–80 119:73-80 Psalms 119–88 119:81-88 Psalms 119–176 119:89-176 Psalms 119–104 119:96-104 Psalms 119–112 119:105-112 Psalms 119–120 119:113-120 Psalms 119–128 119:121-128 Psalms 119–136 119:129-136 Psalms 119–144 119:137-144 Psalms 119–152 119:145-152 Psalms 119–160 119:153-160 Psalms 119–168 119:161-168 Psalms 119–176 119:169-176 Psalms 120–7 120:1-7 Psalms 121–8 121:1-8 Psalms 122–9 122:1-9 Psalms 123–4 123:1-4 Psalms 124–8 124:1-8 Psalms 125–5 125:1-5 Psalms 126–6 126:1-6 Psalms 127–5 127:1-5 Psalms 128–6 128:1-6 Psalms 129–8 129:1-8 Psalms 130–8 130:1-8 Psalms 131–3 131:1-3 Psalms 132–18 132:1-18 Psalms 133–3 133:1-3 Psalms 134–137 134:1-137:9 Psalms 138–8 138:1-8 Psalms 139–24 139:1-24 Psalms 140–13 140:1-13 Psalms 141–10 141:1-10 Psalms 142–7 142:1-7 Psalms 143–12 143:1-12 Psalms 144–15 144:1-15 Psalms 145–150 145:1-150:6

Proverbs

Introduction: The Purpose of Proverbs and the Fear of the Lord 1:1-7 Warning Against Enticement by Sinners 1:8-19 Wisdom's Public Call and the Folly of Rejection 1:20-33 The Value of Wisdom and Its Protection 2:1-22 Trusting God and Walking in Wisdom 3:1-35 A Father's Exhortation to Hold Fast to Wisdom 4:1-27 Warning Against Adultery and a Call to Fidelity 5:1-23 Warnings: Surety, Laziness, and Wickedness 6:1-19 Obey Parental Commands and the Dangers of Adultery 6:20-35 The Example of a Young Man Seduced 7:1-27 Wisdom's Proclamation and Blessings 8:1-36 Contrasting Invitations of Wisdom and Folly 9:1-18 Solomon's Proverbs: Contrasts of Righteousness and Folly 10:1-32 Proverbs on Justice, Integrity, and Righteous Living 11:1-31 Wise Conduct, Diligence, and Righteous Speech 12:1-28 Discipline, Wealth, and the Wise Child 13:1-25 Sayings on Wisdom, Folly, and the Fear of the Lord 14:1-35 The Power of Speech and the Benefits of Wisdom 15:1-33 God's Sovereignty Over Human Plans 16:1-33 Relations and Righteousness: Peace, Speech, and Integrity 17:1-28 The Power of Words and the Nature of Companionship 18:1-24 Advice on Wealth, Conduct, and Discipline 19:1-29 Counsel, Justice, and Warnings Against Excess 20:1-30 Divine Sovereignty, Justice, and the King's Role 21:1-31 Reputation, Generosity, and Child Discipline 22:1-16 Sayings of the Wise: Practical Moral Instruction 22:17-24:34 Solomon's Proverbs on Restraint and Leadership 25:1-28 Folly and Foolish Behavior in Speech and Deeds 26:1-28 Friendship, Counsel, and Practical Wisdom for Life 27:1-27 Justice, Righteousness, and the Results of Rebellion 28:1-28 Discipline, Leadership, and Social Order 29:1-27 The Sayings of Agur: Humility and Observations 30:1-33 Advice to King Lemuel and the Virtuous Woman 31:1-31

Isaiah

Judah's Rebellion and Call to Repentance 1:1-31 The Mountain of the Lord and the Nations' Hope 2:1-6 Judgment on Arrogance and Idolatry 2:7-22 Judgment on Jerusalem's Leaders and Social Order 3:1-4:1 The Branch and the Renewal of Zion 4:2-6 The Song of the Vineyard: Israel's Failure 5:1-7 Woes to Israel and Coming Judgment 5:8-30 Isaiah's Vision and Commission 6:1-13 Ahaz, the Immanuel Sign, and Invasion 7:1-25 The Sign of Plunder and a Call to Courage 8:1-10 Trust the Lord, Not Alliances or Diviners 8:11-22 A Child Is Born: Promise of Peace 9:1-7 Israel's Arrogance and Coming Punishment 9:8-10:4 Assyria: Instrument of Judgment and Its Doom 10:5-19 The Remnant and the Fall of Assyria 10:20-34 The Righteous Branch and the Peaceable Kingdom 11:1-16 A Song of Praise for God's Salvation 12:1-6 Babylon's Doom and the Day of the Lord 13:1-14:23 God's Decree: Assyria Overthrown 14:24-27 Oracle Concerning Philistia and Promise to Zion 14:28-32 Lament for Moab 15:1-16:14 Judgment on Damascus and Northern Israel 17:1-14 A Message to Cush (Ethiopia) 18:1-7 Judgment on Egypt and Future Salvation 19:1-25 Isaiah's Sign against Egypt and Cush 20:1-6 Prophecy of Babylon's Fall (The Watchman's Report) 21:1-10 Oracle concerning Dumah: The Night Watchman's Lament 21:11-12 Oracle Against Arabia (Dedan and Kedar) 21:13-17 The Valley of Vision: Jerusalem's Fall and Leadership Change 22:1-25 Tyre's Fall and Future Restoration 23:1-18 The Lord's Universal Judgment and Final Reign 24:1-23 Praise for God's Triumph and Deliverance 25:1-12 Trust in God and Hope for Deliverance 26:1-21 The Slaying of Leviathan and Israel's Restoration 27:1-13 Woe to Ephraim and Judah: Drunkenness and Judgment 28:1-29 Woe to Ariel (Jerusalem) and Promise of Enlightenment 29:1-24 Rebuke for Seeking Egypt's Help; Call to Trust the Lord 30:1-33 Egypt Is No Help; The Lord Will Save Jerusalem 31:1-9 A Righteous King and Just Leadership 32:1-8 Call to Repentance and Promise of Renewal 32:9-20 A Plea for Deliverance and the Lord's Judgment 33:1-24 The Lord's Vengeance on the Nations (Edom) 34:1-17 The Glorious Restoration of the Redeemed 35:1-10 Sennacherib's Siege and Rabshakeh's Taunt 36:1-22 Hezekiah Seeks Isaiah; Rabshakeh's Threat 37:1-13 Hezekiah's Prayer and Isaiah's Assurance 37:14-20 God Delivers Jerusalem and Sennacherib's Defeat 37:21-38 Hezekiah's Illness, Prayer, and Recovery 38:1-22 Babylonian Envoys and the Announcement of Exile 39:1-8 Comfort for Zion and the Majesty of God 40:1-31 God Defends Israel Against the Nations and Idols 41:1-29 The Servant of the Lord: Covenant and Mission 42:1-9 A Call to Praise and God's Guidance for the Blind 42:10-17 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Resulting Judgment 42:18-25 Israel Redeemed: God's Sovereign Deliverer 43:1-13 The Lord Proclaims Redemption and Rebukes Israel 43:14-28 Israel Chosen and Blessed by the Spirit 44:1-5 The Folly of Idols and God's Uniqueness 44:6-23 God the Creator and the Call of Cyrus for Israel's Restoration 44:24-45:25 The God Who Carries and Redeems: Yahweh's Sovereignty over Idols 46:1-13 The Humbling of Babylon the Mistress 47:1-15 Israel's Stubbornness and God's Resolute Purpose 48:1-11 God's Sovereign 'I Am' and Call to Return 48:12-22 The Servant's Commission to Restore Israel and the Nations 49:1-8 Restoration and Promise to Gather Israel 49:9-26 The Servant's Suffering and Israel's Rejection 50:1-11 Comfort for Zion: Remember Abraham; God's Salvation 51:1-16 Awakening of Zion and Proclamation of Salvation 51:17-52:12 The Suffering Servant and Atonement 52:13-53:12 The Exalted Zion: Promise of Restoration and Protection 54:1-17 Invitation to Life and the Power of God's Word 55:1-13 Justice, Inclusion, and Sabbath Observance 56:1-8 Condemnation of Idolatry and Complacency 56:9-57:13 Restoration for the Humble and Promise of Peace 57:14-21 True Fasting: Justice, Mercy, and Sabbath Blessing 58:1-14 Sin's Consequences and God's Redeeming Intervention 59:1-21 The Glory and Gathering of Zion 60:1-22 The Year of the Lord's Favor and Joyful Restoration 61:1-11 Zion's Vindication and New Name 62:1-12 The Lord's Vengeance: Treading the Winepress 63:1-6 Remembering God's Mercy and Plea for Restoration 63:7-64:12 God's Grace to the Faithful and Judgment on the Rebellious 65:1-16 A New Creation: Joy and Peace 65:17-25 The Lord's Final Judgment and the New Creation 66:1-24

Jeremiah

The Call and Commission of Jeremiah 1:1-19 Israel's Unfaithfulness and Call to Repentance 2:1-3:5 Judah's Spiritual Adultery and Call to Return 3:6-4:4 The Coming Calamity on the Land 4:5-31 An Accusation against Jerusalem's Corruption 5:1-31 The Siege and Devastation of Jerusalem 6:1-30 The Temple Sermon: False Security Condemned 7:1-29 Violence and Corruption in the Land 7:30-8:3 Persistent Idolatry and Coming Punishment 8:4-9:26 The Folly of Idols 10:1-16 Judah's Flight and Jeremiah's Lament 10:17-22 A Prayer for Direction and Deliverance 10:23-25 The Broken Covenant and a Public Warning 11:1-17 Conspiracy against Jeremiah and God's Vindication 11:18-23 Jeremiah's Complaint to God 12:1-4 A Call to Endure and Judgment on Nations 12:5-17 The Linen Belt: Symbol of Judah's Humiliation 13:1-11 A Sign of Shame and Pronounced Judgment 13:12-14 A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster 13:15-27 Famine, False Prophets, and Divine Judgment 14:1-15:21 Symbolic Acts and the People's Sinfulness 16:1-17:18 Warning about Sabbath Violations 17:19-27 The Potter and the Broken Jar: Judgment on Jerusalem 18:1-19:15 Persecution by Pashhur the Priest 20:1-6 Jeremiah's Lament and Resolve 20:7-18 A Message to the Royal House: Doom for Jerusalem 21:1-14 Judgment on the Kings and Royal House 22:1-30 False Shepherds Condemned and a Righteous Branch Promised 23:1-8 Condemnation of False Prophets 23:9-32 The Lord Rebukes False Oracles 23:33-40 The Two Figs: Exile and Remnant 24:1-10 Seventy Years of Babylonian Dominion 25:1-14 The Cup of God's Wrath on the Nations 25:15-38 Jeremiah's Temple Address, Arrest, and Vindication 26:1-24 The Yoke of Babylon and Call to Submit 27:1-22 Hananiah's False Prophecy and Its Rebuke 28:1-17 Letter to the Exiles: Seek the Welfare of Babylon 29:1-23 Shemaiah's Letter and Its Condemnation 29:24-32 The Book of Comfort: Restoration and the New Covenant 30:1-31:40 Jeremiah Buys a Field: Faith and Hope in Captivity 32:1-44 Promise of Restoration and the Davidic Covenant 33:1-26 Zedekiah's Appeal and Jeremiah's Warning 34:1-7 Breach of Covenant and Punishment for Oppression 34:8-22 The Rechabites' Fidelity as a Rebuke to Judah 35:1-19 Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Words and the Scroll Is Burned 36:1-32 Jeremiah Imprisoned during the Siege of Jerusalem 37:1-21 Jeremiah Cast into a Cistern 38:1-13 Ebed‑Melech Rescues Jeremiah; Zedekiah's Failure 38:14-28 The Fall of Jerusalem and Jeremiah's Release 39:1-18 Gedaliah Appointed Governor and Jeremiah's Choice 40:1-6 Assassination of Gedaliah and the Terror in Judah 40:7-41:15 Rejection of Jeremiah's Counsel and Flight to Egypt 41:16-43:13 The Jews in Egypt: Idolatry and Condemnation 44:1-30 A Word to Baruch: Encouragement and Warning 45:1-5 Oracles against Egypt 46:1-28 Judgment on the Philistines 47:1-7 Judgment on Moab 48:1-47 Judgment on Ammon 49:1-6 Judgment on Edom 49:7-22 Judgment on Damascus and Aram 49:23-27 Destruction of Kedar and the Nomads 49:28-33 Judgment on Elam and Future Restoration 49:34-39 Judgment on Babylon and Its Final Fall 50:1-51:64 The Fall of Jerusalem and Zedekiah's Fate 52:1-30 Jehoiachin's Release from Babylonian Captivity 52:31-34

Ezekiel

The Vision of God's Glory and the Living Creatures 1:1-28 Ezekiel's Commission and the Eating of the Scroll 2:1-3:15 Ezekiel Appointed as Watchman and Made Speechless 3:16-27 Symbolic Acts of Siege and Judgment on Jerusalem 4:1-5:17 Judgment on Israel for Idolatry 6:1-14 The Day of the Lord: Impending Disaster 7:1-27 Visions of Temple Abominations 8:1-18 The Execution of Jerusalem's Wicked and the Marked Few 9:1-11 The Departure of God's Glory from the Temple 10:1-22 Condemnation of Jerusalem's Leaders 11:1-15 The Departure of God's Glory and Promise of Restoration 11:16-25 Signs of Exile and the Futility of False Hopes 12:1-28 Condemnation of False Prophets and Diviners 13:1-23 Elders' Idolatry and Its Consequences 14:1-11 Judgment on Nations and the Limits of Intercession 14:12-23 Jerusalem Portrayed as a Useless Vine 15:1-8 Jerusalem's Infidelity: Shame, Judgment, and Vindication 16:1-63 The Parable of the Two Eagles: Zedekiah's Folly 17:1-24 Individual Responsibility and the Call to Repentance 18:1-32 A Lament for Israel's Princes 19:1-14 Israel's History of Rebellion and Divine Judgment 20:1-29 Punishment for Profane Worship and Promise of Restoration 20:30-44 A Prophecy Against the Mountains of Israel 20:45-49 The Sword of the Lord: Judgment on Jerusalem and the Nations 21:1-32 Jerusalem's Corruption and the Search for a Righteous Remnant 22:1-31 The Sisters' Harlotry: Samaria and Jerusalem Condemned 23:1-49 The Boiling Pot: Prophecy of Jerusalem's Siege 24:1-14 The Sign of Ezekiel's Wife's Death: Judgment and Changed Lament 24:15-27 Oracle Against Ammon 25:1-7 Oracles Against Moab and Seir 25:8-11 Judgment on the Philistines 25:12-14 Oracle Against Tyre 25:15-17 The Fall of Tyre Foretold 26:1-21 Lamentation for Tyre, the Merchant City 27:1-36 The Pride and Fall of Tyre's Ruler 28:1-19 Judgment on Sidon and Promise of Israel's Security 28:20-26 Egypt's Humiliation and Years of Desolation 29:1-21 The Day of the Lord Against Egypt and Its Allies 30:1-26 Egypt Compared to the Fallen Cedar: Pride and Doom 31:1-18 Lament for Egypt's Collapse and Descent into Sheol 32:1-32 The Watchman's Duty and Personal Responsibility 33:1-20 Report of Jerusalem's Fall and the People's Alarm 33:21-33 Condemnation of Bad Shepherds and Promise of a Good Shepherd 34:1-31 Judgment on Edom for Rejoicing over Israel 35:1-15 Promise of Israel's Restoration and Spiritual Renewal 36:1-38 The Valley of Dry Bones: National Revival 37:1-14 The Two Sticks: Unity of Israel and the Davidic Covenant 37:15-28 The Invasion of Gog and Its Defeat 38:1-39:29 Vision of the Future Temple: Introduction and Commission 40:1-4 Measurements of the Outer Court and Gateways 40:5-16 Courtyard Entrances and Portico Dimensions 40:17-19 Inner Court Entrances and Chambers 40:20-23 Vestibules and Side Entrance Specifications 40:24-27 Details of Inner Chambers and Gate Structure 40:28-37 Porches, Chambers, and Steps of the Temple Court 40:38-43 Priests' Chambers and the Prince's Quarters 40:44-47 The Inner Sanctuary and Holy Place Measurements 40:48-41:26 Priestly Chambers and the Inner Court Layout 42:1-20 The Return of God's Glory to the Temple 43:1-12 Altar Design and Sacrificial Regulations 43:13-27 Temple Gates, Priestly Roles, and Exclusions 44:1-31 Land Allotments and the Prince's Portion 45:1-12 Worship Regulations: Offerings, Festivals, and the Prince 45:13-46:24 The Life-Giving River Flowing from the Temple 47:1-12 Division of the Land and Inheritance Boundaries 47:13-23 Tribal Allotments in the Restored Land 48:1-29 The City Gates and the Name: 'The Lord Is There' 48:30-35

Matthew

The Genealogy of Jesus 1:1-17 The Birth of Jesus Foretold to Joseph 1:18-25 The Visit of the Magi 2:1-12 Flight into Egypt and the Slaughter of the Innocents 2:13-18 Return to Nazareth 2:19-23 John the Baptist Prepares the Way 3:1-12 The Baptism of Jesus 3:13-17 The Temptation of Jesus 4:1-11 Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry 4:12-17 Jesus Calls the First Disciples 4:18-22 Jesus Ministers Throughout Galilee 4:23-25 The Beatitudes 5:1-12 Salt and Light 5:13-16 Jesus and the Law 5:17-20 Teaching on Anger and Reconciliation 5:21-26 Teaching on Adultery and Lust 5:27-30 Teaching on Divorce 5:31-32 Teaching on Oaths and Honesty 5:33-37 Teaching on Retaliation and Generosity 5:38-42 Love Your Enemies 5:43-48 Giving to the Needy in Secret 6:1-4 Prayer and the Lord's Prayer 6:5-15 Teaching on Fasting 6:16-18 Treasures and Serving God 6:19-24 Do Not Worry 6:25-34 Do Not Judge 7:1-6 Ask, Seek, Knock and the Golden Rule 7:7-12 The Narrow and Wide Gates 7:13-14 Recognizing False Prophets 7:15-23 Parable of the Wise and Foolish Builders 7:24-29 Jesus Cleanses a Leper 8:1-4 The Faith of the Centurion 8:5-13 Jesus Heals Many and Fulfills Prophecy 8:14-17 The Cost of Discipleship 8:18-22 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:23-27 Healing of Two Demon-Possessed Men 8:28-34 Jesus Heals a Paralytic 9:1-8 Jesus Calls Matthew and Eats with Sinners 9:9-13 Fasting and the New Cloth and Wineskins 9:14-17 A Daughter Restored and a Woman Healed 9:18-26 Two Blind Men Healed and a Mute Man Restored 9:27-34 Jesus' Compassion and the Call for Workers 9:35-38 The Mission of the Twelve 10:1-42 John's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony about John 11:1-19 Woe to Unrepentant Cities 11:20-24 The Father's Revelation and Rest for the Weary 11:25-30 Sabbath Controversies: Grain and Healing 12:1-14 Jesus Heals and Fulfills Isaiah's Prophecy 12:15-21 Accusation, Blasphemy Against the Spirit, and the Heart's Fruit 12:22-37 The Sign of Jonah and the Unclean Spirit 12:38-45 Jesus Redefines Family 12:46-50 The Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 13:1-23 The Parable of the Weeds 13:24-30 The Mustard Seed and the Yeast 13:31-35 Explanation of the Weeds and End-Time Judgment 13:36-43 Treasure and Pearl: The Kingdom's Value 13:44-46 The Net and New and Old Treasures 13:47-52 Jesus Rejected at Nazareth 13:53-58 The Execution of John the Baptist 14:1-12 Feeding the Five Thousand 14:13-21 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals Many 14:22-36 Tradition, Purity, and the Canaanite Woman's Faith 15:1-28 Jesus Heals Many and Feeds the Four Thousand 15:29-39 Pharisees Demand a Sign 16:1-4 Warning About the Teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees 16:5-12 Peter's Confession: You Are the Christ 16:13-20 Jesus Foretells His Death and Discipleship 16:21-28 The Transfiguration 17:1-13 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy and a Second Prediction of Death 17:14-23 Payment of the Temple Tax 17:24-27 Humility and Care for Little Ones 18:1-9 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 18:10-14 Church Discipline and Prayer 18:15-20 Forgiveness and the Unforgiving Servant 18:21-35 Marriage, Divorce, and Children 19:1-15 The Rich Young Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 19:16-30 The Parable of the Laborers in the Vineyard 20:1-16 Jesus Predicts His Death and Resurrection 20:17-19 Request for Honor and Teaching on Servanthood 20:20-28 Two Blind Men Healed Near Jericho 20:29-34 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 21:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Heals 21:12-17 The Withered Fig Tree and Teaching on Faith 21:18-22 Jesus' Authority Challenged 21:23-27 The Parable of the Two Sons 21:28-32 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 21:33-46 The Parable of the Wedding Banquet 22:1-14 Question about Paying Taxes to Caesar 22:15-22 The Sadducees and the Resurrection 22:23-33 The Greatest Commandment 22:34-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees about the Messiah 22:41-46 Seven Woes on the Scribes and Pharisees 23:1-39 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of the End and the Temple's Destruction 24:1-35 The Olivet Discourse: Watchfulness and Judgment 24:36-51 The Parable of the Ten Virgins 25:1-13 The Parable of the Talents 25:14-30 The Final Judgment: Sheep and Goats 25:31-46 The Plot to Arrest Jesus 26:1-5 The Anointing at Bethany 26:6-13 Judas Agrees to Betray Jesus 26:14-16 The Last Supper 26:17-30 Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial 26:31-35 Prayer in Gethsemane 26:36-46 The Arrest of Jesus 26:47-56 Jesus Before the Sanhedrin 26:57-68 Peter's Denial and Repentance 26:69-75 Judas' Remorse and Suicide 27:1-10 Jesus Sentenced by Pilate 27:11-26 Jesus Mocked and Scourged 27:27-31 The Crucifixion and Mockery 27:32-44 The Death of Jesus 27:45-56 Jesus Is Buried 27:57-61 The Tomb Secured by the Authorities 27:62-66 The Resurrection: Women at the Tomb 28:1-10 The Guards' Report and the Chief Priests' Lie 28:11-15 The Great Commission 28:16-20

Mark

John the Baptist Prepares the Way 1:1-8 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 1:9-13 Jesus Begins His Ministry and Calls the First Disciples 1:14-20 Jesus Teaches with Authority and Casts Out an Unclean Spirit 1:21-28 Healings and Demons Cleansed at Simon's Home 1:29-34 Jesus Prays and Proclaims the Kingdom in Galilee 1:35-39 Healing of a Man with Leprosy 1:40-45 Forgiveness and Healing of a Paralytic 2:1-12 Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 2:13-17 Questions about Fasting; New Cloth and Wineskins 2:18-22 Sabbath Controversies: Grain, Healing, and Plot Against Jesus 2:23-3:6 Great Crowds Follow; Unclean Spirits Acknowledge Jesus 3:7-12 Jesus Appoints the Twelve Apostles 3:13-19 Accusations of Beelzebul and the Parable of the Strong Man 3:20-30 Jesus Redefines True Family 3:31-35 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 4:1-20 A Lamp, Measure, and the Principle of Growth 4:21-25 Parable of the Growing Seed 4:26-29 The Mustard Seed and the Kingdom's Growth 4:30-34 Jesus Calms the Storm 4:35-41 The Gerasene Demoniac Restored 5:1-20 A Woman Healed and Jairus' Daughter Raised 5:21-43 Jesus Rejected in His Hometown 6:1-6 Jesus Sends Out the Twelve 6:7-13 Herod, Herodias, and the Death of John the Baptist 6:14-29 Feeding of the Five Thousand 6:30-44 Jesus Walks on Water and Heals at Gennesaret 6:45-56 Tradition, Inner Purity, and What Truly Defiles 7:1-23 A Gentile Woman's Faith and the Healing at Tyre 7:24-30 Jesus Heals a Deaf Man Who Could Not Speak Clearly 7:31-37 Feeding the Four Thousand and the Pharisees' Demand for a Sign 8:1-13 Beware the Yeast of the Pharisees and Herod 8:14-21 Healing of a Blind Man at Bethsaida 8:22-26 Peter Confesses Jesus as the Christ 8:27-30 Jesus Predicts His Death and Calls Disciples to Take Up the Cross 8:31-9:1 The Transfiguration and the Return of Elijah 9:2-13 Healing of a Boy with an Unclean Spirit; Jesus Predicts His Passion Again 9:14-32 Who Is the Greatest? A Child as the Model of Service 9:33-37 Tolerance for Those Who Serve in Jesus' Name 9:38-41 Warnings about Causing Sin; Exhortations on Salt and Holiness 9:42-50 Jesus' Teaching on Divorce 10:1-12 Jesus Blesses Little Children 10:13-16 The Rich Young Man and the Cost of Discipleship 10:17-31 Jesus Again Predicts His Suffering, Death, and Resurrection 10:32-34 Ambition and Servanthood: The Way of True Greatness 10:35-45 Jesus Heals Blind Bartimaeus 10:46-52 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 11:1-11 Withered Fig Tree and the Cleansing of the Temple 11:12-19 Faith, Prayer, and the Call to Forgiveness 11:20-26 Religious Leaders Question Jesus' Authority 11:27-33 The Parable of the Wicked Tenants 12:1-12 Render to Caesar: Taxes and Allegiance 12:13-17 Sadducees Challenge Resurrection; Jesus Teaches Eternal Life 12:18-27 The Greatest Commandment: Love God and Neighbor 12:28-34 Jesus Questions the Messiah and Warns Against Scribes 12:35-40 The Widow's Offering: True Generosity 12:41-44 The Olivet Discourse: Signs of Destruction and the End 13:1-31 No One Knows the Day: Be Watchful 13:32-37 Plot to Kill Jesus and the Anointing at Bethany 14:1-11 The Passover Meal and Institution of the Lord's Supper 14:12-26 Jesus Predicts the Disciples' Flight and Peter's Denial 14:27-31 Gethsemane: Jesus' Agony and Prayer 14:32-42 The Arrest of Jesus in Gethsemane 14:43-52 Jesus Before the Council 14:53-65 Peter's Denial and His Remorse 14:66-72 Jesus Before Pilate; Barabbas Released 15:1-15 The Soldiers Mock and Scourge Jesus 15:16-20 The Way of the Cross and the Crucifixion 15:21-32 Jesus' Death and the Centurion's Confession 15:33-41 The Burial of Jesus 15:42-47 The Resurrection: Women Find the Empty Tomb 16:1-8 Appearances of the Risen Lord and the Commission 16:9-20

Luke

Purpose and Order of the Gospel 1:1-4 Announcement of John the Baptist's Birth 1:5-25 The Annunciation to Mary 1:26-38 Mary Visits Elizabeth 1:39-45 Mary's Song (The Magnificat) 1:46-56 The Birth and Naming of John 1:57-66 Zechariah's Prophecy and John's Mission 1:67-80 The Birth of Jesus in Bethlehem 2:1-7 Angels Announce the Shepherds' Good News 2:8-20 Presentation in the Temple; Simeon and Anna 2:21-40 The Boy Jesus in the Temple 2:41-52 John the Baptist's Call to Repentance 3:1-20 The Baptism and Genealogy of Jesus 3:21-38 Jesus Tested in the Wilderness 4:1-13 Rejection at Nazareth 4:14-30 Authority over Unclean Spirits in Capernaum 4:31-37 Healings and Preaching in Galilee 4:38-44 The Call of the First Disciples 5:1-11 Healing a Man with Leprosy 5:12-16 A Paralytic Forgiven and Healed 5:17-26 The Calling of Levi and Eating with Sinners 5:27-32 Questions about Fasting; New Wine and Old Wineskins 5:33-39 Lord of the Sabbath and a Sabbath Healing 6:1-11 The Appointment of the Twelve Apostles 6:12-16 The Sermon on the Plain: Blessings and Woes 6:17-26 Love Your Enemies and Be Merciful 6:27-36 Judging Others and the Speck and Log 6:37-42 A Tree and Its Fruit: True Character Revealed 6:43-45 The Wise and Foolish Builders 6:46-49 The Faith of the Centurion 7:1-10 Raising the Widow's Son at Nain 7:11-17 John the Baptist's Inquiry and Jesus' Testimony 7:18-35 A Sinful Woman Forgiven 7:36-50 Parable of the Sower and Its Interpretation 8:1-15 Lighted Lamp and Hearing the Word 8:16-18 Jesus Redefines His Family 8:19-21 Jesus Calms the Storm 8:22-25 Healing the Gerasene Demoniac 8:26-39 Jairus' Daughter Raised and a Woman Healed 8:40-56 The Twelve Sent Out 9:1-9 Feeding the Five Thousand 9:10-17 Peter's Confession and the Way of the Cross 9:18-27 The Transfiguration 9:28-36 Healing a Demon-Possessed Boy; A Second Passion Prediction 9:37-45 Who Is Greatest and a Servant's Ministry 9:46-50 Jesus Resolves for Jerusalem; Samaritan Rejection 9:51-56 The Cost of Discipleship 9:57-62 The Seventy Sent Out and Their Return 10:1-24 The Good Samaritan 10:25-37 Mary and Martha: Choosing the Better Part 10:38-42 The Lord's Prayer and Persistent Prayer 11:1-13 Jesus, Beelzebul, and True Blessedness 11:14-28 Demand for a Sign; Jonah and the Queen of the South 11:29-32 The Light of the Body and Inner Purity 11:33-36 Woes to the Pharisees and Lawyers 11:37-54 Warnings against Hypocrisy and Confession before Men 12:1-12 The Parable of the Rich Fool 12:13-21 Do Not Worry; Seek God's Kingdom 12:22-34 Watchfulness and Faithful Stewardship 12:35-48 Division Caused by Christ 12:49-53 Interpreting the Times and Settling with Adversaries 12:54-59 Call to Repentance and the Barren Fig Tree 13:1-9 Healing on the Sabbath and Jesus' Rebuke 13:10-17 Parables of the Mustard Seed and Yeast 13:18-21 The Narrow Door and the Cost of Entry 13:22-30 Jesus Laments over Jerusalem 13:31-35 Healing at a Pharisee's House and Humility at the Table 14:1-14 Parable of the Great Banquet 14:15-24 The Cost of Following Jesus; Salt and Saltiness 14:25-35 The Parable of the Lost Sheep 15:1-7 The Parable of the Lost Coin 15:8-10 The Parable of the Prodigal Son 15:11-32 The Shrewd Manager and Teaching on Wealth 16:1-15 Law, the Kingdom, and Divorce 16:16-18 The Rich Man and Lazarus 16:19-31 Teachings on Temptation, Forgiveness, and Duty 17:1-10 Healing of the Ten Lepers 17:11-19 The Coming of the Kingdom and End-Time Sayings 17:20-37 Parable of the Persistent Widow 18:1-8 Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector 18:9-14 Jesus Blesses Little Children 18:15-17 The Rich Ruler and the Cost of Discipleship 18:18-30 Jesus Predicts His Death Again 18:31-34 Healing of Blind Bartimaeus 18:35-43 Zacchaeus: Salvation Comes to His House 19:1-10 Parable of the Ten Minas 19:11-27 Triumphal Entry and Lament over Jerusalem 19:28-44 Cleansing the Temple and Teaching 19:45-48 Jesus' Authority Challenged 20:1-8 Parable of the Wicked Tenants 20:9-19 Paying Taxes to Caesar 20:20-26 Question about the Resurrection 20:27-40 Jesus Questions the Pharisees; Warnings against Hypocrisy 20:41-47 The Widow's Offering 21:1-4 The Destruction of the Temple and Signs of the End 21:5-38 The Plot to Kill Jesus and Judas' Agreement 22:1-6 The Last Supper and Predictions of Denial 22:7-38 Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane 22:39-46 Jesus Arrested 22:47-53 Peter's Denial Fulfilled 22:54-62 Jesus Mocked and Beaten 22:63-65 Jesus before the Council and Pilate; Sentencing 22:66-23:25 The Way of the Cross and the Penitent Thief 23:26-43 The Death of Jesus and the Centurion's Confession 23:44-49 The Burial of Jesus 23:50-56 The Empty Tomb and the Women's Report 24:1-12 The Road to Emmaus and Recognition of the Risen Lord 24:13-35 Jesus Appears to the Disciples and Explains Scripture 24:36-49 The Ascension and the Disciples' Worship 24:50-53

John

The Word Became Flesh 1:1-18 John the Baptist's Witness 1:19-28 Behold the Lamb of God 1:29-34 The First Disciples and Simon Peter 1:35-42 Calling of Philip and Nathanael 1:43-51 The Wedding at Cana: Water Made Wine 2:1-11 Jesus Cleanses the Temple and Speaks of His Body 2:12-25 Nicodemus and the New Birth 3:1-21 John the Baptist Exalts Jesus 3:22-36 Jesus and the Samaritan Woman at the Well 4:1-26 The Harvest Is Ready 4:27-38 Samaritans Believe in Jesus 4:39-42 Healing of the Royal Official's Son 4:43-54 Jesus Heals at Bethesda 5:1-15 Jesus Claims Authority Over Life and Judgment 5:16-30 Witnesses to Jesus and Israel's Unbelief 5:31-47 Feeding the Five Thousand 6:1-15 Jesus Walks on the Sea 6:16-24 Jesus the Bread of Life 6:25-59 Many Turn Away; Peter's Confession 6:60-71 Jesus Stays Away from Judea 7:1-13 Jesus Teaches at the Festival 7:14-24 Growing Division Over Jesus 7:25-44 Temple Officers and the Adulterous Woman 7:45-8:11 Jesus the Light and His Claim 8:12-30 True Discipleship and Freedom 8:31-41 Jesus' Divine Origin and Opposition 8:42-47 Jesus' 'I Am' and Preexistence 8:48-59 Healing of a Man Born Blind 9:1-12 Controversy with the Pharisees over the Healing 9:13-34 Spiritual Sight and Blindness 9:35-41 The Good Shepherd and His Sheep 10:1-21 Feast of Dedication and Controversy over Jesus 10:22-42 Lazarus' Sickness and Jesus' Intention 11:1-16 Jesus Weeps at Lazarus' Tomb 11:17-37 Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead 11:38-44 Plot to Kill Jesus and Caiaphas' Counsel 11:45-57 Mary Anoints Jesus; Plot to Kill Lazarus 12:1-11 The Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem 12:12-19 Greeks Seek Jesus; He Predicts His Death 12:20-36 Unbelief and Jesus' Final Appeal 12:37-50 Jesus Washes the Disciples' Feet 13:1-17 The Prediction of Judas' Betrayal 13:18-30 The New Commandment and Peter's Denial 13:31-38 Jesus Promises a Place in the Father's House 14:1-4 Jesus the Way to the Father 14:5-14 Promise of the Holy Spirit and Peace 14:15-31 The Vine and the Command to Love 15:1-17 The World's Hatred and the Cost of Discipleship 15:18-16:4 The Holy Spirit's Work 16:5-16 Sorrow Turned to Joy; Peace in Christ 16:17-33 The Son's Prayer for Glory 17:1-5 Prayer for the Disciples' Protection and Sanctification 17:6-19 Prayer for Unity Among Believers 17:20-26 Jesus Arrested in Gethsemane 18:1-11 Jesus Brought to Annas 18:12-14 Peter's First Denial 18:15-18 Jesus Questioned and Struck Before the High Priest 18:19-24 Peter Denies Jesus Three Times 18:25-27 Jesus Before Pilate 18:28-40 Jesus Scourged, Mocked, and Sentenced to Crucifixion 19:1-16 The Crucifixion and Jesus' Care for His Mother 19:17-27 Jesus' Death and the Fulfillment of Scripture 19:28-37 Jesus' Burial 19:38-42 The Empty Tomb Discovered 20:1-9 Mary Magdalene Meets the Risen Lord 20:10-18 Jesus Appears to His Disciples and Breathes the Spirit 20:19-23 Thomas Believes; Purpose of John's Gospel 20:24-31 The Miraculous Catch and Breakfast by the Sea 21:1-14 Peter Reinstated and the Beloved Disciple 21:15-25

Acts

The Ascension of Jesus 1:1-11 Prayer in the Upper Room and the Choosing of Matthias 1:12-26 Pentecost: The Coming of the Spirit 2:1-13 Peter's Sermon and Three Thousand Converted 2:14-41 The Early Christian Community 2:42-47 Healing at the Beautiful Gate 3:1-10 Peter's Address at Solomon's Colonnade 3:11-26 The Apostles Before the Sanhedrin 4:1-22 Believers Pray for Boldness 4:23-31 The Believers Share Possessions 4:32-37 Ananias and Sapphira 5:1-11 Signs Performed by the Apostles 5:12-16 Persecution of the Apostles and Their Witness 5:17-42 The Appointment of the Seven Deacons 6:1-7 Stephen's Wisdom and Opposition 6:8-15 Stephen's Speech before the Sanhedrin 7:1-53 The Stoning of Stephen and the Persecution of the Church 7:54-8:1 Saul's Persecution Scatters the Church 8:2-3 Philip Proclaims Christ in Samaria 8:4-8 Simon Magus and Peter's Rebuke 8:9-25 Philip and the Ethiopian Eunuch 8:26-40 The Conversion of Saul 9:1-19 Saul's Early Ministry and Acceptance by the Church 9:20-31 Peter Heals Aeneas and Raises Tabitha 9:32-43 Cornelius' Vision and the Call for Peter 10:1-8 Peter's Vision and the Messengers from Cornelius 10:9-23 Peter at Cornelius' House: Gentiles Receive the Spirit 10:24-48 Peter Defends the Conversion of Gentiles 11:1-18 The Church in Antioch and Famine Relief 11:19-30 Herod Executes James; Peter Miraculously Freed 12:1-19 Herod's Death and the Church's Continued Growth 12:20-25 The First Missionary Sending 13:1-3 Ministry in Cyprus and Elymas's Blinding 13:4-12 Paul's Mission in Pisidian Antioch 13:13-52 Paul and Barnabas in Iconium 14:1-7 Healing in Lystra and Paul's Stoning 14:8-20 Paul and Barnabas Strengthen the Churches 14:21-28 The Jerusalem Council on Gentile Circumcision 15:1-21 The Council's Letter and Peace with Antioch 15:22-35 Paul and Barnabas Separate 15:36-41 Timothy Joins Paul and Churches Are Strengthened 16:1-5 The Call to Macedonia 16:6-10 Lydia's Conversion at Philippi 16:11-15 Paul and Silas Imprisoned and Released in Philippi 16:16-40 Preaching in Thessalonica and Opposition 17:1-9 Berea's Noble Reception and Paul's Departure 17:10-15 Paul's Address at the Areopagus 17:16-34 Paul's Ministry in Corinth and Conflict 18:1-17 Paul Departs; Apollos Instructed by Priscilla and Aquila 18:18-28 Paul's Ministry and the Ephesian Disciples 19:1-22 The Ephesian Riot over Artemis 19:23-41 Paul's Journeys Through Macedonia and Greece 20:1-6 Eutychus Raised in Troas 20:7-12 Paul's Farewell to the Ephesian Elders 20:13-38 Paul's Voyage to Jerusalem 21:1-16 Paul's Arrival in Jerusalem and the Temple Ritual 21:17-26 Paul Seized in the Temple 21:27-36 Paul's Defense: His Conversion and Mission 21:37-22:21 Paul's Arrest and the Council's Division 22:22-23:11 The Plot to Kill Paul and the Soldier's Intervention 23:12-22 Paul Escorted to Caesarea under Guard 23:23-35 Paul's Defense before Governor Felix 24:1-27 Paul Brought before Festus and the Jewish Charges 25:1-12 King Agrippa Learns of Paul's Case 25:13-22 Paul's Defense Before Agrippa 25:23-26:32 Paul's Voyage to Rome Begins 27:1-12 The Storm at Sea and God's Promise of Safety 27:13-26 Shipwreck and Deliverance on Malta 27:27-44 Paul on Malta: Healing and Hospitality 28:1-10 Voyage to Rome and Arrival 28:11-16 Paul in Rome: Preaching under House Arrest 28:17-31

Romans

Paul's Greeting and the Gospel's Power 1:1-17 God's Wrath Against Ungodliness 1:18-32 God's Impartial Judgment and Conscience 2:1-16 The Law, True Circumcision, and Jewish Identity 2:17-29 Israel's Advantage and God's Faithfulness 3:1-8 Universal Sinfulness and the Law's Condemnation 3:9-20 Righteousness Through Faith and Justification 3:21-31 Abraham: Justification by Faith 4:1-25 Peace with God and Reconciliation 5:1-11 Adam and Christ: Death, Grace, and Righteousness 5:12-21 Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ 6:1-14 Slavery to Sin or to Righteousness 6:15-23 Released from the Law to Serve in the Spirit 7:1-6 The Inner Conflict: Law, Sin, and the Flesh 7:7-25 Life in the Spirit: Freedom and Adoption 8:1-17 Future Glory and the Spirit's Intercession 8:18-27 Assurance of God's Love: Nothing Can Separate Us 8:28-39 Paul's Sorrow and God's Sovereign Election 9:1-29 Righteousness by Faith and Israel's Unbelief 9:30-10:21 A Remnant Preserved and Israel's Hardening 11:1-10 Gentiles Grafted In and a Warning Against Boasting 11:11-24 The Mystery of Israel's Salvation and God's Mercy 11:25-32 Doxology: Praise for God's Wisdom and Sovereignty 11:33-36 A Living Sacrifice and the Diversity of Gifts 12:1-8 Christian Conduct: Love, Humility, and Ethical Duties 12:9-21 Submission to Authorities and Civic Duty 13:1-7 Love Fulfills the Law; Walk in the Light 13:8-14 Christian Liberty, Conscience, and Mutual Acceptance 14:1-15:13 Paul's Service to the Gentiles and Missionary Ambition 15:14-22 Paul's Travel Plans and Prayer Requests 15:23-33 Personal Greetings, Final Warnings, and Doxology 16:1-27

Revelation

The Revelation Announced and the Blessing 1:1-3 Greeting and the Lord's Self‑Declaration 1:4-8 John's Vision of the Glorified Son of Man 1:9-20 Letter to Ephesus: Faithfulness and the Call to Repent 2:1-7 Letter to Smyrna: Persecution and the Crown of Life 2:8-11 Letter to Pergamum: Fidelity and False Teaching 2:12-17 Letter to Thyatira: Tolerance of Immorality and Promise to Overcomers 2:18-29 Letter to Sardis: Wakefulness and Repentance 3:1-6 Letter to Philadelphia: An Open Door and a Promise of Protection 3:7-13 Letter to Laodicea: Lukewarmness and the Call to Repent 3:14-22 The Throne in Heaven and Heavenly Worship 4:1-11 The Sealed Scroll and the Worthy Lamb 5:1-14 The Six Seals: Tribulation and Cosmic Disturbance 6:1-17 The Sealing of the 144,000 7:1-8 The Multitude Before the Throne: Salvation and Comfort 7:9-17 The Seventh Seal and the Prayers of the Saints 8:1-5 The Trumpet Judgments: Plagues and Woes 8:6-9:21 The Mighty Angel and the Little Scroll 10:1-11 The Two Witnesses: Prophecy, Death, and Resurrection 11:1-14 The Seventh Trumpet: God's Kingdom Proclaimed and the Temple Opened 11:15-19 The Cosmic Conflict: The Woman, the Dragon, and the Male Child 12:1-13:1 The Sea Beast: Blasphemy and Persecution 13:2-10 The Earth Beast and the Mark of the Beast 13:11-18 The Lamb on Mount Zion and the 144,000 14:1-5 The Three Angels' Messages and the Call to Endure 14:6-13 The Harvest of the Earth: Reaping God's Judgment 14:14-20 The Seven Last Plagues and the Victors' Song 15:1-8 The Bowl Judgments: The Seven Bowls of God's Wrath 16:1-21 The Fall of Babylon the Great and the Beast's Doom 17:1-18:24 Heavenly Praise and the Marriage of the Lamb 19:1-10 Christ's Triumphant Return and the Defeat of the Beast 19:11-21 Satan Bound and the Reign of the Saints 20:1-6 Satan's Final Rebellion and Defeat 20:7-10 The Great White Throne and the Final Judgment 20:11-15 The New Heaven and New Earth and the New Jerusalem 21:1-27 The River of Life and the Throne of God 22:1-6
1 And he commanded the one over his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.

Gen.44.1 - Details

Original Text

ויצו את־ אשר על־ ביתו לאמר מלא את־ אמתחת האנשים אכל כאשר יוכלון שאת ושים כסף־ איש בפי אמתחתו׃

Morphology

  • ויצו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • על: PREP
  • ביתו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • מלא: ADJ,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אמתחת: NOUN,f,sg,construct
  • האנשים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • אכל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • כאשר: CONJ
  • יוכלון: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • שאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ושים: VERB,qal,imperat,2,m,sg
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • בפי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • אמתחתו: NOUN,f,sg,suff

Parallels

  • Gen.42:25 (verbal): Same action and near-verbatim wording: Joseph's steward previously placed the brothers' money back into their sacks after their first visit (money returned 'in the mouth of their sacks').
  • Gen.42:26-28 (verbal): Immediate narrative parallel describing the filling of the sacks and the discovery/placement of the brothers' money—repeats the motif and language of returned money in sacks.
  • Gen.44:2 (structural): Direct continuation of the same scene: after ordering the sacks filled and money returned, Joseph instructs that his silver cup be secreted in Benjamin's sack — the planting of evidence contrasts with the prior return of money.
  • Gen.39:13-20 (thematic): The motif of planting or using physical evidence to incriminate someone: Potiphar's wife uses Joseph's garment as false evidence to accuse him, paralleling the later tactic of hiding the cup to frame Benjamin.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he commanded the one over his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
  • And he commanded the one who was over his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
2 And my cup—the silver cup—you shall put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to Joseph’s word, which he had spoken.

Gen.44.2 - Details

Original Text

ואת־ גביעי גביע הכסף תשים בפי אמתחת הקטן ואת כסף שברו ויעש כדבר יוסף אשר דבר׃

Morphology

  • ואת: CONJ
  • גביעי: NOUN,m,sg,suf
  • גביע: NOUN,m,sg,const
  • הכסף: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • תשים: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • בפי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • אמתחת: NOUN,f,sg,const
  • הקטן: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • ואת: CONJ
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ויעש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.44.1 (structural): Immediate narrative precursor: Joseph gives the steward the command that leads directly to the action described in 44:2.
  • Gen.44.4-5 (verbal): Immediate aftermath: the men’s sacks are searched and the silver cup is found in Benjamin’s sack, fulfilling the planted evidence mentioned in 44:2.
  • Gen.42.25 (verbal): Earlier episode of money being returned in the men’s sacks; Genesis emphasizes money concealed/returned in sacks, a motif Joseph exploits in 44:2.
  • Gen.37.28 (thematic): The brothers’ earlier sale of Joseph for silver establishes the recurrent motif of silver and fraternal betrayal that frames the planting of the silver cup.
  • 1 Kgs.21:8-15 (thematic): Narrative parallel of manufactured evidence and false accusation (Naboth’s condemnation by contrived testimony) — similar tactic of framing to seize another’s rights/position.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And my goblet—the silver goblet—you shall put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he spoke.
  • And my cup—the silver cup—you shall put in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to the word of Joseph that he spoke.
3 The morning was light, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

Gen.44.3 - Details

Original Text

הבקר אור והאנשים שלחו המה וחמריהם׃

Morphology

  • הבקר: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אור: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והאנשים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • שלחו: VERB,qal,imp,2,m,pl
  • המה: PRON,3,m,pl
  • וחמריהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,suff:3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 42:25 (verbal): Earlier in the Joseph story the brothers are given food and sent away; both verses use the same basic action of sending the men off with their donkeys after provision is given.
  • Genesis 43:16 (structural): Another scene in the same narrative where Joseph’s housekeeper/agent loads provisions and dispatches the brothers and their donkeys — a repeated narrative pattern of provisioning and sending them on their way.
  • Genesis 45:21-23 (thematic): When Joseph later equips and sends his brothers back to Canaan, he again provides animals, provisions and an escorted departure — the same theme of morning/departure and sending with beasts of burden.
  • Exodus 12:31-33 (thematic): The Egyptians' hurried sending out of the Israelites with their goods at the decisive morning departure echoes the motif of a people being sent away at dawn with their possessions/animals.

Alternative generated candidates

  • The morning was light, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.
  • The morning became light, and the men were sent off, they and their donkeys.
4 They had gone out of the city, they had not gone far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, Rise, pursue after the men and overtake them, and say to them: Why have you repaid evil for good?

Gen.44.4 - Details

Original Text

הם יצאו את־ העיר לא הרחיקו ויוסף אמר לאשר על־ ביתו קום רדף אחרי האנשים והשגתם ואמרת אלהם למה שלמתם רעה תחת טובה׃

Morphology

  • הם: PRON,personal,3,m,pl
  • יצאו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • העיר: NOUN,f,sg,def
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • הרחיקו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • ויוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לאשר: CONJ
  • על: PREP
  • ביתו: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • קום: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • רדף: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,sg
  • אחרי: PREP
  • האנשים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • והשגתם: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • ואמרת: CONJ+VERB,qal,impf,2,m,sg
  • אלהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • למה: ADV
  • שלמתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • רעה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • תחת: PREP
  • טובה: ADJ,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Proverbs 17:13 (verbal): Expresses the same moral principle—recompensing good with evil is condemned ('Whoever returns evil for good...'), paralleling the steward's charge to the brothers.
  • Psalm 35:12 (verbal): The psalmist complains of being repaid 'evil for good,' using language that closely matches the complaint voiced in Genesis 44:4.
  • Romans 12:17-21 (thematic): New Testament ethical teaching counsels not to repay evil for evil but to overcome evil with good, thematically contrasting the act of pursuing and accusing those who have been 'repaid' unjustly.
  • Genesis 50:20 (thematic): Joseph later reframes his brothers' harmful action as part of God's providential plan ('You meant evil against me; God meant it for good'), connecting to the broader themes of injustice, retribution, and ultimate reconciliation in the Joseph narrative.

Alternative generated candidates

  • They had gone out from the city, not gone far, when Joseph said to the one over his house, Rise, pursue after the men, and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?
  • They had gone out from the city; they had not gone far; and Joseph said to the one who was over his house, Get up, pursue after the men, and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?
5 Is not this the cup that my lord drinks from? And indeed he divines by it. You have done evil in what you have done.

Gen.44.5 - Details

Original Text

הלוא זה אשר ישתה אדני בו והוא נחש ינחש בו הרעתם אשר עשיתם׃

Morphology

  • הלוא: PART
  • זה: PRON,dem,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ישתה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • והוא: CONJ+PRON,3,m,sg
  • נחש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ינחש: VERB,nip,impf,3,m,sg
  • בו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • הרעתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשיתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:1 (structural): Sets up the incident — Joseph (disguised) directs his steward to place his silver cup in Benjamin's sack, the instructive precedent for the cup-as-evidence mentioned in v.5.
  • Genesis 44:12-13 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation: the steward searches the sacks, finds the cup in Benjamin's, and thus enforces the accusation spoken in v.5.
  • Genesis 42:25-28 (thematic): Earlier episode in Joseph's testing of his brothers: their sacks are filled with food and money is later discovered in them. Both scenes use hidden/returned objects to test and accuse the brothers.
  • Genesis 37:26-28 (thematic): The brothers' original wrongdoing — conspiring to sell Joseph — provides the moral and narrative background for Joseph's later accusations ('you have done wrong') and themes of guilt, deception, and retribution.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and by which indeed he divines? You have done evil in doing this.
  • Is not this the one my lord drinks from, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in what you have done.
6 And he overtook them and spoke to them these words.

Gen.44.6 - Details

Original Text

וישגם וידבר אלהם את־ הדברים האלה׃

Morphology

  • וישגם: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • וידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אלהם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הדברים: NOUN,m,pl,def
  • האלה: DEM,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:1-5 (structural): Immediate literary parallel: these verses record Joseph's command to the steward to fill the men's sacks and to place the silver cup in Benjamin's sack — the action that the steward executes and then follows up on in 44:6 (he overtakes them and speaks).
  • Genesis 42:25 (thematic): Earlier scene with Joseph's steward opening the brothers' sacks and returning their money; parallels the steward's role as household official who inspects and manipulates the men's provisions/money (same motif of steward handling sacks/money).
  • Genesis 42:27-28 (thematic): When the brothers first discover the money in their sacks they are seized with fear and speak among themselves; parallels the emotional and communicative aftermath in 44:6–when the steward's action and words provoke a crisis and dialogue among the brothers.
  • Genesis 44:12-17 (verbal): The immediate continuation of the episode in which the steward confronts the men, finds the cup, and the brothers protest; parallels 44:6 in content and tone — the steward's pursuit/speech leads directly into the formal accusation and Judah's subsequent plea.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he overtook them and spoke to them these words.
  • And he overtook them and spoke to them these words.
7 And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.

Gen.44.7 - Details

Original Text

ויאמרו אליו למה ידבר אדני כדברים האלה חלילה לעבדיך מעשות כדבר הזה׃

Morphology

  • ויאמרו: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,pl
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • למה: ADV
  • ידבר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • כדברים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • האלה: DEM,pl
  • חלילה: INTJ
  • לעבדיך: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,2,ms
  • מעשות: VERB,qal,inf
  • כדבר: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.44.9 (structural): Immediate continuation of the same scene — the brothers explicitly protest their innocence and explain finding the money, using the same defensive formula as in v.7.
  • Gen.42.21-22 (thematic): Earlier in the narrative the brothers admit guilt about Joseph (confession of responsibility), creating a sharp contrast with their vehement denial here of stealing the cup.
  • Gen.39.9 (verbal): Both verses feature a strong repudiation of wrongdoing formulated as moral impossibility ('how then can I do this great wickedness?' / 'far be it from your servants'), expressing shock and protest at the charge.
  • Ps.35:11 (thematic): Psalmist complains of false witnesses accusing him of things he did not know — parallels the theme of unjust accusation and the speaker's protestation of innocence.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And they said to him, Why does my lord speak according to such words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
  • And they said to him, Why does my lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
8 Behold, the silver that we found in the mouth of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal from your lord’s house silver or gold?

Gen.44.8 - Details

Original Text

הן כסף אשר מצאנו בפי אמתחתינו השיבנו אליך מארץ כנען ואיך נגנב מבית אדניך כסף או זהב׃

Morphology

  • הן: PART
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • מצאנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,_,pl
  • בפי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,construct
  • אמתחתינו: NOUN,f,pl,suff
  • השיבנו: VERB,hiphil,perf,3,m,sg
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • מארץ: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • כנען: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ואיך: CONJ+ADV
  • נגנב: VERB,nifal,perf,3,m,sg
  • מבית: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אדניך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • או: CONJ
  • זהב: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.42:27-28 (verbal): The brothers first discover the silver returned in their sacks and react with fear—this episode is the immediate narrative precedent to the claim in 44:8 that money was found in their packs.
  • Gen.43:23 (verbal): The steward (or ‘the man’) tells the brothers that God has given them treasure in their sacks and explicitly notes he ‘had your money,’ paralleling the insistence in 44:8 that the silver was brought from Canaan and not stolen.
  • Gen.31:32-35 (thematic): Laban’s accusation that Jacob’s household has stolen his household gods and Jacob’s defense echo the pattern of an employer/owner accusing retainers and the accused denying theft found in 44:8.
  • Lev.6:2-5 (thematic): The law requiring confession and restitution when someone steals (including from a house of worship or neighbor) provides a legal/theological background for concerns about stolen silver and the obligation to return it, which underlies the brothers’ protest in 44:8.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Behold, the silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks we returned to you from the land of Canaan; how could we steal from your lord’s house silver or gold?
  • Look, the silver that we found in the mouth of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal from your master’s house silver or gold?
9 Whichever of your servants it is found with shall die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.

Gen.44.9 - Details

Original Text

אשר ימצא אתו מעבדיך ומת וגם־ אנחנו נהיה לאדני לעבדים׃

Morphology

  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ימצא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אתו: PRON,3,m,sg,acc
  • מעבדיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,prsfx:2,m,sg,prep
  • ומת: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • וגם: CONJ
  • אנחנו: PRON,1,pl
  • נהיה: VERB,niphal,impf,1,pl
  • לאדני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,m,poss1s
  • לעבדים: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:33-34 (verbal): Same scene and speaker (Judah) — a closely related, intensified pledge in which Judah formally offers himself as a slave in Benjamin’s place.
  • Exodus 32:32 (thematic): Moses offers to be blotted out on behalf of the people — an act of intercessory self-substitution for others.
  • Isaiah 53:4-6 (thematic): The Suffering Servant bears the iniquity of others; thematically parallels the idea of one person suffering or standing in for another.
  • John 10:11,15 (thematic): Jesus’ declaration that he lays down his life for the sheep — New Testament instance of substitutionary self-giving similar to Judah’s offer.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Whichever of your servants it is found with, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.
  • Whichever of your servants is found with it shall die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.
10 And he said, Even now, according to your words, so it is: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be clear.

Gen.44.10 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר גם־ עתה כדבריכם כן־ הוא אשר ימצא אתו יהיה־ לי עבד ואתם תהיו נקים׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • גם: ADV
  • עתה: ADV
  • כדבריכם: PREP+NOUN,m,pl,abs,2,m,pl
  • כן: ADV
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ימצא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אתו: PRON,3,m,sg,acc
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ואתם: CONJ+PRON,2,pl
  • תהיו: VERB,qal,imf,2,pl
  • נקים: ADJ,m,pl,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:9 (verbal): Almost identical wording appears elsewhere in the same episode—an official declares the same condition: the man in whose sack the cup is found will be my servant and you shall be blameless.
  • Genesis 44:33–34 (thematic): Judah's subsequent offer to become a slave in Benjamin's stead directly responds to and thematically inverts the steward's pronouncement (vicarious substitution on behalf of the guilty).
  • Isaiah 42:1 (allusion): Uses the key label 'my servant' for one who stands in a special relationship to the master; echoes the servant language and the idea of one placed under another's authority.
  • Isaiah 53:4–6 (thematic): Presents the servant as vicarious substitute who bears others' guilt and suffering—a broader theological parallel to the narrative motif of one person becoming a servant/substitute for others.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he said, Even now, according to your words, so it is: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you will be clear.
  • And he said, Even now, according to your words, so it is: the one with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be innocent.
11 Then they hurried and each brought his sack down to the ground, and each opened his sack.

Gen.44.11 - Details

Original Text

וימהרו ויורדו איש את־ אמתחתו ארצה ויפתחו איש אמתחתו׃

Morphology

  • וימהרו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • ויורדו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אמתחתו: NOUN,f,sg,suff
  • ארצה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • ויפתחו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אמתחתו: NOUN,f,sg,suff

Parallels

  • Gen.42:25-27 (verbal): Same action earlier in the Joseph narrative — the brothers ‘let down their sacks’/opened them and found the money in each man's sack.
  • Gen.44:1-5 (structural): The steward’s prior instructions to return the brothers’ money and to place Joseph’s cup in Benjamin’s sack create the situation that makes the opening of the sacks decisive.
  • Gen.42:35 (thematic): The brothers’ astonishment and recognition of an unusual divine act when money appears in their sacks — highlights the themes of testing, providence, and fear that recur when the sacks are opened.
  • Gen.44:12 (structural): Immediate narrative continuation: the discovery on opening the sacks leads to the steward’s enquiry and the accusation against whoever has the cup, showing the intended outcome of the planted cup.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then they hurried and each brought down his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.
  • And they hurried and each lowered his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.
12 And he searched, beginning with the eldest and finishing with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Gen.44.12 - Details

Original Text

ויחפש בגדול החל ובקטן כלה וימצא הגביע באמתחת בנימן׃

Morphology

  • ויחפש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • בגדול: PREP+ADJ,m,sg,def
  • החל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • ובקטן: CONJ+PREP+ADJ,m,sg,def
  • כלה: ADV
  • וימצא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • הגביע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • באמתחת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • בנימן: NOUN,m,sg,proper

Parallels

  • Gen.44.1-5 (structural): Immediate narrative setup: Joseph orders the steward to fill the brothers' sacks and secretly place his silver cup in Benjamin's sack — explains the planted evidence that is discovered when the steward searches the sacks.
  • Gen.42.25 (verbal): Earlier in the Joseph story Joseph had commanded that each man's money be put back into his sack; both passages feature money/objects found in the brothers' sacks and the shock that attends such discoveries.
  • Gen.43.23 (verbal): The steward's later words to the brothers ('Peace to you...your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I have your money') echo the motif of valuables being found in their sacks and the steward's role in accounting for them.
  • Gen.31.19-35 (thematic): Laban's thorough search of Jacob's household and Rachel's hiding of the household gods in her baggage provides a parallel motif of searching personal/household belongings, concealment in a sack/tent, and the tensions and accusations that follow such discoveries.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And he searched, beginning with the eldest and finishing with the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin’s sack.
  • And he searched—he began with the eldest and finished with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13 Then they tore their garments, and each loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.

Gen.44.13 - Details

Original Text

ויקרעו שמלתם ויעמס איש על־ חמרו וישבו העירה׃

Morphology

  • ויקרעו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • שמלתם: NOUN,f,sg,abs+3,m,pl
  • ויעמס: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • על: PREP
  • חמרו: NOUN,m,sg,poss3ms
  • וישבו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • העירה: NOUN,f,sg,def

Parallels

  • Gen.37.34 (verbal): Jacob rends his garments on hearing Joseph is (apparently) dead — same verb/action (tearing clothes) as an expression of grief over a perceived loss.
  • Job 1:20 (thematic): Job tears his robe and shaves his head upon severe personal calamity — parallels the use of garment-tearing as ritualized mourning and shock.
  • 2 Sam.13:19 (thematic): Tamar rends her garments after being violated — another instance where tearing garments signals distress, shame, and rupture of social order.
  • Josh.7:6 (verbal): Joshua and the elders tear their clothes after the defeat at Ai — a comparable ritual response (renting garments) to national/civic disaster or crisis.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then they tore their garments, and each loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
  • Then they tore their garments, and each loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
14 And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.

Gen.44.14 - Details

Original Text

ויבא יהודה ואחיו ביתה יוסף והוא עודנו שם ויפלו לפניו ארצה׃

Morphology

  • ויבא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ואחיו: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:3,m,sg
  • ביתה: NOUN,m,sg,suff-3,f,sg
  • יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והוא: CONJ+PRON,3,m,sg
  • עודנו: ADV
  • שם: ADV
  • ויפלו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl
  • לפניו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • ארצה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 37:9 (allusion): Joseph's dream in which his brothers (and parents) bow to him—this earlier motif of bowing anticipates and is fulfilled by the narrative scene of the brothers falling before Joseph.
  • Genesis 42:6 (verbal): On their first journey to Egypt the brothers 'bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth'—language and action closely parallel Gen 44:14's account of Judah and his brothers falling before Joseph.
  • Genesis 43:26 (verbal): At their second visit the brothers again 'fell down before him on their faces'—a repeated narrative formula echoing Gen 44:14 and emphasizing submissive posture before Joseph.
  • Genesis 50:18 (thematic): After Jacob's death the brothers 'fell down before him' and wept—echoes the theme of contrition, submission, and reconciliation expressed by the physical act of bowing to Joseph.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.
  • And Judah and his brothers came into Joseph’s house, and he was still there, and they fell before him to the ground.
15 And Joseph said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that a man such as I will indeed divine?

Gen.44.15 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר להם יוסף מה־ המעשה הזה אשר עשיתם הלוא ידעתם כי־ נחש ינחש איש אשר כמני׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • להם: PREP+PRON,3,m,pl
  • יוסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • מה: PRON,int
  • המעשה: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • הזה: DEM,m,sg
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • עשיתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • הלוא: PART
  • ידעתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • נחש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ינחש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • איש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • כמני: PREP,1,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.42:7-8 (structural): Same narrative cycle: Joseph recognizes his brothers while they do not recognize him and conceals his identity—parallels Genesis 44:15's reliance on Joseph's covert knowledge and testing of the brothers.
  • Gen.41:15-16 (thematic): Joseph speaks of interpretation/knowledge as deriving from God (‘it is not in me; God shall give Pharaoh an answer’). Connects to 44:15’s theme of a single man’s ability to discern hidden facts (the cup theft) as mediated by insight/authority beyond ordinary perception.
  • Dan.2:27-28 (thematic): Daniel explains that mysteries are revealed by God rather than human skill. Parallels the underlying theological claim in Joseph’s assertion that a man like him can 'divine' or discern hidden matters—knowledge traced to divine disclosure.
  • John 2:24-25 (thematic): Of Jesus it is said he 'knew what was in man' and perceived motives. This New Testament motif of an individual discerning inner truth parallels Joseph’s confident exposure of the brothers’ deed in Gen 44:15.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Joseph said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I indeed divines?
  • And Joseph said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that a man such as I surely divines?
16 And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak, and how shall we justify ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord, both we and the one in whose hand the cup was found.

Gen.44.16 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר יהודה מה־ נאמר לאדני מה־ נדבר ומה־ נצטדק האלהים מצא את־ עון עבדיך הננו עבדים לאדני גם־ אנחנו גם אשר־ נמצא הגביע בידו׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • מה: PRON,int
  • נאמר: VERB,niphal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • לאדני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,m,poss1s
  • מה: PRON,int
  • נדבר: VERB,qal,imperfect,1,c,pl
  • ומה: CONJ+PRON,int
  • נצטדק: VERB,hitpael,imperfect,1,c,pl
  • האלהים: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מצא: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • עבדיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2ms
  • הננו: PRON,1,c,pl
  • עבדים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
  • לאדני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,m,poss1s
  • גם: ADV
  • אנחנו: PRON,1,pl
  • גם: ADV
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נמצא: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • הגביע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בידו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 42:21–22 (verbal): The brothers earlier admit their guilt about Joseph ('we are indeed guilty'), echoing the same conscience-stricken language and recognition of wrongdoing that appears in Judah’s plea.
  • Genesis 43:8–9 (verbal): Judah’s prior speech to Jacob ('What shall we say to my lord? How shall we clear ourselves?') uses nearly identical rhetorical questions and pleading vocabulary found here, forming an internal verbal parallel within the Joseph narrative.
  • Exodus 32:32–33 (thematic): Moses offers himself as intercessor/substitute for a guilty people and appeals to God’s judgment; thematically parallels Judah’s willingness to substitute himself and accept responsibility for the accused brother.
  • Psalm 51:4 (thematic): David’s confession acknowledges that God knows and adjudicates sin ('against you, you only, have I sinned'), resonating with Judah’s statement that God has discovered the servants’ iniquity and the need to be accounted for before God.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak, and how shall we be justified? God has found out the guilt of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord, both we and also the one in whose hand the goblet was found.
  • And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak, and how shall we be justified? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord—both we and also the one in whose hand the cup was found.
17 But he said, Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave, and you—go up in peace to your father.

Gen.44.17 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר חלילה לי מעשות זאת האיש אשר נמצא הגביע בידו הוא יהיה־ לי עבד ואתם עלו לשלום אל־ אביכם׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • חלילה: PART
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • מעשות: VERB,qal,inf
  • זאת: DEM,f,sg
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • נמצא: VERB,nip,perf,3,m,sg
  • הגביע: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • בידו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • יהיה: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ואתם: CONJ+PRON,2,pl
  • עלו: PREP+3ms_suff
  • לשלום: PREP
  • אל: NEG
  • אביכם: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,mp

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:33–34 (thematic): Later in the same scene Judah moves from proposing that the man found with the cup be kept to offering himself as slave in Benjamin’s place — a direct development of the substitute/surety theme in v.17.
  • Genesis 43:8–9 (verbal): Earlier Judah twice offers to be surety for Benjamin (‘I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him’), showing the same language of guarantee and readiness to bear responsibility that appears in 44:17–34.
  • Genesis 37:26–27 (thematic): When Joseph was young Judah proposed selling him to the Ishmaelites. The contrast with his willingness in Genesis 44 to accept servitude (or substitute himself) highlights Judah’s moral development.
  • Genesis 31:34–35 (verbal): Laban’s interrogation over the household gods (‘With whom hast thou found them?’) reflects the legal/social presumption that possession implies responsibility — the same assumption behind seizing the man in whose hand the cup was found.

Alternative generated candidates

  • But he said, Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the goblet was found, he shall be my slave; but you—go up in peace to your father.
  • And he said, Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave; but you, go up in peace to your father.
18 Then Judah approached him and said, Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

Gen.44.18 - Details

Original Text

ויגש אליו יהודה ויאמר בי אדני ידבר־ נא עבדך דבר באזני אדני ואל־ יחר אפך בעבדך כי כמוך כפרעה׃

Morphology

  • ויגש: VERB,qal,wayy,3,m,sg
  • אליו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • בי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • ידבר: VERB,qal,juss,3,m,sg
  • נא: PART
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • דבר: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • באזני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,cstr
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • ואל: CONJ+PREP
  • יחר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אפך: NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,2,m,sg
  • בעבדך: PREP+NOUN,m,sg+PRON,2,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • כמוך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • כפרעה: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 43:26-30 (structural): The brothers again bow before Joseph and address him with deferential language ('my lord'), presenting themselves and their gifts before him—same courtly setting and formal petitioning that frames Judah's speech in 44:18–34.
  • Genesis 44:33-34 (thematic): Later in the same speech Judah pleads for mercy and offers himself in place of Benjamin. This is the immediate thematic continuation of his opening plea in 44:18 (fear of the ruler's anger and an appeal for clemency).
  • Genesis 50:17-21 (thematic): Joseph's later reassurance to his brothers ('do not be afraid') responds to the very fear of anger that Judah expresses in 44:18; the passage provides the narrative resolution to the plea for mercy.
  • 1 Samuel 24:8-11 (thematic): David speaks respectfully to Saul, pleading that Saul not be angry and appealing to Saul's position and honor—a similar posture of deference and an appeal to a powerful ruler's mercy.
  • Esther 5:2-3 (thematic): Esther approaches the king with cautious deference and petitions him on behalf of her people, fearing royal displeasure—parallel in form and tone to Judah's careful address and plea to Joseph.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Then Judah drew near to him and said, Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
  • Then Judah approached him and said, Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?

Gen.44.19 - Details

Original Text

אדני שאל את־ עבדיו לאמר היש־ לכם אב או־ אח׃

Morphology

  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • שאל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • עבדיו: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3ms
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • היש: PART,exist
  • לכם: PREP,2,m,pl
  • אב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • או: CONJ
  • אח: NOUN,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.44:18-21 (verbal): Immediate literary parallel — Judah's speech reproduces the steward/Joseph's exact questions ('Have you a father? Or a brother?') as part of his plea; same words and episode retold within the same scene.
  • Gen.42:7-17 (thematic): Earlier confrontation when Joseph first meets his brothers in Egypt: Joseph questions them about their origins and family and detains Simeon. Shares the motif of interrogation, testing, and concealment of identity that culminates in Gen 44.
  • 2 Sam.9:1-8 (thematic): David inquires about surviving members of Saul's house to show kindness to Jonathan's lineage. The passage parallels Gen 44.19 in its focus on family ties and the practice of questioning after kinship to determine legal/merciful action.
  • Ruth 4:1-10 (structural): The city-gate scene where Boaz and the nearer kinsman question who is next of kin and whether he will redeem the land/marry Ruth. Structurally similar: family identity is established through questioning and determines the persons' fate and obligations.

Alternative generated candidates

  • My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?
  • My lord asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or a brother?
20 And we said to my lord, We have an aged father and a youngest son, a child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

Gen.44.20 - Details

Original Text

ונאמר אל־ אדני יש־ לנו אב זקן וילד זקנים קטן ואחיו מת ויותר הוא לבדו לאמו ואביו אהבו׃

Morphology

  • ונאמר: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • יש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • לנו: PREP+PRON,1,pl
  • אב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • זקן: ADJ,m,sg,abs
  • וילד: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • זקנים: ADJ,m,pl,abs
  • קטן: ADJ,m,sg
  • ואחיו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,3ms
  • מת: ADJ,m,sg
  • ויותר: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • הוא: PRON,3,m,sg
  • לבדו: PREP+PRON,3,m,sg
  • לאמו: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,suff,3,m
  • ואביו: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRONSUF,3,m,sg
  • אהבו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg,3ms.obj

Parallels

  • Genesis 37:3 (verbal): Uses the same language of a favored child as “the son of his old age” and states that the father loved him more — the verbal motif echoed in Gen 44:20 about the young brother whom the father loves.
  • Genesis 37:34-35 (thematic): Jacob’s intense mourning for the (apparently) lost son Joseph — “he refused to be comforted” — parallels the theme of a father’s unique attachment and grief at the loss/endangerment of a beloved son (as with Benjamin in Gen 44:20).
  • Genesis 43:8–10 (structural): Judah’s plea that Benjamin be allowed to accompany the brothers because their father will not be comforted without him (and loves him dearly) is part of the same narrative logic and directly parallels the explanation given in Gen 44:20.
  • Luke 15:20 (thematic): The father’s compassionate, affectionate response to a returning/ beloved son in the Prodigal Son parable echoes the broader biblical motif of a father’s special love for a favored child, which underlies the concern for Benjamin in Gen 44:20.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And we said to my lord, We have an aged father and a child of his old age, the youngest; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left to his mother, and his father loves him.
  • And we said to my lord, We have an aged father and a young son of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone remains to his mother, and his father loves him.
21 And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.

Gen.44.21 - Details

Original Text

ותאמר אל־ עבדיך הורדהו אלי ואשימה עיני עליו׃

Morphology

  • ותאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • עבדיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2ms
  • הורדהו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אלי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • ואשימה: VERB,qal,impf,1,sg
  • עיני: NOUN,f,pl,cons+1s
  • עליו: PREP,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 44:12 (structural): Same scene earlier in the chapter: Joseph orders his steward to place the silver cup in Benjamin’s sack as part of the contrivance that leads to the command to ‘bring him down’—both verses are elements of Joseph’s deliberate test/entrapment.
  • Genesis 44:5 (structural): An immediate parallel in the chapter where Joseph instructs his household steward to fill the brothers’ sacks and manipulate their provisions—this series of commands frames the action in 44:21, showing Joseph’s control over the situation and his use of servants.
  • Genesis 42:7–18 (thematic): Earlier in the Joseph narrative Joseph confronts his brothers, speaks harshly, and imprisons them (e.g., 42:7,18); both passages show Joseph exercising authority to detain and test his brothers while concealing his identity.
  • Deuteronomy 19:16–19 (thematic): The motif of ‘bringing’ an accused or a witness before an authority for judgment/testing echoes here: Genesis 44:21’s command to bring Benjamin so he may be examined parallels legal procedures for summoning persons to be proved or condemned.
  • Matthew 26:59–61 (allusion): The Gospel scene where Jesus is brought before authorities and false witnesses are produced shares the theme of entrapment and staged accusation—Genesis 44:21 likewise portrays a staged bringing of an accused into the presence of one who will judge or test him.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
  • And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eye on him.
22 And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; if he leaves his father, he would die.

Gen.44.22 - Details

Original Text

ונאמר אל־ אדני לא־ יוכל הנער לעזב את־ אביו ועזב את־ אביו ומת׃

Morphology

  • ונאמר: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • יוכל: VERB,qal,impf,3,ms
  • הנער: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • לעזב: VERB,qal,inf
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אביו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • ועזב: VERB,qal,perf,3,ms
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אביו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+3,m,sg
  • ומת: VERB,qal,perf,3,ms

Parallels

  • Gen.43:8-9 (verbal): Judah's earlier plea to Jacob uses almost the same wording — 'the lad cannot leave his father; if he leave him, his father will die' — a near-verbatim repetition of the concern for Benjamin.
  • Gen.44:30-31 (structural): In Judah's fuller speech later he repeats the idea that Jacob's life is bound up with Benjamin and that if the lad is not returned Jacob will die — the same motif reiterated within the chapter.
  • Gen.37:34-35 (thematic): Jacob's extreme mourning over Joseph's apparent death ('I will go down to Sheol to my son, mourning') reflects the same paternal bond and fear of losing a son that underlies the statement about Benjamin.
  • Gen.42:38 (thematic): Jacob's reluctance to send Benjamin (he says he would go down to the grave mourning if he lost another son) expresses the same anxiety about a son's absence leading to the father's death.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; if he were to leave his father, he would die.
  • And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he leaves his father, his father will die.
23 But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not again see my face.

Gen.44.23 - Details

Original Text

ותאמר אל־ עבדיך אם־ לא ירד אחיכם הקטן אתכם לא תספון לראות פני׃

Morphology

  • ותאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • עבדיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2ms
  • אם: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • ירד: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אחיכם: NOUN,m,sg,abs+2,m,pl
  • הקטן: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • אתכם: PRT+PRON,2,m,pl
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • תספון: VERB,qal,impf,2,m,pl
  • לראות: VERB,qal,inf
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons

Parallels

  • Gen.43:8-9 (thematic): Judah offers himself as guarantor for Benjamin's safe return—both passages focus on the necessity that the youngest brother accompany the brothers and on a pledge to ensure his safety.
  • Gen.42:36-38 (thematic): Jacob's refusal to send Benjamin because he would die if Benjamin were taken reflects the same family anxiety and the centrality of the youngest son's presence in the household.
  • Gen.44:34 (structural): Judah's later offer to become a slave in Benjamin's stead parallels and resolves the earlier demand that Benjamin must accompany them; both texts foreground substitutionary pledges to secure the boy's safety.
  • Gen.44:22 (verbal): An immediate report of the same demand appears earlier in the chapter—this verse recounts how the steward said that unless the youngest came down they would not be allowed to see his face, showing verbal repetition and narrative framing.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not again see my face.
  • And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not see my face again.
24 And it was, when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

Gen.44.24 - Details

Original Text

ויהי כי עלינו אל־ עבדך אבי ונגד־ לו את דברי אדני׃

Morphology

  • ויהי: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • עלינו: PREP+PRON,1,pl
  • אל: NEG
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • ונגד: CONJ+PREP
  • לו: PRON,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • דברי: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,1,c,sg
  • אדני: NOUN,m,sg,abs,1,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.37:31-33 (verbal): The brothers present evidence to their father about Joseph (showing his coat) and report what happened — a direct verbal parallel to ‘we related unto him the words of my lord,’ i.e., the act of reporting to their father.
  • Gen.42:21-22 (thematic): The brothers’ guilty discussion and their recounting of events about Joseph highlights the recurring theme of confessing/relating actions to family authorities, connecting with the reporting to their father in 44:24.
  • Gen.45:25-27 (structural): After Joseph reveals himself, the brothers return to Jacob and ‘told him all the words of Joseph’—a structural mirror of 44:24 in which the brothers convey to their father the words they received in Egypt.
  • Gen.44:25 (verbal): Immediate continuation of the same exchange: the brothers explicitly recount how they relayed Joseph’s words to their father, repeating and reinforcing the phrase and action found in 44:24.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord.
  • And it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord.
25 And our father said, Return, buy for us a little food.

Gen.44.25 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר אבינו שבו שברו־ לנו מעט־ אכל׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אבינו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,prsuf1pl
  • שבו: VERB,qal,impv,2,m,pl
  • שברו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,pl
  • לנו: PREP+PRON,1,pl
  • מעט: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אכל: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Gen.42:1-2 (verbal): Jacob first instructs his sons to go to Egypt to buy grain because of the famine — the same motive and wording (go buy us a little food) that explains why they return in ch.44.
  • Gen.43:2 (verbal): The brothers again invoke their father’s command to go and buy food when preparing a second trip to Egypt; repeats the practical reason for their journey (to purchase food).
  • Gen.41:56-57 (thematic): Describes the severe famine and how people came to Egypt to buy grain — provides the broader context that makes Jacob’s instruction to ‘‘buy a little food’’ necessary.
  • Gen.45:18 (thematic): After Joseph reveals himself he tells them to bring their father to Egypt to live and eat — a resolution to the food/hunger motive that drove the earlier commands to go buy food.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And our father said, Return, buy for us a little food.
  • And our father said, Return, buy for us a little food.
26 And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.

Gen.44.26 - Details

Original Text

ונאמר לא נוכל לרדת אם־ יש אחינו הקטן אתנו וירדנו כי־ לא נוכל לראות פני האיש ואחינו הקטן איננו אתנו׃

Morphology

  • ונאמר: VERB,niphal,perf,3,m,sg
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • נוכל: VERB,qal,impf,1,pl
  • לרדת: VERB,qal,inf
  • אם: CONJ
  • יש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אחינו: NOUN,m,pl,abs,poss:1pl
  • הקטן: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • אתנו: PRON,1,pl
  • וירדנו: VERB,qal,perf,1,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • נוכל: VERB,qal,impf,1,pl
  • לראות: VERB,qal,inf
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • האיש: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ואחינו: NOUN,m,sg,abs+1,pl
  • הקטן: ADJ,m,sg,def
  • איננו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl,neg
  • אתנו: PRON,1,pl

Parallels

  • Genesis 43:6-7 (verbal): Almost identical wording and situation: the brothers say they cannot go down or face the man unless their youngest brother is with them — the same refusal repeated earlier in the narrative.
  • Genesis 42:38 (thematic): Jacob's earlier injunction that they must bring Benjamin home — introduces the recurring concern for the youngest son's safety and the family's insistence on his presence.
  • Genesis 44:33-34 (structural): Judah's later plea to remain as a substitute for Benjamin and to spare their father echoes the brothers' insistence on Benjamin's presence and highlights the narrative role of Benjamin as central to the crisis.
  • Genesis 37:34-35 (thematic): Jacob's bitter mourning over Joseph and his fear of losing another son (’all these things are against me’) parallels the parental anxiety and stakes behind the brothers' refusal to present Joseph's ruler without Benjamin.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us.
  • And we said, We cannot go down; but if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.
27 And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons.

Gen.44.27 - Details

Original Text

ויאמר עבדך אבי אלינו אתם ידעתם כי שנים ילדה־ לי אשתי׃

Morphology

  • ויאמר: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • אלינו: PREP+PRON,1,pl
  • אתם: PRON,2,m,pl
  • ידעתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • כי: CONJ
  • שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
  • ילדה: VERB,qal,perf,3,f,sg
  • לי: PREP+PRON,1,sg
  • אשתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+1s

Parallels

  • Genesis 30:22–24 (verbal): Narrative of Rachel bearing Joseph — supports Judah’s claim that his (their) mother bore two sons (Joseph and later Benjamin).
  • Genesis 35:16–18 (verbal): Account of Rachel bearing Benjamin (and dying in childbirth) — directly corroborates the statement that the same wife bore two sons.
  • Genesis 42:13 (thematic): Brothers’ earlier identification as “twelve brethren, the sons of one man” echoes the emphasis on family/sons born to the same father and the unity of the household Judah describes.
  • Genesis 44:20–21 (structural): Immediate context in Judah’s speech reiterates the family situation (‘thy servant my father is an old man… the child is one of his sons’), forming the same argumentative unit that leads into verse 44:27.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons.
  • And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons.
28 One went out from me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have not seen him until now.

Gen.44.28 - Details

Original Text

ויצא האחד מאתי ואמר אך טרף טרף ולא ראיתיו עד־ הנה׃

Morphology

  • ויצא: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • האחד: PRON,indef,sg,m
  • מאתי: PREP,1,sg
  • ואמר: VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,sg
  • אך: PART
  • טרף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • טרף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • ולא: CONJ
  • ראיתיו: VERB,qal,perf,1,m,sg
  • עד: PREP
  • הנה: PART

Parallels

  • Genesis 37:31–33 (thematic): Brothers report the disappearance of a brother by presenting evidence (Joseph’s coat) and giving a false account of his fate—parallels the motif of a missing brother and deceptive reporting in the Joseph cycle.
  • Genesis 42:9–17 (structural): Earlier in the Joseph narrative Joseph (unknown to his brothers) accuses them of being spies and speaks harshly; the same pattern of accusation, interrogation and detention recurs in chapter 44.
  • Genesis 44:4–5 (verbal): Immediate structural parallel within the same episode: Joseph’s steward is ordered to pursue the men, place money in the sacks and plant the cup, which directly leads to the accusation reported in 44:28.
  • Exodus 23:1 (thematic): Prohibition against bearing or spreading a false report; thematically connected to episodes in Genesis where false accusations or misleading reports about a person’s status (death/theft/espionage) drive the plot.

Alternative generated candidates

  • One went out from me, and I said, Surely he has been torn, torn; and I have not seen him until now.
  • And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have not seen him until now.
29 And you take this one also from before my face, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray head with sorrow to Sheol.

Gen.44.29 - Details

Original Text

ולקחתם גם־ את־ זה מעם פני וקרהו אסון והורדתם את־ שיבתי ברעה שאלה׃

Morphology

  • ולקחתם: VERB,qal,perf,2,m,pl
  • גם: ADV
  • את: PRT,acc
  • זה: PRON,dem,m,sg
  • מעם: PREP
  • פני: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • וקרהו: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • אסון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • והורדתם: VERB,hif,impf,2,m,pl
  • את: PRT,acc
  • שיבתי: NOUN,f,sg,abs+PRON,1,sg
  • ברעה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
  • שאלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.37.34-35 (verbal): Jacob's response to Joseph's supposed death — he rends his garments, puts on sackcloth and says he will go down to Sheol to his son in mourning; language and motif (mourning leading to death/grave) parallel the phrase about bringing down gray hairs with sorrow.
  • Gen.42.36-38 (verbal): Jacob's earlier complaint after the first visit to Egypt: he tells his sons that if Benjamin is taken he will be bereaved and they will 'bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave' — nearly identical wording and concern.
  • Gen.44.30-34 (structural): Immediate narrative context: Judah's plea explaining the danger to their father's life if Benjamin is returned alone; these verses contain the fuller argument that includes the grief/gray-hair motif and complete the unit containing 44:29.
  • 2 Sam.18.33 (thematic): David's intense parental grief at Absalom's death ('O my son Absalom... would God I had died for thee') — different context but parallels the theme of a parent's overwhelming sorrow at loss or threatened loss of a child.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And you take this one also from before me, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray head with sorrow to Sheol.
  • And if you take this one also from before me, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray head with sorrow to Sheol.
30 And now, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us—his life is bound up with the lad’s life—

Gen.44.30 - Details

Original Text

ועתה כבאי אל־ עבדך אבי והנער איננו אתנו ונפשו קשורה בנפשו׃

Morphology

  • ועתה: CONJ
  • כבאי: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • והנער: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • איננו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl,neg
  • אתנו: PRON,1,pl
  • ונפשו: NOUN,f,sg,suff
  • קשורה: ADJ,f,sg
  • בנפשו: PREP,3,m,sg

Parallels

  • Genesis 37:34-35 (thematic): Jacob’s deep mourning when he believes Joseph dead—parallel theme of a father’s soul/ties being devastated by the apparent loss of a favored son.
  • Genesis 42:38 (thematic): Jacob’s refusal to send Benjamin because he has ‘lost’ one son and fears losing the other—same fear of bringing grief to the father if the younger does not return.
  • 1 Samuel 18:1 (verbal): “The soul of Jonathan was knit to the soul of David” (Heb. the soul was bound/knit to the soul) — very close verbal imagery to ‘his soul is bound up with the lad’s soul.’
  • 1 Samuel 20:17 (verbal): Jonathan’s declaration that he loved David ‘as his own soul’—similar language expressing intimate attachment and mutual dependence between persons.

Alternative generated candidates

  • And now, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us—his life is bound up with the lad’s life—
  • And now, when I come to your servant my father and the lad is not with us—his life is bound up with the lad’s life—
31 then it will be, when he sees that the lad is not, that he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray head of your servant our father with grief to Sheol.

Gen.44.31 - Details

Original Text

והיה כראותו כי־ אין הנער ומת והורידו עבדיך את־ שיבת עבדך אבינו ביגון שאלה׃

Morphology

  • והיה: VERB,qal,imperfect,3,m,sg
  • כראותו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • כי: CONJ
  • אין: PART,neg
  • הנער: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • ומת: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
  • והורידו: CONJ+VERB,qal,wayyiqtol,3,m,pl
  • עבדיך: NOUN,m,pl,abs,2ms
  • את: PRT,acc
  • שיבת: NOUN,f,sg,cs
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • אבינו: NOUN,m,sg,abs,prsuf1pl
  • ביגון: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • שאלה: NOUN,f,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Gen.44:29-30 (quotation): Immediate parallel within the same scene — Jacob’s explicit words that if Benjamin is harmed they will 'bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave,' the same concern expressed in 44:31.
  • Gen.42:36-38 (thematic): Earlier statement of the same fear: Jacob protests sending Benjamin because he is 'left alone' and says harm to him would be intolerable — same theme of an aged father fearing the loss of his last beloved son.
  • Gen.37:34-35 (verbal): Jacob’s earlier reaction to Joseph’s presumed death — he rends his clothes and refuses comfort, saying he will go down to Sheol to his son in mourning. Parallels the intense paternal grief and expectation of death in 44:31.
  • Gen.35:16-20 (allusion): Narrative background: Rachel’s death in childbirth and Benjamin’s birth explain Jacob’s special attachment to Benjamin as the only surviving son of Rachel, which underlies Jacob’s fear of losing him in 44:31.

Alternative generated candidates

  • then it will be, when he sees that the lad is not, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray head of your servant our father with grief to Sheol.
  • And it will be, when he sees that the lad is not, that he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray head of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
32 For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will have sinned to my father all my days.

Gen.44.32 - Details

Original Text

כי עבדך ערב את־ הנער מעם אבי לאמר אם־ לא אביאנו אליך וחטאתי לאבי כל־ הימים׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • ערב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • את: PRT,acc
  • הנער: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • מעם: PREP
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • לאמר: INF,qal,infc
  • אם: CONJ
  • לא: PART_NEG
  • אביאנו: VERB,qal,imf,1,m,sg,suf:3,m,pl
  • אליך: PREP+PRON,2,m,sg
  • וחטאתי: CONJ+VERB,qal,perf,1,sg
  • לאבי: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs,1cs
  • כל: DET
  • הימים: NOUN,m,pl,def

Parallels

  • Gen.43:8-9 (verbal): Earlier statement by Judah in the same narrative promising to be 'surety' for Benjamin with nearly identical wording—if he does not bring the boy back he will bear the blame before his father.
  • Gen.44:33 (structural): Immediate continuation of Judah’s plea in which he offers himself as a slave in Benjamin’s place, intensifying the surety motif and personal assumption of responsibility found in 44:32.
  • Prov.6:1-5 (thematic): A wisdom warning against becoming surety or putting up security for another (risk of personal liability); parallels the legal/financial danger and moral seriousness of Judah’s pledge.
  • Prov.11:15 (thematic): States that one who puts up security for a stranger will suffer, while refusing to become surety is secure—echoes the theme of liability and consequence in Judah’s vow to guarantee Benjamin.
  • Ruth 4:9-10 (thematic): Boaz’s action as kinsman‑redeemer who assumes obligation to preserve the relative’s line resonates with Judah’s voluntary assumption of responsibility for Benjamin within a family/kinship context.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall have sinned against my father all the days.
  • For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father all my days.
33 Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

Gen.44.33 - Details

Original Text

ועתה ישב־ נא עבדך תחת הנער עבד לאדני והנער יעל עם־ אחיו׃

Morphology

  • ועתה: CONJ
  • ישב: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • נא: PART
  • עבדך: NOUN,m,sg,abs,2,ms
  • תחת: PREP
  • הנער: NOUN,m,sg,def
  • עבד: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • לאדני: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,m,poss1s
  • והנער: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • יעל: VERB,qal,impf,juss,3,m,sg
  • עם: PREP
  • אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs

Parallels

  • Genesis 43:9 (verbal): Judah earlier offers himself as guarantor for Benjamin’s safe return (‘‘I will be a pledge for him’’), using similar language of standing in place of the younger brother.
  • Genesis 42:38 (structural): Jacob’s refusal to let Benjamin go down to Egypt (‘‘My son shall not go down with you’’) provides the narrative background and motive for Judah’s later self‑substitution.
  • Exodus 32:32 (thematic): Moses pleads to be blotted out if it will avert divine punishment from Israel — another instance of a leader offering himself on behalf of others (theme of vicarious self‑sacrifice).
  • John 15:13 (thematic): ‘‘Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends’’ — New Testament expression of self‑sacrifice on behalf of others, thematically parallel to Judah’s offer to remain as servant in Benjamin’s place.

Alternative generated candidates

  • Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.
  • And now, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.
34 For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—lest I see the evil that would befall my father?

Gen.44.34 - Details

Original Text

כי־ איך אעלה אל־ אבי והנער איננו אתי פן אראה ברע אשר ימצא את־ אבי׃

Morphology

  • כי: CONJ
  • איך: ADV
  • אעלה: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • אל: NEG
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons
  • והנער: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,def
  • איננו: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,pl,neg
  • אתי: PRON,1,sg
  • פן: CONJ
  • אראה: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
  • ברע: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
  • אשר: PRON,rel
  • ימצא: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
  • את: PRT,acc
  • אבי: NOUN,m,sg,cons

Parallels

  • Genesis 43:9 (verbal): Judah earlier tells Jacob that the lad must go down with them and offers to remain or be surety in his place — language and concern parallel his later plea not to return to their father without Benjamin.
  • Genesis 37:31-35 (thematic): Jacob’s profound mourning over the presumed death of Joseph is the background Judah invokes — he fears causing the same grief to his father if Benjamin is absent.
  • Genesis 44:33 (structural): The immediately preceding verse is part of the same speech: Judah offers himself as surety for Benjamin; 44:34 follows as the culmination of that offer and explanation.
  • Genesis 45:25-28 (thematic): The later report that Joseph is alive and Jacob’s subsequent emotional collapse and recovery provide the resolution of Judah’s fear and show the outcome to which his plea in 44:34 points.

Alternative generated candidates

  • For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—lest I see the evil that would find my father?
  • For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?—lest I see the evil that would befall my father.

And he commanded the one over his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack. And my cup—the silver cup—you shall put in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to Joseph’s word, which he had spoken.

The morning was light, and the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

They had gone out of the city, they had not gone far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, Rise, pursue after the men and overtake them, and say to them: Why have you repaid evil for good?

Is not this the cup that my lord drinks from? And indeed he divines by it. You have done evil in what you have done. And he overtook them and spoke to them these words. And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.

Behold, the silver that we found in the mouth of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal from your lord’s house silver or gold?

Whichever of your servants it is found with shall die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves. And he said, Even now, according to your words, so it is: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be clear.

Then they hurried and each brought his sack down to the ground, and each opened his sack. And he searched, beginning with the eldest and finishing with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

Then they tore their garments, and each loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city. And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground. And Joseph said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that a man such as I will indeed divine? And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak, and how shall we justify ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants. Here we are, slaves to my lord, both we and the one in whose hand the cup was found. But he said, Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave, and you—go up in peace to your father.

Then Judah approached him and said, Please, my lord, let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother? And we said to my lord, We have an aged father and a youngest son, a child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him. And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him. And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; if he leaves his father, he would die. But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not again see my face. And it was, when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. And our father said, Return, buy for us a little food. And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man’s face if our youngest brother is not with us. And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons.

One went out from me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces, and I have not seen him until now. And you take this one also from before my face, and harm befalls him, you will bring down my gray head with sorrow to Sheol. And now, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us—his life is bound up with the lad’s life—

then it will be, when he sees that the lad is not, that he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray head of your servant our father with grief to Sheol.

For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will have sinned to my father all my days. Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me—lest I see the evil that would befall my father?