Genesis - 44:6



6 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

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Explanation and meaning of Genesis 44:6.

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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.
He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.
And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,
He did as he had been ordered. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them according to the order.
Et apprehendit eos, et loquutus est ad eos verba ista.

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Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And he overtook them,.... Their asses being laden with corn could not travel very fast, and he and his attendants being mounted on swift horses:
and he spake unto them these same words; that Joseph had ordered him to say, and so what follows particularly, Genesis 44:10.

he overtook them, and he spake . . . these words--The steward's words must have come upon them like a thunderbolt, and one of their most predominant feelings must have been the humiliating and galling sense of being made so often objects of suspicion. Protesting their innocence, they invited a search. The challenge was accepted [Genesis 44:10-11]. Beginning with the eldest, every sack was examined, and the cup being found in Benjamin's [Genesis 44:12], they all returned in an indescribable agony of mind to the house of the governor [Genesis 44:13], throwing themselves at his feet [Genesis 44:14], with the remarkable confession, "God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants" [Genesis 44:16].

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