Genesis 44:7

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

And they said {H559} unto him, Wherefore saith {H1696} my lord {H113} these words {H1697}? God forbid {H2486} that thy servants {H5650} should do {H6213} according to this thing {H1697}:

They replied, "Why does my lord speak this way? Heaven forbid that we should do such a thing!

“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

Note: Commentary was generated by an advanced AI, utilizing a prompt that emphasized Biblical fidelity over bias. We've found these insights to be consistently reliable, yet we always encourage prayerful discernment through the Holy Spirit. The Scripture text and cross-references are from verified, non-AI sources.

  • Genesis 38:16

    And he turned unto her by the way, and said, Go to, I pray thee, let me come in unto thee; (for he knew not that she [was] his daughter in law.) And she said, What wilt thou give me, that thou mayest come in unto me?

  • Genesis 38:18

    And he said, What pledge shall I give thee? And she said, Thy signet, and thy bracelets, and thy staff that [is] in thine hand. And he gave [it] her, and came in unto her, and she conceived by him.

  • Ecclesiastes 7:1

    ¶ A good name [is] better than precious ointment; and the day of death than the day of one's birth.

  • 2 Samuel 20:20

    And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

  • Genesis 37:18

    And when they saw him afar off, even before he came near unto them, they conspired against him to slay him.

  • Genesis 37:32

    And they sent the coat of [many] colours, and they brought [it] to their father; and said, This have we found: know now whether it [be] thy son's coat or no.

  • Hebrews 13:18

    ¶ Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

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