Quotes about Genesis
Then he washed his face and came back out. Regaining his composure, he said, “Serve the meal.”
— Genesis 43:31
They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
— Genesis 43:33
Then Joseph instructed his steward: “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver in the mouth of his sack.
— Genesis 44:1
Put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one’s sack, along with the silver for his grain.” So the steward did as Joseph had instructed.
— Genesis 44:2
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
— Genesis 44:4
Is this not the cup my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wicked!’”
— Genesis 44:5
When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.
— Genesis 44:6
We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
— Genesis 44:8
So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
— Genesis 44:11
The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest—and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
— Genesis 44:12
Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
— Genesis 44:13
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
— Genesis 44:21