Genesis 44:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

Judah

Genesis 44:32

Genesis 43:8

What shall we say

Acts 2:37

God hath

Iniquity

Genesis 43:9

Isaiah 27:9

Daniel 9:7

Behold

Genesis 44:9

Genesis 37:7

Bible References

Judah

Indeed, your servant pledged security for the boy with my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame before my father all my life.'

Then Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die -- we and you and our little ones.

What shall we say

If controversy arises between people, they should go to court for judgment. When the judges hear the case, they shall exonerate the innocent but condemn the guilty.

"And now what are we able to say after this, our God? For we have forsaken your commandments

"Indeed, I am completely unworthy -- how could I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth to silence myself.

The one who acquits the guilty and the one who condemns the innocent -- both of them are an abomination to the Lord.

So now, residents of Jerusalem, people of Judah, you decide between me and my vineyard!

"You are righteous, O Lord, but we are humiliated this day -- the people of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and all Israel, both near and far away in all the countries in which you have scattered them, because they have behaved unfaithfully toward you.

Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "What should we do, brothers?"

God hath

Now Joseph's brothers saw him from a distance, and before he reached them, they plotted to kill him.

They said to one other, "Surely we're being punished because of our brother, because we saw how distressed he was when he cried to us for mercy, but we refused to listen. That is why this distress has come on us!"

"But if you do not do this, then look, you will have sinned against the Lord. And know that your sin will find you out.

But the Israelites disobeyed the command about the city's riches. Achan son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, from the tribe of Judah, stole some of the riches. The Lord was furious with the Israelites.

Adoni-Bezek said, "Seventy kings, with thumbs and big toes cut off, used to lick up food scraps under my table. God has repaid me for what I did to them." They brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.

The one who is tormented by the murder of another will flee to the pit; let no one support him.

For by the standard you judge you will be judged, and the measure you use will be the measure you receive.

Nothing is hidden that will not be revealed, and nothing is secret that will not be made known.

Iniquity

I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.

So in this way Jacob's sin will be forgiven, and this is how they will show they are finished sinning: They will make all the stones of the altars like crushed limestone, and the Asherah poles and the incense altars will no longer stand.

Behold

If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord's slaves!"

There we were, binding sheaves of grain in the middle of the field. Suddenly my sheaf rose up and stood upright and your sheaves surrounded my sheaf and bowed down to it!"