Genesis 44:16
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
16 Judah replied: “What can we say to my lord? How can we plead or how try to prove our innocence? God has uncovered your servants’ guilt.[a] Here we are, then, the slaves of my lord—the rest of us no less than the one in whose possession the goblet was found.”
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- 44:16 Guilt: in trying to do away with Joseph when he was young.
Genesis 44:16
New King James Version
16 Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has (A)found out the iniquity of your servants; here (B)we are, my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”
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Genesis 44:16
English Standard Version
16 And Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how can we clear ourselves? God has found out (A)the guilt of your servants; behold, we are (B)my lord's servants, both we and he also in whose hand the cup has been found.”
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