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Is it not the very one from which my master drinks and which he uses for divination?[a] What you have done is wrong.’”

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Footnotes

  1. 44:5 Divination: seeking omens through liquids poured into a cup or bowl was a common practice in the ancient Near East; cf. v. 15. Even though divination was frowned on in later Israel (Lv 19:31), it is in this place an authentic touch which is ascribed to Joseph, the wisest man in Egypt.

Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.’ ”

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Isn’t this the cup(A) my master drinks from and also uses for divination?(B) This is a wicked thing you have done.’”

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