And when they went out of the city not far off, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men: and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Is not that the cup wherein my lord drinketh? [a]and in the which he doth divine and prophesy? ye have done evil in so doing.

¶ And when he overtook them, he said these words unto them.

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 44:5 Because the people thought he could divine, he attributeth to himself that knowledge: or else he feigneth that he consulted with soothsayers for it: Which simulation is worthy to be reproved.

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