THEOSISJohn Chrysostom
He proclaimed, "It is good; as you have spoken, so it shall be: only he who possesses the cup will be my servant, and you shall be released."
Genesis 44:10Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers
And he said to them: Let it be according to your sentence: with whomsoever it shall be found, let him be my servant, and you shall be blameless.
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר גַּם־עַתָּ֥ה כְדִבְרֵיכֶ֖ם כֶּן־ה֑וּא אֲשֶׁ֨ר יִמָּצֵ֤א אִתּוֹ֙ יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣י עָ֔בֶד וְאַתֶּ֖ם תִּהְי֥וּ נְקִיִּֽם׃
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Passages read together with this verse.
- Matt 18:24And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.
- Matt 18:25And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
- Ex 22:3But if he did this when the sun is risen, he hath committed murder, and he shall die. If he have not wherewith to make restitution for the theft, he shall be sold.
- Gen 44:17Joseph answered: God forbid that I should do so: he that stole the cup, he shall be my bondman: and go you away free to your father.
- Gen 44:33Therefore I, thy servant, will stay instead of the boy in the service of my lord, and let the boy go up with his brethren.