Genesis 44:16 Cross References - Rotherham

¹⁶ Then said Judah––What shall we say to my lord, how shall we speak, and how shall we justify ourselves,––when, God himself, hath found out the iniquity of thy servants? Behold us! my lord’s servants, both we, and he in whose hand the cup hath been found.

⁷ Lo! then, we, were binding sheaves in the midst of the field, when lo! my sheaf rose up, yea and took its stand,––and lo! round about, came your sheaves, and bowed themselves down, to my sheaf.

⁹ Then dreamed he, yet another, dream, and related it to his brethren,––and said:––Lo! I have dreamed a dream, yet again, Lo! then, the sun and the moon, and eleven stars, were bowing themselves down to me.

¹⁸ And they saw him, afar off,––and, ere yet he drew near unto them, they conspired against him, to put him to death. ¹⁹ And they said, each man unto his brother, Lo! that master of dreams yonder, coming in! ²⁰ Now, therefore, come! let us slay him, and cast him into one of the pits, and we will say––A cruel beast, hath devoured him,––And let us see what will become of his dreams. ²¹ And Reuben heard it, and rescued him out of their hand,––and said––Let us not smite him, so as to take his life! ²² And Reuben said unto them––Do not shed blood! Cast him into this pit, which is in the wilderness, but put not forth, a hand, against him! that he might rescue him out of their hand, to restore him unto his father.
²³ So it came to pass, when Joseph had come in unto his brethren, that they stript Joseph of his tunic, the long tunic which was upon him, ²⁴ and took him, and cast him into the pit,––but, the pit, was empty, there was in it, no water. ²⁵ And, when they had sat down to eat bread, they lifted up their eyes, and looked, and lo! a caravan of Ishmaelites, coming in from Gilead,––and, their camels, were bearing tragacanth gum, and balsam and cistus–gum, they were going their way, to take them down to Egypt. ²⁶ So Judah said unto his brethren,––What profit, that we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? ²⁷ Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites; but let not, our own hand, be upon him, for, our own brother, our own flesh, is he. And his brethren hearkened. ²⁸ And there passed by certain Midianites, travelling merchants, so they drew forth and uplifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites, for twenty pieces of silver,––and they brought Joseph into Egypt.

²¹ And they said, each man unto his brother––Verily guilty, we are, respecting our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he appealed unto us for favour, and we hearkened not,––therefore, hath come in unto us this distress. ²² And Reuben responded to them, saying––Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child! And ye hearkened not? His very blood, therefore, lo! it is required.

⁸ Then said Judah unto Israel his father––Come! send thou down the young man with me, that we may arise and go our way,––and live and not die, both, we and thou, and our little ones. ⁹ I, will be surety for him, at my hand, shalt thou require him,––as surely as I bring him not in unto thee, and set him down before thee, so surely will I be counted a sinner against thee, all the days,

⁹ With whomsoever of thy servants it can be found, he shall die,––and, we also, will become my lord’s servants.

³² For, thy servant, became surety for the lad, while away from my father, saying,––If I bring him not unto thee, then will I count myself a sinner against my father all the days.

²³ But, if ye shall not do this, lo! ye will have sinned against Yahweh,––and take note of your sin, that it will find you out.

¹ When there ariseth a controversy between men, and they come nigh unto judgment, and judgment is granted them, then shall they justify the righteous man, and condemn the lawless.

¹ But the sons of Israel had committed an act of unfaithfulness in respect of what was devoted,––for Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah had taken of what was devoted, and the anger of Yahweh had kindled against the sons of Israel.

¹⁸ and he brought near his household, man by man,––and, Achan son of Carmi son of Zabdi son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was seized.

⁷ Then said Adoni–bezek––Seventy kings, with their thumbs and great toes cut off, have been picking up crumbs under my table, as I have done, so, hath God requited me. And they brought him into Jerusalem, and he died there.

¹⁰ But, now, what can we say, O our God, after this? for we have forsaken thy commandments,

¹⁵ O Yahweh, God of Israel, righteous thou art, for we have had left us a deliverance as at this day,––here we are, before thee, in our guilty deeds, for there is no standing before thee, because of this thing!

⁴ Lo! I am of no account, what shall I reply to thee? My hand, have I laid on my mouth:

¹⁵ He that justifieth the lawless, and he that condemneth the righteous, an abomination to Yahweh, are they, both.

¹⁷ A man oppressed with a person’s blood, unto a pit, shall flee, let them not hold him back.

³ Now, therefore, O inhabitant of Jerusalem, And men of Judah,––Judge, I pray you, betwixt me, and my vineyard:––

⁹ Therefore, hereby, shall a propitiatory–covering be put over the iniquity of Jacob, And all, this, is the fruit of taking away his sin,––When he maketh all the stones of an altar like chalk–stones that soon crumble, Sacred Stems and Sun Images, shall not arise.

⁷ To thee, O Lord, belongeth righteousness, but, to us, the shame of faces, as at this day,––to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, the near and the far off, throughout all the lands whither thou hast driven them, in their treachery, wherewith they had been treacherous against thee.

² For, with what judgment ye judge, shall ye be judged,––and, with what measure ye mete, shall it be measured unto you.

² But, nothing, hath been, covered up, which shall not be uncovered, and hidden, which shall not be made known.

³⁷ And, when they heard this, they were pricked to the heart, and said unto Peter and the rest of the apostles––What are we to do, brethren?