Genesis 44 · Verse 15

Genesis 44:15

And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
Genesis 44:15, King James Version

Genesis 44:15 in other translations

BSB“What is this deed you have done?” Joseph declared. “Do you not know that a man like me can surely divine the truth?”
WEBJoseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”
ASVAnd Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
YLTand Joseph saith to them, ‘What is this deed that ye have done? have ye not known that a man like me doth diligently observe?'
DARBYAnd Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
BBEAnd Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?
WebsterAnd Joseph said to them, What deed is this that ye have done? knew ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

What does Genesis 44:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Genesis 44:1-17

Joseph tried how his brethren felt towards Benjamin. Had they envied and hated the other son of Rachel as they had hated him, and if they had the same want of feeling towards their father Jacob as heretofore, they would now have shown it. When the cup was found upon Benjamin, they would have a pretext for leaving him to be a slave. But we cannot judge what men are now, by what they have been formerly; nor what they…

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Genesis 44:15 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָהֶם֙la.Hemto them
יוֹסֵ֔ףyo.SefJosephH3130
מָֽה\־mah-what?H4100
הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥הha.ma.'a.Seh[is] the deedH4639
הַזֶּ֖הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם'a.si.Temyou have doneH6213
הֲל֣וֹאha.Lo'¿ notH3808
יְדַעְתֶּ֔םye.da'.Temdo you knowH3045
כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
נַחֵ֧שׁna.Cheshindeed <divine>H5172
יְנַחֵ֛שׁye.na.Cheshhe practices divinationH5172
אִ֖ישׁ'isha manH376
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
כָּמֹֽנִי\׃ka.Mo.ni[is] like meH3644

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Cross references for Genesis 44:15

  • Genesis 44:4-5

    And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto 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 this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

  • Genesis 3:13

    And the Lord God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat.

  • Genesis 39:8

    But he refused, and said unto his master’s wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand;

  • Genesis 21:26

    And Abimelech said, I wot not who hath done this thing: neither didst thou tell me, neither yet heard I of it, but to day.

  • Genesis 4:10

    And he said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood crieth unto me from the ground.

  • Exodus 32:1

    And when the people saw that Moses delayed to come down out of the mount, the people gathered themselves together unto Aaron, and said unto him, Up, make us gods, which shall go before us; for as for this Moses, the man that brought us up out of the land of Egypt, we wot not what is become of him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
What.
4,5; 3:13; 4:10
wot ye not.
21:26; 39:8; Ex 32:1
divine. or, make trial.
5

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Context

  • Genesis 44:14

    And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

  • Genesis 44:15

    And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?

  • Genesis 44:16

    And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.

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Genesis 44:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y díjoles José: ¿Qué obra es esta que habéis hecho? ¿no sabéis que un hombre como yo sabe adivinar?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et Joseph leur dit: Quelle action avez-vous faite? Ne savez-vous pas qu’un homme tel que moi sait deviner?
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Joseph sprach zu ihnen: Was ist das für eine Tat, die ihr getan habt! Wußtet ihr nicht, daß solch ein Mann wie ich wahrsagen kann?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quibus ille ait: Cur sic agere voluistis? an ignoratis quod non sit similis mei in augurandi scientia?