NASB
"They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing."
— Genesis 44:7, NASB
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
“And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. ”
“They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!”
“They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!”
“And they answered: Why doth our lord speak so, as though thy servants had committed so heinous a fact?”
“And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing:”
“And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:”
They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'"
So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.
They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
"Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?
"With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."
So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent."