NET Bible
"They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!"
— Genesis 44:7, NET Bible
“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!”
“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 not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to the servant who was over his household,“Pursue the men at once! When you overtake them, say to them,‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
Doesn’t my master drink from this cup and use it for divination? You have done wrong!’”
When the man overtook them, he spoke these words to them.
They answered him,“Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!
Look, the money that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Why then would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
If one of us has it, he will die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves!”
He replied,“You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”