Genesis 44:16

Judah confesses that God has uncovered their iniquity and offers all of them as slaves. He acknowledges a deeper guilt than the missing cup.

Cross-references · 23

• Gen 44:9If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
• Dan 9:7To You, O Lord, belongs righteousness, but this day we are covered with shame—the men of Judah, the people of Jerusalem, and all Israel near and far, in all the countries to which You have driven us because of our unfaithfulness to You.
• Luke 12:2There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
• Num 32:23But if you do not do this, you will certainly sin against the LORD—and be assured that your sin will find you out.
• Josh 7:18And he had the family of Zabdi come forward man by man, and Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was selected.
• Ezra 9:15O LORD, God of Israel, You are righteous! For we remain this day as a remnant. Here we are before You in our guilt, though because of it no one can stand before You.”
• Ezra 9:10And now, our God, what can we say after this? For we have forsaken the commandments
• Prov 17:15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the righteous—both are detestable to the LORD.
• Prov 28:17A man burdened by bloodguilt will flee into the Pit; let no one support him.
• Isa 27:9Therefore Jacob’s guilt will be atoned for, and the full fruit of the removal of his sin will be this: When he makes all the altar stones like crushed bits of chalk, no Asherah poles or incense altars will remain standing.
• Isa 5:3“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
• Job 40:4“Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.
• Acts 2:37When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and asked Peter and the other apostles, “Brothers, what shall we do?”
• Gen 37:9Then Joseph had another dream and told it to his brothers. “Look,” he said, “I had another dream, and this time the sun and moon and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”
• Gen 42:21–22Then they said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw his anguish when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
• Gen 37:7We were binding sheaves of grain in the field, and suddenly my sheaf rose and stood upright, while your sheaves gathered around and bowed down to mine.”
• Gen 43:8–9And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me, and we will go at once, so that we may live and not die—neither we, nor you, nor our children.
• Gen 37:18–28Now Joseph’s brothers saw him in the distance, and before he arrived, they plotted to kill him.
• Gen 44:32Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
• Matt 7:2For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged; and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.
• Judg 1:7Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Deut 25:1If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
• Josh 7:1The Israelites, however, acted unfaithfully regarding the things devoted to destruction. Achan son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of what was set apart. So the anger of the LORD burned against the Israelites.

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