Genesis 44:7
And they said unto him, therefore says my lord these words? Elohim forbid that your servants should do according to this thing:
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5 not this in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 And they said unto him, therefore says my lord these words? Elohim forbid that your servants should do according to this thing:
8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold?
9 With whomsoever of your servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.