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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Genesis 44:5

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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44:5 This description would make the brothers understand that the ruler knew things that others could not. • Hydromancy (pouring water into oil) and oenomancy (pouring wine into other liquids) were methods of divination used in the ancient Near East that would have required such a cup. Joseph was continuing his ruse (see 42:7; cp. 30:27; see also Lev 19:26; Num 23:23; Deut 18:10-11)—he knew that only God grants revelation (see Gen 37:5-9; 40:8; 41:16).
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