Genesis 44:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?

Young's Literal Translation
they have gone out of the city—they have not gone far off—and Joseph hath said to him who [is] over his house, ‘Rise, pursue after the men; and thou hast overtaken them, and thou hast said unto them, Why have ye recompensed evil for good?

King James Bible
[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Hebrew
They
הֵ֠ם (hêm)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

had not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

gone
יָֽצְא֣וּ (yā·ṣə·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

far
הִרְחִיקוּ֒ (hir·ḥî·qū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 7368: To be or become far or distant

from the city
הָעִיר֮ (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

when Joseph
וְיוֹסֵ֤ף (wə·yō·w·sêp̄)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3130: Joseph -- 'he increases', a son of Jacob, also the name of several Israelites

told
אָמַר֙ (’ā·mar)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

his steward,
לַֽאֲשֶׁ֣ר (la·’ă·šer)
Preposition-l | Pronoun - relative
Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

“Pursue
רְדֹ֖ף (rə·ḏōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7291: To pursue, chase, persecute

the men
הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֑ים (hā·’ă·nā·šîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

at once,
ק֥וּם (qūm)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 6965: To arise, stand up, stand

and when you overtake them,
וְהִשַּׂגְתָּם֙ (wə·hiś·śaḡ·tām)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5381: To reach, overtake

ask,
וְאָמַרְתָּ֣ (wə·’ā·mar·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Why
לָ֛מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

have you repaid
שִׁלַּמְתֶּ֥ם (šil·lam·tem)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 7999: To be safe, to be, completed, to be friendly, to reciprocate

good
טוֹבָֽה׃ (ṭō·w·ḇāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

with evil?
רָעָ֖ה (rā·‘āh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7451: Bad, evil

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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