And he commanded [him] that [was] over his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food as much as they can carry; and put every man’s money in the mouth of his sack.
And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his corn-money. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken.
In the morning when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
They were gone out of the city, not far off, when Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good?
[Is] not this [it] in what my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? Ye have done evil [in] what ye have done.
And he overtook them, and spoke to them these words.
And they said to him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!
Behold, the money which we found in our sacks’ mouths we brought again to thee out of the land of Canaan; and how should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
And he said, Now also [be] it according to your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman, and ye shall be blameless.
And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack.
And he searched carefully; he began at the eldest, and left at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; and he [was] yet there; and they fell before him on the ground.
And Joseph said to them, What deed [is] this which ye have done? Know Ye not that such a man as I can indeed divine?
And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my lord’s bondmen, both we and [he] also in whose hand the cup is found.
And he said, Far be it that I should do so! The man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.
Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou [art] even as Pharaoh.
My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, a young one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loveth him.
And thou saidst to thy servants, Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes on him.
And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for [if] he should leave his father, he [his father] would die.
And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face unless our youngest brother [be] with us.
And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two [sons];
and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces, and I have not seen him since.
And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with evil to Sheol.
Now therefore, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [is] not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad’s soul,
it will come to pass, when he sees that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.
For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all the days.
And now let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;
for how should I go up to my father if the lad [were] not with me? lest I see the evil that shall come to my father.