      | ¶ | And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. | |
 | And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. | ||
 | As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. | ||
| [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? | ||
| [Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. | ||
| ¶ | And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. | |
| And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: | ||
| Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? | ||
| With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. | ||
| And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. | ||
| Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. | ||
| And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. | ||
| Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. | ||
| ¶ | And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. | |
| And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? | ||
| And Judah said, What shall we say unto 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 servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found. | ||
| And he said, God forbid that I should do so: [but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. | ||
| ¶ | Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh 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 unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. | ||
| And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. | ||
| And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die. | ||
| And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. | ||
| And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. | ||
| And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little food. | ||
| And 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, except our youngest brother [be] with us. | ||
| And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]: | ||
| And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: | ||
| And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. | ||
| Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; | ||
| It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. | ||
| For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. | ||
| Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. | ||
| For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. |
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Genesis - Chapter 44
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