44Then he commanded the one who was over his household, saying, “Fill the sacks of the men with food as much as they are able to carry, and put each one’s money in the mouth of his sack. ²And my cup—the cup of silver—you shall put into the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the money for his grain. And he did according to the word of Joseph that he had commanded. ³When the morning light came the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. ⁴They went out of the city, and had not gone far when Joseph said to the one who was over his house, “Arise! Pursue after the men and overtake them. Then you shall say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good? ⁵Is this not that from which my master drinks? Now he himself certainly practices divination with it. You have done evil in what you have done.’ ” ⁶When he overtook them he spoke these words to them. ⁷And they said to him, “Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing! ⁸Behold, the money that we found in the mouth of our sacks we returned to you from the land of Canaan. Now why would we steal silver or gold from the house of my lord? ⁹Whoever is found with it from among your servants shall die. And moreover, we will become slaves to my lord.” ¹⁰Then he said, “Now also according to your words, thus will it be. He who is found with it shall be my slave, but you shall be innocent.” ¹¹Then each man quickly brought down his sack to the ground, and each one opened his sack. ¹²And he searched, beginning with the oldest and finishing with the youngest. And the cup was found in the sack of Benjamin. ¹³Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and they returned to the city.

¹⁴And Judah and his brothers came to the house of Joseph—now he was still there—they fell before him to the ground. ¹⁵Then Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man who is like me surely practices divination?” ¹⁶And Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? Now how can we show ourselves innocent? God has found the guilt of your servants! Behold, we are slaves to my lord, both we and also he in whose hand the cup was found.” ¹⁷But he said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found, he will become my slave. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

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