44Then Joseph gave a command to the servant in charge of his house. He said, “Fill the men’s sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man’s money into his sack with the grain. ²Put my silver cup in the sack of the youngest brother, along with his money for the grain.” The servant did what Joseph told him.

³At dawn the brothers were sent away with their donkeys. ⁴They were not far from the city when Joseph said to the servant in charge of his house, “Go after the men. When you catch up with them, say, ‘Why have you paid back evil for good? ⁵The cup you have stolen is the one my master uses for drinking and for explaining dreams. You have done a very wicked thing!’ ”

⁶So the servant caught up with the brothers and said to them what Joseph had told him to say.

⁷But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that! ⁸We brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So surely we would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house. ⁹If you find that silver cup in the sack of one of us, then let him die, and we will be your slaves.”

¹⁰The servant said, “We will do as you say, but only the man who has taken the cup will become my slave. The rest of you may go free.”

¹¹Then every brother quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it. ¹²The servant searched the sacks, going from the oldest brother to the youngest, and found the cup in Benjamin’s sack. ¹³The brothers tore their clothes to show they were afraid. Then they put their sacks back on the donkeys and returned to the city.

¹⁴When Judah and his brothers went back to Joseph’s house, Joseph was still there, so the brothers bowed facedown on the ground before him.

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