¹Then he commanded the steward of his house, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, ²and put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain.” And he did as Joseph told him. ³As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their asses. ⁴When they had gone but a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you returned evil for good? Why have you stolen my silver cup?⁵Is it not from this that my lord drinks, and by this that he divines? You have done wrong in so doing.’ ”

⁶When he overtook them, he spoke to them these words. ⁷They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! ⁸Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; how then should we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house? ⁹With whomever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.” ¹⁰He said, “Let it be as you say: he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be blameless.” ¹¹Then every man quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and every man opened his sack. ¹²And he searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. ¹³Then they rent their clothes, and every man loaded his ass, and they returned to the city.

¹⁴When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell before him to the ground.

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