Genesis:44

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* And he commanded him who 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 grain-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 , [and ] not [yet ] far off , when Joseph said to him who was over his house , Up ! follow after the men ; and when thou overtakest them , thou shalt say to them , Why have ye rewarded evil for good ? * Is not this [it ] in which my lord drinks , and in which indeed he divines ? Ye have done evil [in ] what ye have done . * And he overtook them , and he spoke to them these words . * And they said to him , Why does my lord speak such words as these ? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing ! * Behold , the money that we found in our sacks ' mouths we have brought again to thee from 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 [let ] it [be ] according to your words : let him with whom it is found be my bondman , but 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 ended at the youngest ; and the cup was found in Benjamin 's sack . * Then they rent their clothes , and loaded every man his ass , and they returned to the city . * And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph 's house ; and he was still there ; and they fell down before him to the ground . * And Joseph said to them , What deed is this which ye have done ? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine ? * And Judah said , What shall we say to my lord ? what shall we speak , and how justify ourselves ? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants ; behold , we are my lord 's bondmen , both we , and he in whose hand the cup has been found . * And he said , Far be it from me to do so ! The man in whose hand the cup has been 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 , [yet ] young ; and his brother is dead , and he alone is left of his mother ; and his father loves him . * And thou saidst unto thy servants , Bring him down to me , that I may set mine eye on him . * And we said to my lord , The youth cannot leave his father : if he should leave his father , [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 cannot see the man 's face unless our youngest brother is 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 , He must certainly have been torn in pieces ; and I have not seen him [again ] hitherto . * And if ye take this one also from me , and mischief should befall him , ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol . * And now , when I come to thy servant my father , and the lad is not with us , -- seeing that his life is bound up with his life , * it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not [there ], that he will die ; and thy servants will bring down the grey 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 my 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 would come on my father .

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