1He commanded the one who was over his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they are able to carry, and place each man's silver in the mouth of his sack.2Place my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, and his silver for the grain. He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.3At dawn the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.4They had gone out of the city but had not gone far when Joseph said to the one who was over his house, "Rise, pursue after the men; overtake them and say to them, 'Why have you repaid harm for good?'"5Is this not the one in which my lord drinks, and by which he surely divines? You have done wrong in what you have done.6When he overtook them he spoke these words to them.7They said to him, "Why does my lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing."8Look, the silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks we returned to you from the land of Canaan; how then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?9Whoever among your servants is found with it shall die, and we also shall become servants to my lord.10He replied, Let it be as you have said: the one with whom it is found shall be my servant, and the rest of you shall go free.11They hastened and each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.12He searched, beginning with the great one and finishing with the small one, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.13They tore their garments, loaded each man his sack on his donkey, and returned to the city.14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there, and they fell before him to the ground.15Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Did you not know that a man such as I surely divines?"16Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak, or how shall we justify ourselves? God has found the iniquity of your servants; we are now servants to my lord, both we and the one in whose hand the cup was found.17He said, Far be it from me to do this; the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be a servant to me, but you, go up in peace to your father.18Judah drew near and said, Please, my lord, allow your servant to speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.19My lord asked his servants, Have you a father or a brother?20We said to my lord, We have an aged father and a young son of his old age, and his brother is dead; he alone remains to his mother, and his father loves him.21You said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me so that I may set my eyes on him.'22We replied that the youth cannot leave his father, for if he leaves him his father will die.23You said to your servants that if our youngest brother does not come down with us, we shall not see your face again.24When we returned to your servant our father we reported my lord's words to him.25Our father said, Go back and buy us a little food.26We answered that we cannot go down unless our youngest brother is with us; without him we cannot see the man's face.27Your servant our father said to us, "You know that my wife bore me two sons."28One left me, and I said he must have been torn to pieces; I have not seen him since.29If you also take this one from me and harm befalls him, you will bring my grey head down in distress to Sheol.30Now when I come to your servant my father and the youth is not with us, his life is bound up with the youth's life,31and when he sees that the youth is not there, he will die; your servants will bring our father's grey head down in sorrow to Sheol.32Your servant became surety for the youth before my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you I shall bear the blame before my father all my days.'33Now therefore let your servant remain as a servant to my lord in place of the youth, and let the youth return with his brothers.34For how can I go up to my father if the youth is not with me, lest I see the evil that would come upon my father.