01:044:002 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the
sack’s mouth of the
youngest,
and his corn money. And he did according to the
word
that
Joseph had spoken.
01:044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men
were sent away, they
and
their asses.
01:044:004 And when they were gone out of the city,
and not yet far off,
Joseph
said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and
when
thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have
ye
rewarded
evil for good?
01:044:005 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh,
and whereby indeed
he
divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
01:044:006 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
01:044:007 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith
my lord these words?
God
forbid that thy servants should do according to this
thing:
01:044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our
sacks’ mouths, we
brought
again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how
then
should
we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
01:044:009 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found,
both let him die,
and
we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
01:044:010 And he said, Now also let it be according
unto your words: he
with
whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall
be
blameless.
01:044:011 Then they speedily took down every man
his sack to the ground,
and
opened every man his sack.
01:044:012 And he searched, and began at the eldest,
and left at the
youngest:
and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
01:044:013 Then they rent their clothes, and laded
every man his ass, and
returned
to the city.
01:044:014 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s
house; for he was
yet
there: and they fell before him on the ground.
01:044:015 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is
this that ye have
done?
wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
01:044:016 And Judah said, What shall we say unto
my lord? what shall we
speak?
or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found
out the
iniquity
of thy servants: behold, we are my lord’s
servants,
both
we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
01:044:017 And he said, God forbid that I should do
so: but the man in
whose
hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and
as
for
you, get you up in peace unto your father.
01:044:018 Then Judah came near unto him, and said,
Oh 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.


