Genesis 44:1 - Prayer Tents

The Brothers Are Brought Back

44AND HE commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.H6680H1004H559H4390H582H572H400H834H3201H5375H7760H376H3701H572H6310

2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money. And [the steward] did according to what Joseph had said.H7760H1375H3701H1375H572H6310H6996H7668H3701H6213H1697H3130H1696

3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.H1242H215H582H7971H2543

4When they had left the city and were not yet far away, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good? [Why have you stolen the silver cup?]H3318H5892H7368H3130H559H1004H6965H7291H310H582H5381H559H7999H7451H2896

5Is it not my master's drinking cup with which he divines [the future]? You have done wrong in doing this.H113H8354H5172H5172H7489H6213

6And the steward overtook them, and he said to them these same words.H5381H1696H428H1697

7They said to him, Why does my lord say these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!H559H1696H113H1697H2486H5650H6213H1697

8Note that the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal from your master's house silver or gold?H3701H4672H572H6310H7725H776H3667H1589H113H1004H3701H2091

9With whomever of your servants [your master's cup] is found, not only let that one die, but the rest of us will be my lord's slaves.H5650H4672H4191H113H5650

10And the steward said, Now let it be as you say: he with whom [the cup] is found shall be my slave, but [the rest of] you shall be blameless.H559H1697H3651H4672H5650H5355

11Then quickly every man lowered his sack to the ground and every man opened his sack.H4116H3381H376H572H776H6605H376H572

12And [the steward] searched, beginning with the eldest and stopping with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.H2664H2490H1419H3615H6996H1375H4672H1144H572

13Then they rent their clothes; and after each man had loaded his donkey again, they returned to the city.H7167H8071H6006H376H2543H7725H5892

14Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was still there; and they fell prostrate before him.H3063H251H935H3130H1004H5307H6440H776

15Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect {and} know by divination [everything you do without other knowledge of it]?H3130H559H4639H6213H3045H376H5172H5172

16And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we reply? Or how shall we clear ourselves, since God has found out {and} exposed the iniquity of your servants? Behold, we are my lord's slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.H3063H559H559H113H1696H6663H430H4672H5771H5650H113H5650H1571H834H3027H1375H4672

17But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise {and} go in peace to your father.H559H2486H6213H2063H376H3027H1375H4672H5650H5927H7965H1

18Then Judah came close to [Joseph] and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh [so I will speak as if directly to him].H3063H5066H559H994H113H5650H1696H1697H113H241H639H2734H5650H6547

19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?H113H7592H5650H559H3426H1H251

20And we said to my lord, We have a father--an old man--and a young [brother, the] child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's [offspring], and his father loves him.H559H113H3426H1H2205H3206H2208H6996H251H4191H3498H517H1H157

21And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.H559H5650H3381H7760H5869

22And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.H559H113H5288H3201H5800H1H5800H1H4191

23And you told your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again.H559H5650H3808H6996H251H3381H7200H3254H6440H7200H3254

24And when we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.H5927H5650H1H5046H1697H113

25And our father said, Go again and buy us a little food.H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400

26But we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the man's face except our youngest brother is with us.H559H3201H3381H6996H251H3426H3381H3201H7200H376H6440H369H6996H251

27And your servant my father said to us, You know that [Rachel] my wife bore me two sons:H5650H1H559H3045H802H3205H8147

28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since.H259H3318H559H2963H2963H7200H2008

29And if you take this son also from me, and harm {or} accident should befall him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow {and} evil to Sheol (the place of the dead).H3947H5973H6440H611H7136H3381H7872H7451H7585

30Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the lad is not with us, since his life is bound up in the lad's life {and} his soul knit with the lad's soul,H935H5650H1H5288H5315H7194H5315

31When he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will be responsible for his death {and} will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.H7200H5288H4191H5650H3381H7872H5650H1H3015H7585

32For your servant became security for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.H5650H6148H5288H5973H1H559H935H2398H1H3117

33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant remain instead of the youth [to be] a slave to my lord, and let the young man go home with his [half] brothers.H5650H3427H5288H5650H113H5288H5927H251

34For how can I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?--lest I witness the woe {and} the evil that will come upon my father.H349H5927H1H5288H7200H7451H4672H1