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Genesis 44
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44Then 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 top of his sack.H6680H1004H559H4390H582H572H400H834H3201H5375H7760H376H3701H572H6310 2Put my cup, the silver cup, in the top of the sack of the youngest, with his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph told him.H7760H1375H3701H1375H572H6310H6996H7668H3701H6213H1697H3130H1696 3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away with their donkeys.H1242H215H582H7971H2543 4When they had gone only a short distance from the city, Joseph said to his steward, "Go, 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?H3318H5892H7368H3130H559H1004H6965H7291H310H582H5381H559H7999H7451H2896 5Is it not from this that my lord drinks? Does he not indeed use it for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'"H113H8354H5172H5172H7489H6213 6When he overtook them, he repeated these words to them.H5381H1696H428H1697 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!H559H1696H113H1697H2486H5650H6213H1697 8Look, the money that we found at the top of our sacks, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan; why then would we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?H3701H4672H572H6310H7725H776H3667H1589H113H1004H3701H2091 9Should it be found with any one of your servants, let him die; moreover the rest of us will become my lord's slaves."H5650H4672H4191H113H5650 10He said, "Even so; in accordance with your words, let it be: he with whom it is found shall become my slave, but the rest of you shall go free."H559H1697H3651H4672H5650H5355 11Then each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.H4116H3381H376H572H776H6605H376H572 12He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.H2664H2490H1419H3615H6996H1375H4672H1144H572 13At this they tore their clothes. Then each one loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.H7167H8071H6006H376H2543H7725H5892 14Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house while he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.H3063H251H935H3130H1004H5307H6440H776 15Joseph said to them, "What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one such as I can practice divination?"H3130H559H4639H6213H3045H376H5172H5172 16And Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has found out the guilt of your servants; here we are then, my lord's slaves, both we and also the one in whose possession the cup has been found."H3063H559H559H113H1696H6663H430H4672H5771H5650H113H5650H1571H834H3027H1375H4672 17But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the one in whose possession the cup was found shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."H559H2486H6213H2063H376H3027H1375H4672H5650H5927H7965H1 18Then Judah stepped up to him and said, "O my lord, let your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are like Pharaoh himself.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. His brother is dead; he alone is left of his mother's children, and his father loves him.'H559H113H3426H1H2205H3206H2208H6996H251H4191H3498H517H1H157 21Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, so that I may set my eyes on him.'H559H5650H3381H7760H5869 22We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'H559H113H5288H3201H5800H1H5800H1H4191 23Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.'H559H5650H3808H6996H251H3381H7200H3254H6440H7200H3254 24When we went back to your servant my father we told him the words of my lord.H5927H5650H1H5046H1697H113 25And when our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food,'H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400 26we said, 'We cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother goes with us, will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'H559H3201H3381H6996H251H3426H3381H3201H7200H376H6440H369H6996H251 27Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;H5650H1H559H3045H802H3205H8147 28one left me, and I said, Surely he has been torn to pieces; and I have never seen him since.H259H3318H559H2963H2963H7200H2008 29If you take this one also from me, and harm comes to him, you will bring down my gray hairs in sorrow to Sheol.'H3947H5973H6440H611H7136H3381H7872H7451H7585 30Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father and the boy is not with us, then, as his life is bound up in the boy's life,H935H5650H1H5288H5315H7194H5315 31when he sees that the boy is not with us, he will die; and your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.H7200H5288H4191H5650H3381H7872H5650H1H3015H7585 32For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I will bear the blame in the sight of my father all my life.'H5650H6148H5288H5973H1H559H935H2398H1H3117 33Now therefore, please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord in place of the boy; and let the boy go back with his brothers.H5650H3427H5288H5650H113H5288H5927H251 34For how can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? I fear to see the suffering that would come upon my father."H349H5927H1H5288H7200H7451H4672H1


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