Genesis 44:26 - Prayer Tents

44Then he commanded his house steward, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.H6680H1004H559H4390H582H572H400H834H3201H5375H7760H376H3701H572H6310 2"And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had told [him].H7760H1375H3701H1375H572H6310H6996H7668H3701H6213H1697H3130H1696 3As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.H1242H215H582H7971H2543 4They had [just] gone out of the city, [and] were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?H3318H5892H7368H3130H559H1004H6965H7291H310H582H5381H559H7999H7451H2896 5'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.' "H113H8354H5172H5172H7489H6213 6So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.H5381H1696H428H1697 7And they said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.H559H1696H113H1697H2486H5650H6213H1697 8"Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord's house?H3701H4672H572H6310H7725H776H3667H1589H113H1004H3701H2091 9"With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."H5650H4672H4191H113H5650 10So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and [the rest of] you shall be innocent."H559H1697H3651H4672H5650H5355 11Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.H4116H3381H376H572H776H6605H376H572 12And he searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.H2664H2490H1419H3615H6996H1375H4672H1144H572 13Then they tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to the city.H7167H8071H6006H376H2543H7725H5892 14When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, he was still there, and they fell to the ground before him.H3063H251H935H3130H1004H5307H6440H776 15And Joseph said to them, "What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice divination?"H3130H559H4639H6213H3045H376H5172H5172 16So Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord's slaves, both we and the one in whose possession the cup has been found."H3063H559H559H113H1696H6663H430H4672H5771H5650H113H5650H1571H834H3027H1375H4672 17But he said, "Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."H559H2486H6213H2063H376H3027H1375H4672H5650H5927H7965H1 18Then Judah approached him, and said, "Oh my lord, may your servant please speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not be angry with your servant; for you are equal to Pharaoh.H3063H5066H559H994H113H5650H1696H1697H113H241H639H2734H5650H6547 19"My lord asked his servants, saying, 'Have you a father or a brother?'H113H7592H5650H559H3426H1H251 20"And we said to my lord, 'We have an old father and a little child of [his] old age. Now his brother is dead, so he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.'H559H113H3426H1H2205H3206H2208H6996H251H4191H3498H517H1H157 21"Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.'H559H5650H3381H7760H5869 22"But we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'H559H113H5288H3201H5800H1H5800H1H4191 23"You said to your servants, however, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.'H559H5650H3808H6996H251H3381H7200H3254H6440H7200H3254 24"Thus it came about when we went up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.H5927H5650H1H5046H1697H113 25"And our father said, 'Go back, buy us a little food.'H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400 26"But we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'H559H3201H3381H6996H251H3426H3381H3201H7200H376H6440H369H6996H251 27"And your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;H5650H1H559H3045H802H3205H8147 28and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn in pieces," and I have not seen him since.H259H3318H559H2963H2963H7200H2008 29'And if you take this one also from me, and harm befalls him, you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.'H3947H5973H6440H611H7136H3381H7872H7451H7585 30"Now, 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,H935H5650H1H5288H5315H7194H5315 31it will come about when he sees that the lad is not [with us], that he will die. Thus your servants will bring the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.H7200H5288H4191H5650H3381H7872H5650H1H3015H7585 32"For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, ' If I do not bring him [back] to you, then let me bear the blame before my father forever. 'H5650H6148H5288H5973H1H559H935H2398H1H3117 33"Now, therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.H5650H3427H5288H5650H113H5288H5927H251 34"For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest I see the evil that would overtake my father?"H349H5927H1H5288H7200H7451H4672H1