44And he commanded the steward of his house, 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"Also put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain money." So he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.H7760H1375H3701H1375H572H6310H6996H7668H3701H6213H1697H3130H1696 3As soon as the morning dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.H1242H215H582H7971H2543 4When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Get 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 with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.'"H113H8354H5172H5172H7489H6213 6So he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.H5381H1696H428H1697 7And they said to him, "Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.H559H1696H113H1697H2486H5650H6213H1697 8"Look, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. 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 10And he said, "Now also let it be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be blameless."H559H1697H3651H4672H5650H5355 11Then each man speedily let down his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.H4116H3381H376H572H776H6605H376H572 12So he searched. He began with the oldest and left off with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.H2664H2490H1419H3615H6996H1375H4672H1144H572 13Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.H7167H8071H6006H376H2543H7725H5892 14So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, and he was still there; and they fell before him on the ground.H3063H251H935H3130H1004H5307H6440H776 15And Joseph said to them, "What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?"H3130H559H4639H6213H3045H376H5172H5172 16Then Judah said, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; here we are, my lord's slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found."H3063H559H559H113H1696H6663H430H4672H5771H5650H113H5650H1571H834H3027H1375H4672 17But he said, "Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father."H559H2486H6213H2063H376H3027H1375H4672H5650H5927H7965H1 18Then Judah came near to him and said: "O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord's hearing, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even like 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 a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, who is young; his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's children, 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"And we said to my lord, 'The lad cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'H559H113H5288H3201H5800H1H5800H1H4191 23"But you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.'H559H5650H3808H6996H251H3381H7200H3254H6440H7200H3254 24"So it was, when we went up to your servant my father, that we told him the words of my lord.H5927H5650H1H5046H1697H113 25"And our father said, 'Go back and 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 may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'H559H3201H3381H6996H251H3426H3381H3201H7200H376H6440H369H6996H251 27"Then your servant my father said to us, 'You know that my wife bore me two sons;H5650H1H559H3045H802H3205H8147 28'and the one went out from me, and I said, "Surely he is torn to pieces"; and I have not seen him since.H259H3318H559H2963H2963H7200H2008 29'But if you take this one also from me, and calamity befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.'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 31"it will happen, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. So your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.H7200H5288H4191H5650H3381H7872H5650H1H3015H7585 32"For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, 'If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the blame before my father forever.'H5650H6148H5288H5973H1H559H935H2398H1H3117 33"Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as 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 perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?"H349H5927H1H5288H7200H7451H4672H1
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