And 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 (44:1)

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 (44:2)

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses (44:3)

[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? (44:4)

[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing (44:5)

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words (44:6)

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: (44:7)

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? (44:8)

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen (44:9)

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 (44:10)

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack (44:11)

And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack (44:12)

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city (44:13)

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground (44:14)

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? (44:15)

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 (44:16)

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 (44:17)

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 (44:18)

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? (44:19)

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him (44:20)

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him (44:21)

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die (44:22)

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more (44:23)

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord (44:24)

And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little food (44:25)

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother [be] with us (44:26)

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]: (44:27)

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: (44:28)

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave (44:29)

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; (44:30)

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave (44:31)

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever (44:32)

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren (44:33)

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father (44:34)

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