Barashiyt 44

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.

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 Yusaph had spoken.

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

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Yusaph 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?

Is not this it in which my Adun drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.'"

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.

And they said unto him, "Wherefore saith my Adun these words? Alahiym forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Kena’an: how then should we steal out of thy Adun's house silver or gold?

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my Adun's bondmen."

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."

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Binyamiyn's sack.

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his donkey, and returned to the city.

And Yahudah and his brethren came to Yusaph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.

And Yusaph said unto them, "What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?"

And Yahudah said, "What shall we say unto my Adun? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? Alahiym hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my Adun's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found."

And he said, "Alahiym 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."

Then Yahudah came near unto him, and said, "Oh my Adun, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my Adun's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.

My Adun asked his servants, saying, 'Have ye a father, or a brother?'

And we said unto my Adun, '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.'"

"And thou saidst unto thy servants, 'Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.'

And we said unto my Adun, 'The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'

And thou saidst unto thy servants, 'Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.'"

"And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my Adun.

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

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.'"

"And thy servant my father said unto us, 'Ye know that my wife bore me two sons:

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

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.'"

"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;

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."

"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.'

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my Adun; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

"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."