1 A nd 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 he commanded him who was over his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry; and put every man's money in the mouth of his sack.

2 A nd put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money. And did according to what Joseph had said.

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain-money. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken.

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

In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

4 W hen they had left the city and were not yet far away, Joseph said to his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good?

They were gone out of the city, not far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

5 I s it not my master’s drinking cup with which he divines ? You have done wrong in doing this.

Is not this in which my lord drinks, and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil what ye have done.

6 A nd the steward overtook them, and he said to them these same words.

And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

7 T hey said to him, Why does my lord say these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!

8 N ote that the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal from your master’s house silver or gold?

Behold, the money that we found in our sacks' mouths we have brought again to thee from the land of Canaan; and how should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

9 W ith whomever of your servants is found, not only let that one die, but the rest of us will be my lord’s slaves.

With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

10 A nd the steward said, Now let it be as you say: he with whom is found shall be my slave, but you shall be blameless.

And he said, Now also it according to your words: let him with whom it is found be my bondman, but ye shall be blameless.

11 T hen quickly every man lowered his sack to the ground and every man opened his sack.

And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack.

12 A nd searched, beginning with the eldest and stopping with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13 T hen they rent their clothes; and after each man had loaded his donkey again, they returned to the city.

Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and they returned to the city.

14 J udah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house, for he was still there; and they fell prostrate before him.

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground.

15 J oseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect and know by divination ?

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?

16 A nd Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we reply? Or how shall we clear ourselves, since God has found out and exposed the iniquity of your servants? Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.

And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.

17 B ut said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, arise and go in peace to your father.

And he said, Far be it from me to do so! The man in whose hand the cup has been found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.

18 T hen Judah came close to and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh.

Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! 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.

19 M y lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?

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

20 A nd we said to my lord, We have a father—an old man—and a young child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother’s, and his father loves him.

And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, young; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.

21 A nd you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.

22 A nd we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.

And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, would die.

23 A nd you told your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again.

And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

24 A nd when we went back to your servant my father, we told him what my lord had said.

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

25 A nd our father said, Go again and buy us a little food.

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

26 B ut 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 except our youngest brother is with us.

But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.

27 A nd your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons:

And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two;

28 A nd the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces, and I have never seen him since.

and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him hitherto.

29 A nd if you take this son also from me, and harm or accident should befall him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow and evil to Sheol (the place of the dead).

And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol.

30 N ow 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 and his soul knit with the lad’s soul,

And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us,—seeing that his life is bound up with his life,

31 W hen he sees that the lad is not with us, he will die; and your servants will be responsible for his death and will bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

32 F or your servant became security for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.

For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days.

33 N ow therefore, I pray you, let your servant remain instead of the youth a slave to my lord, and let the young man go home with his brothers.

And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;

34 F or how can I go up to my father if the lad is not with me?—lest I witness the woe and the evil that will come upon my father.

for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me?—lest I see the evil that would come on my father.