1 H e 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 his sack’s mouth.

¶ And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill these men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth;

2 P ut my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

and put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with the money of his wheat. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

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

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

4 W hen they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Rise up, follow after those men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?

5 I sn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

Is this not the one in which my lord drinks and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil in so doing.

6 H e overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

When he overtook them, he spoke unto them these same words.

7 T hey said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

And they said unto him, Why saith my lord these words? In no wise should thy slaves do according to this thing.

8 B ehold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?

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?

9 W ith whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

With whoever of thy slaves it is found, both let him die and we also will be my lord’s bond slaves.

10 H e said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”

And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and ye shall be blameless.

11 T hen they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

Then they made haste, and each one took his sack down to the ground, and each one opened his sack.

12 H e searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

And he searched and began at the eldest and finished at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

13 T hen they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city.

Then they rent their clothes, and each one laded his ass, and they returned to the city.

14 J udah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house, for he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground.

15 J oseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed divine?”

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

16 J udah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? Or how will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

Then Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy slaves; behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup is found.

17 H e said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

And he said, in no wise should I do so; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my slave; and as for you, go up in peace unto your father.

18 T hen Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

¶ Then Judah came near unto him and said, Oh my lord, let thy slave, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy slave; 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 slaves, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?

20 W e said to 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 loves him.’

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a young man of his old age, yet a lad; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

21 Y ou said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

And thou didst say unto thy slaves, Bring him down unto me that I may set my eyes upon him.

22 W e said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die.

23 Y ou said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

And thou didst say unto thy slaves, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

24 W hen we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

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

25 O ur father said, ‘Go again, buy us a little food.’

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

26 W e said, ‘We can’t 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.’

And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man’s face unless our youngest brother is with us.

27 Y our servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons:

Then thy slave my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;

28 a nd the one went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces”; and I haven’t seen him since.

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

29 I f you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’

and if ye take this one also from me and some disaster should befall him, ye shall bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.

30 N ow therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

Now therefore when I come to thy slave my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his soul is bound up in the lad’s soul,

31 i t will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.

it shall come to pass when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy slaves shall bring the gray hairs of thy slave our father down with sorrow to Sheol.

32 F or your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

For thy slave became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the sin before my father for ever.

33 N ow therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy slave remain instead of the lad as a bond slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren.

34 F or how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

For how shall I go up to my father and the lad not be with me? I cannot go lest I see the evil that shall come on my father.