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.

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;

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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?

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,

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.

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

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.

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?

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.

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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