Genesis (The First Book of Moses Called )

And he commanded the one over his house, saying, Fill the sacks of the men [with] food, as much as they are able to carry; and put the silver of each one in the mouth of his sack.

And put my cup, the cup of silver, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to Joseph's word, that which he spoke.

At the morning light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

They had gone out from the city, not having gone far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, Rise up, pursue the men and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?

[Is] this not [that] in which my lord is accustomed to drink, and he surely divines by it? You have done evil in what you have done.

And he overtook them and spoke these words to them.

And they said to him, Why should my lord speak according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word.

Behold! The silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks, we returned to you from the land of Canaan. And how should we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord?

[With] whomever it may be found, with him of your servants, he shall die; and we also will become slaves to my lord.

And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according to your words; with whomever it [is] found with him, he shall become a slave to me, and you shall be innocent.

And they hurried, and each one brought down his sack to the earth. And each one opened his sack.

And he searched, with the oldest first, and with the youngest last, and the cup was found in the sack of Benjamin.

And they tore their clothes; and they each one loaded his ass and returned to the city.

And Joseph said to them, What [is] this deed which you have done? Did you not know that a man like me would practice divination?

And Judah said, What can we say to my lord? What can we speak, and in what can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we [are] slaves to my lord, both we and he in whose hand the cup was found.

And he said, Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall become a slave to me; and you go up in peace to your father.

And Judah came near to him and said, O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not your anger glow [on] your servant, for you [are] like Pharaoh.

My lord asked his servants, saying, [Is there] a brother or a father to you?

And we said to my lord, An aged father [is] to us, and a young child of [his] old age; and his brother is dead; and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.

And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, and let me see him.

And we said to my lord, The youth is not able to leave his father; and [if] he should leave [his father], he will die.

And you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you shall not see my face any more

And it happened, when we had gone up to your servant, my father, we told him the words of my lord.

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

And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down. For we cannot see the face of the man [if] our youngest brother [is] not with us.

And your servant, my father, said to us, You know that my wife bore two to me.

And one went out from me. And I said, Indeed, he surely is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him until now.

And [if] you take this one also from my face, and harm happen to him, you will bring my gray hair to the grave in sorrow.

And now when I come to your servant, my father, and the youth [is] not with us and his soul being bound to his soul,

it will be when he sees that the youth [is] not, he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father to the grave in sorrow.

For your servant was surety for the youth [with] my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, I shall be a sinner against my father all the days.

And now please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the youth; and let the youth go up with his brothers.

For how can I go to my father, and the youth not [be] with me, lest I look on the evil which will find my father?