Genesis 44

¹ And instructing is Joseph him who is over his household, saying, "Fill the bags of the mortals with food, as much as they can lift, and place the money of each man in the mouth of his bag. ² And my beaker, the silver beaker shall you place in the mouth of the bag of the small one with his victual money." And doing is he according to the word which Joseph speaks. ³ When the morning is light, the mortals are sent away, they and their asses. ⁴ They fare forth, not far from the city, and Joseph says to him who is over his household, "Rise! Pursue after the mortals and overtake them and say to them, 'Why do you repay evil for good? Why did you steal my silver beaker? ⁵ Is not this that from which my lord drinks? And he, when he augurs, auguring is he in it. Evil do you in what you do'." ⁶ And overtaking them is he, and is speaking to them these words. ⁷ And saying are they to him, "Why is my lord speaking words as these? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word. ⁸ Behold! The money which we found in the mouths of our bags we restored to you from the land of Canaan. And how shall we steal from your lord's house silver or gold? ⁹ Whoever of your servants shall be found with it shall die. And, moreover, we will become my lord's servants." ¹⁰ And saying is he, "Even now, according to your words, so be it. The man with whom the beaker shall be found, he becomes my servant, and you shall be innocent." ¹¹ And hasting are they, and letting each man's bag down to the earth, and opening are they each man, his bag. ¹² And searching is he, starting with the greatest and finishing with the small. And found is the beaker in the bag of Benjamin. ¹³ And tearing are they their garments, and loading is each man his bag on his ass, and returning are they to the city. ¹⁴ And coming are Judah and his brothers to Joseph's house, and he is still there. And falling are they before him to the earth. ¹⁵ And saying to them is Joseph, "What deed is this that you do? Not know, do you, that, by augury a man such as I am, is auguring?" ¹⁶ And saying is Judah, "What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? And with what shall we justify ourselves? The Elohim has found the depravity of your servants. Behold us, servants of my lord, both we and he in whose hand the beaker was found." ¹⁷ And saying is Joseph, "Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the beaker was found, he shall become my servant. And you, go in peace to your father." ¹⁸ And close is Judah coming to him and saying, "O! my lord, Pray, speak will your servant a word in the ears of my lord, and your anger must not be hot against your servant, seeing that such a one as you are as Pharaoh. ¹⁹ My lord asked his servants saying, 'Forsooth, have you a father or a brother?'. ²⁰ And said we to my lord, 'Forsooth, we have a father, old, and a boy of his old age, the small and his brother is dead, and left is he alone of his mother, and his father loves him.' ²¹ And said you to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may place my eyes upon him.' ²² And said we to my lord, 'The youth cannot leave his father.' And, 'leaves he his father, he also will die.' ²³ Yet you said to your servants, 'Should not your small brother come down with you, you shall not continue to see my face.' ²⁴ And coming is it that we went up to your servant, our father, and we told him the words of my lord. ²⁵ And saying is our father, 'Return. Purchase for us a little food.' ²⁶ And said we, 'We cannot go down. Should, forsooth, our small brother go down with us, then we will go down, for we cannot see the man's face if our small brother is not with us.' ²⁷ And saying is your servant, our father, to us, 'You know that two were borne for me by my wife. ²⁸ And forth is one faring from me. And saying am I, "Yea, as prey is he torn to pieces!" And not seen him have I hitherto. ²⁹ And take this one, moreover, from before my face, and a mishap befalls him on the way, down will you bring my gray hairs by evil to the unseen.' ³⁰ And now, as I come to your servant, our father, and the youth is not with us, when his soul is tied to his soul, ³¹ and it comes as he sees that no youth is with us, he will die, and down will your servants bring the gray hairs of your servant, our father, by affliction to the unseen. ³² For your servant became surety for the youth with my father, saying, 'Should I not bring him to you and set him before you, I sin against my father all my days.' ³³ And now, dwell, pray, will your servant, instead of the youth, a servant to my lord, and the youth shall go up with his brothers. ³⁴ For how shall I go up to my father, and the youth is not with us, lest I shall see the evil which will find my father?"