Genesis 44

NEW JERUSALEM	KING JAMES BIBLE
1 Then Joseph instructed his chamberlain as follows: 'Fil these men's sacks with as much food as theycan carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.	1 And 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.
2 And put my cup, the silver one, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack as wel as the money for hisrations.' He did as Joseph had instructed.	2 And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
3 At daybreak, the men were sent off with their donkeys.	3 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
4 They had gone only a little way from the city, when Joseph said to his chamberlain, 'Away now andfol ow those men. When you catch up with them, say to them, "Why have you repaid good with evil?	4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
5 Is this not what my lord uses for drinking and also for reading omens? What you have done is wrong."'	5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.
6 So when he caught up with them he repeated these words.	6 And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
7 They asked him, 'What does my lord mean? Your servants would never think of doing such a thing.	7 And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:
8 Look, we brought you back the money we found in the mouths of our sacks, al the way from Canaan.Are we likely to have stolen silver or gold from your master's house?	8 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 Whichever of your servants is found to have it shall die, and the rest of us shal be slaves of my lord.'	9 With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
10 'Very wel , then, it shal be as you say,' he replied, 'the one on whom it is found shall become myslave, but the rest of you can go free.'	10 And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
11 Each of them quickly lowered his sack to the ground, and each opened his own.	11 Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
12 He searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and found the cup inBenjamin's sack.	12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13 Then they tore their clothes, and when each man had reloaded his donkey they returned to the city.	13 Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
14 When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph's house he was still there, so they fell on the groundin front of him.	14 And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
15 'What do you mean by doing this?' Joseph asked them. 'Did you not know that a man such as I am isa reader of omens?'	15 And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16 'What can we answer my lord?' Judah replied. 'What can we say? How can we clear ourselves? Godhimself has uncovered your servants' guilt. Here we are then, my lord's slaves, we no less than the one in whose possession the cup was found.'	16 And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
17 'I could not think of doing such a thing,' he replied. 'The man in whose possession the cup was foundshall be my slave, but you can go back unhindered to your father.'	17 And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
18 At this, Judah went up to him and said, 'May it please my lord, let your servant have a word privatelywith my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are like Pharaoh himself.	18 Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh 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 My lord questioned his servants, "Have you father or brother?"	19 My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20 And we said to my lord, "We have an old father, and a younger brother born of his old age. Hisbrother is dead, so he is the only one by that mother now left, and his father loves him."	20 And we said unto 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 loveth him.
21 Then you said to your servants, "Bring him down to me, so that I can set eyes on him."	21 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
22 We replied to my lord, "The boy cannot leave his father. If he leaves him, his father will die."	22 And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
23 But you said to your servants, "If your youngest brother does not come down with you, you wil notbe admitted to my presence again."	23 And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24 When we went back to your servant my father, we repeated to him what my lord had said.	24 And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25 So when our father said, "Go back and get us a little food,"	25 And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
26 we said, "We cannot go down. We shall go only if our youngest brother is with us for, unless ouryoungest brother is with us, we shal not be admitted to the man's presence."	26 And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
27 So your servant our father said to us, "You know that my wife bore me two children.	27 And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:
28 When one of them left me, I supposed that he must have been torn to pieces, and I have never seenhim since.	28 And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
29 If you take this one from me too and any harm comes to him, you wil send my white head down toSheol with grief."	29 And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30 If I go to your servant my father now, and we do not have the boy with us, he will die as soon as hesees that the boy is not with us, for his heart is bound up with him;	30 Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
31 and your servants will have sent your servant our father's white head down to Sheol with grief.	31 It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32 Now your servant went surety to my father for the boy. I said: "If I do not bring him back to you, letme bear the blame before my father al my life."	32 For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
33 Let your servant stay, then, as my lord's slave in place of the boy, I implore you, and let the boy goback with his brothers.	33 Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34 How indeed could I go back to my father and not have the boy with me? I could not bear to see themisery that would overwhelm my father.'	34 For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.