Genesis 44
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Genesis 44:6-12

6So the steward overtook them and he said these words to them.

7They said to him, “Why does my lord speak these things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

8Please remember, the money which we found in the mouths of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. Is it likely then that we would steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

9With whomever of your servants your master’s cup is found, let him die, and the rest of us will be my lord’s slaves.”

10And the steward said, “Now let it be as you say; he with whom the cup is found will be my slave, but the rest of you shall be blameless.”

11Then every man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and each man opened his sack [confident the cup would not be found among them].

12The steward searched, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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