Genesis 44:7-16

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.

13Then they tore their clothes [in grief]; and after each man had loaded his donkey again, they returned to the city.

14When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there; and they fell to the ground before him.

15Joseph spoke harshly to them, “What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can indeed practice divination and foretell [everything you do without outside knowledge of it]?”

16So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we reply? Or how can we clear ourselves, since God has exposed the sin and guilt of your servants? Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.”