Genesis 44:1-15

1Joseph commanded his steward, “Fill the men’s bags with as much food as they can carry, and put each one’s silver at the top of his bag.

2Put my cup, the silver one, at the top of the youngest one’s bag, along with the silver for his grain.” So he did as Joseph told him.

3At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.

4They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Get up. Pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

5Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wrong! ’”

6When he overtook them, he said these words to them.

7They said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.

8We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?

9If it is found with one of us, your servants, he must die, and the rest of us will become my lord’s slaves.”

10The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”

11So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

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

13Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

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

15“What have you done?” Joseph said to them. “Didn’t you know that a man like me could uncover the truth by divination?”