Genesis 44:2-17

2Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain.” And he did 1as Joseph had told him. 32As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys. 4They had just gone out of 3the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, “Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good? 5Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for 4divination? You have done wrong in doing this.’”

6So he overtook them and spoke these words to them. 7They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing. 8Behold, 5the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house? 96With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s 7slaves.” 10So he said, “Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent.” 11Then they hurried, each man lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack. 12He searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and 8the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. 13Then they 9tore their clothes, and when each man loaded his donkey, they returned to 10the city.

14When Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, he was still there, and 11they fell to the ground before him. 15Joseph said to them, “What is this deed that you have done? Do you not know that such a man as I can indeed practice 12divination?” 16So Judah said, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? And how can we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lord’s 13slaves, both we and the one in whose 14possession the cup has been found.” 17But he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose 15possession the cup has been found, he shall be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”