Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
Then
Joseph
instructed
his steward:
“
Fill the men’s
sacks
with as
much
food as they can
carry
, and put each one’s
silver
in the mouth of his sack.
And
he
commandeth
him
who
`is'
over
his house,
saying,
`
Fill the bags
of
the
men
`
with '
food ,
as they are
able
to
bear
, and put the
money
of
each in the mouth of his bag;
Put
my cup, the silver one
, in the mouth of the youngest
one’s
sack,
along
with
the silver
for
his grain.”
So
the steward
did
as
Joseph had
instructed
.
and
my cup, the silver cup
, thou
dost
put
in the mouth of the bag
of
the young
one,
and
his corn-money;'
and
he
doth
according
to
the word
of
Joseph which
he
hath
spoken
.
At
daybreak
, the men were
sent on
their
way
with
their donkeys.
The
morning
is
bright
, and
the men have
been
sent away,
they
and
their asses
--
They had
not
gone far
from
the city when
Joseph told
his steward
, “
Pursue the men at
once,
and when
you
overtake
them, ask
, ‘
Why have you
repaid
good
with
evil?
they have
gone out
of
the city --
they
have
not
gone
far
off
--
and
Joseph hath
said
to
him
who
`is'
over
his house
, `Rise,
pursue after
the men ;
and thou
hast
overtaken
them, and
thou
hast
said
unto
them
, Why have ye
recompensed
evil for
good
?
Is this
not the
cup
my master
drinks
from
and
uses
for
divination
? What
you
have done is
wicked!’”
Is not this
that
with
which
my lord
drinketh
? and
he
observeth
diligently
with
it;
ye
have done evil
`in'
that
which
ye
have
done.'
When
the
steward
overtook
them, he
relayed
these words to
them.
And
he
overtaketh
them, and
speaketh
unto
them
these words ,
“
Why does
my lord say
these things
? ”
they
asked.
“Your
servants could
not
possibly
do such
a
thing.
and
they
say
unto
him,
`
Why doth
my lord speak
according
to
these words
? far
be
it
from
thy
servants to
do according
to
this
word;
We even
brought back to
you
from the land of Canaan the
silver
we found
in
the mouths
of our
sacks.
Why
would
we
steal
silver or gold from
your
master’s
house
?
lo,
the
money
which
we found
in
the
mouth
of
our
bags
we
brought back unto
thee
from the land of Canaan ,
and
how
do
we steal
from
the house
of thy
lord
silver or gold?
If
any
of your
servants is found to
have
it
, he must
die
, and the
rest
will
become
slaves
of
my lord. ”
with
whomsoever
of thy
servants it
is found, he hath
died
, and we
also
are
to
my lord for
servants
. '
“As
you
say
, ”
replied
the
steward.
“But
only
the
one
who
is found
with the
cup
will
be
my slave
, and the
rest
of
you
shall
be
free
of
blame.”
And
he
saith
, `Now,
also,
according
to
your
words,
so
it
`
is ';
he
with whom
it
is
found
becometh
my servant
, and ye
are
acquitted;'
So
each one
quickly
lowered
his sack
to the ground
and opened
it.
and
they
hasten
and
take
down
each his bag
to the earth,
and each
openeth
his
bag;
The steward
searched
, beginning
with
the
oldest
and ending
with
the youngest —
and the cup was
found in Benjamin’s
sack.
and
he
searcheth
--
at
the eldest
he
hath
begun
, and at
the youngest he
hath
completed
--
and the cup is
found in the
bag
of
Benjamin;
Then
they all
tore
their clothes
, loaded
their
donkeys
, and returned
to the city.
and
they rend
their garments
, and
each
ladeth
his
ass
, and they
turn
back
to the city.
When
Judah
and his brothers
arrived
at
Joseph’s
house, he was
still
there, and they fell
to
the
ground
before him .
And Judah
--
his brethren
also
--
cometh
in
unto
the
house of
Joseph
, and
he is
yet
there, and they fall
before him to
the
earth;
“
What is this deed you
have done? ”
Joseph
declared.
“Do
you
not know
that a man like me can
surely
divine
the
truth
? ”
and
Joseph
saith
to
them,
`
What `
is '
this deed that
ye
have done? have
ye
not known
that a man like me doth
diligently
observe
? '
“
What can
we say to my lord? ”
Judah
replied.
“How
can
we plead
? How
can
we justify ourselves? God has
exposed
the iniquity of your
servants .
We are now
my lord’s
slaves—
both we and the
one
who
was
found
with
the cup .”
And
Judah
saith,
`
What do
we say to my lord? what
do
we speak
? and
what
--
do
we justify ourselves? God hath
found
out
the iniquity of thy
servants ;
lo,
we `
are '
servants
to
my lord,
both we ,
and he
in
whose
hand
the cup hath
been
found;'
But
Joseph
replied
, “
Far be it from me to do this .
The man who
was
found
with
the cup will
be
my slave.
The
rest
of
you
may
return
to
your
father
in peace. ”
and
he
saith
, `
Far be it from me to do this ;
the man in
whose
hand
the cup hath
been
found,
he
becometh
my servant;
and
ye,
go
ye
up
in peace unto
your
father
. '
Then
Judah approached
Joseph
and said
, “Sir
, please
let your
servant speak personally
to
my lord .
Do
not be
angry
with
your
servant ,
for you
are
equal
to
Pharaoh himself
.
And
Judah cometh
nigh
unto
him,
and saith
, `O
, my
lord,
let thy
servant speak ,
I
pray
thee,
a
word
in
the
ears
of
my lord ,
and
let
not thine
anger
burn
against
thy
servant --
for thou
art
as
Pharaoh.
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do
you
have a father or a
brother? ’
My lord hath
asked his servants, saying,
Have ye
a father or brother?
And we answered
, ‘
We have an
elderly
father and a younger
brother,
the
child of his
old age .
The
boy’s
brother is
dead.
He is the
only
one
of his mother’s
sons
left
, and his father loves
him. ’
and we say
unto
my
lord
, We have a
father ,
an
aged
one,
and a child of old age ,
a
little
one;
and
his
brother died,
and
he is left
alone
of his mother
, and his father hath
loved
him.
Then
you
told
your
servants, ‘
Bring him down to
me so
that
I can
see
him for
myself.’
`And
thou
sayest
unto
thy
servants, Bring him down unto
me ,
and
I set
mine
eye
upon
him ;
So
we said
to
my lord, ‘
The boy
cannot
leave his father .
If
he
were
to
leave
, his father would
die.’
and
we say
unto
my lord, The youth
is
not
able
to
leave his father, when
he
hath
left
his father ,
then
he
hath
died;
But
you
said
to
your
servants, ‘Unless
your younger
brother comes
down with you, you
will
not see my face again
. ’
and
thou
sayest
unto
thy
servants, If
your young
brother come
not
down with you, ye
add
not to
see my face.
Now
when
we
returned
to your
servant my father, we relayed
your
words
to him .
`And
it
cometh
to pass,
that
we
have
come
up
unto
thy
servant my father, that
we declare
to him the
words
of
my
lord;
Then
our father said
, ‘Go
back and
buy us some
food .’
and
our father saith
, Turn
back ,
buy for
us a
little
food ,
But
we answered
, ‘
We cannot
go down there
unless
our
younger
brother
goes
with
us.
So
if our younger
brother is not
with us, we cannot
see the man
. ’
and
we say
, We are
not
able
to
go down ;
if our young
brother is with us, then
we have
gone
down;
for
we
are
not
able
to
see the man's
face,
and
our
young
brother
not
with
us
.
And your
servant my father said
to
us, ‘You
know
that my wife bore
me two
sons.
`
And thy
servant my father saith
unto
us, Ye
--
ye
have
known
that two
did
my wife bare
to
me ,
When
one of
them
was
gone
, I said:
“
Surely he has
been
torn to
pieces.”
And I have not seen him since .
and
the
one goeth
out
from
me
, and
I say,
Surely he is
torn --
torn!
and I have not seen him since ;
Now
if
you
also take
this one
from me
and harm
comes
to
him, you
will
bring
my
gray
hair
down to Sheol in
sorrow
. ’
when
ye
have
taken
also this from my
presence,
and mischief
hath
met
him, then
ye
have
brought
down my
grey
hairs
with
evil
to sheol.
So
if
the boy
is
not with us when
I
return
to
your
servant,
and if
my
father,
whose
life
is wrapped
up in the
boy’s
life
,
`And
now,
at
my
coming
in
unto
thy
servant
my
father,
and
the youth
not with us (
and his
soul
is bound
up in his
soul)
,
sees
that the boy
is not with
us
, he will
die.
Then
your
servants will
have brought the gray
hair
of your
servant our father down
to Sheol in
sorrow.
then
it
hath
come
to
pass
when
he
seeth
that the youth
is not, that
he hath
died,
and
thy
servants have brought down
the grey
hairs
of thy
servant our father with
sorrow
to sheol ;
Indeed,
your
servant guaranteed
the boy’s
safety
to
my father, saying, ‘
If I do
not
return
him to
you,
I will
bear
the
guilt
before
you,
my father ,
all my
life
. ’
for
thy
servant obtained
the youth
by
surety
from
my father, saying, If I bring
him not
in
unto
thee
--
then
I have
sinned
against
my father all the
days
.
Now please
let your
servant stay
here
as
my
lord’s
slave
in
place
of the boy.
Let
him
return
with his brothers.
`And
now ,
let thy
servant ,
I
pray
thee,
abide
instead
of the youth
a
servant
to
my
lord,
and
the
youth
goeth
up
with his brethren,
For how can
I go back
to
my father without
the boy
? I could
not
bear
to
see
the misery
that
would
overwhelm
him
. ”
for how do
I go up
unto
my father ,
and
the youth
not
with
me
? lest
I look
on
the evil
which
doth
find
my
father
. '
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