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.
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- 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.
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At daybreak ... , the men were sent on their way ... with their donkeys.
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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 vvv good with evil ?
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Is this not (the cup) ... - my master - drinks from and uses for divination ... ? What you have done is wicked ! ’”
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When (the steward) overtook them , he relayed these words to them. -
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“ Why does my lord say these things ? ” they asked .... “ Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
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vvv 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 ?
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If any of your servants is found to have it , he must die , and the rest ... will become slaves of my lord. ”
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“ vvv vvv As you say , ” replied the steward. ... “ But only the one who is found with (the cup) will be slave , and the rest of you shall be free of blame. ”
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So each - one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened ... it.
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The steward searched , beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest — and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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Then they all tore their clothes , - - loaded their donkeys , and returned to the city.
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When Judah and his brothers arrived at Joseph’s house , he was still there , and they fell to the ground before him.
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“ What is this deed - you have done ? ” Joseph declared “ Do you not know that a man - like me can surely divine the tRuth - ... ? ”
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“ 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. ”
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But Joseph replied , “ Far be it to do this. The man who was found with ... the cup will be slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace. ”
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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.
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My lord asked - his servants , ... ‘ Do you have a father or a brother ? ’
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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. ’
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Then you told ... your servants , ‘ Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself. ’
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So we said to my lord , ‘ The boy cannot ... leave - his father. If he were to leave , - his father would die. ’
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But you said to your servants , ‘ vvv Unless your younger brother comes down with you , you will not see my face again. ’
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Now when ... we returned to your servant my father , we relayed your words ... him.
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Then our father said , ‘ Go back and buy some food. ’
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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. ’
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And your servant my father said to us , ‘ You know that my wife bore two sons.
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When one of them was gone ... , I said : “ Surely he has been torn to pieces .... ” And I have not seen him ... since.
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- 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. ’
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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 ,
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- 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.
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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. ’
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Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s ... slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
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For how can I go back to my father without ... the boy ? I could not bear to see the misery that would overwhelm - (him). ”
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