The Cup Is Found

1Then he commanded the one over his house, saying, “Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's silver in the mouth of his sack.”

2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the youngest one's sack, along with the silver for his grain purchase." And he did according to Joseph's word, which he had spoken.

3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

4They had gone out of the city; they had not gone far, when Joseph said to the one over his house, “Get up, pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?’”

5Is this not the one from which my master drinks and by which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in doing this.

6He caught up with them and spoke these words to them:

7And they said to him, “Why does my lord speak words like these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.”

8Look, the silver that we found in the mouths of our sacks we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. So how could we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

9Whichever of your servants it is found with, let him die, and we also will become servants to my lord.

10And he said, “Even now, let it be according to your words. The one with whom it is found will be my servant, and you will be innocent.”

11So each man hurried and lowered his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

12And he searched, beginning with the oldest and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

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