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Genesis 44
⁴ But when they had gone only a short distance and were barely out of the city, Joseph said to his palace manager, “Chase after them and stop them. When you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you repaid my kindness with such evil?
⁵ Why have you stolen my master’s silver cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!’”
⁶ When the palace manager caught up with the men, he spoke to them as he had been instructed.
⁷ “What are you talking about?” the brothers responded. “We are your servants and would never do such a thing!
⁸ Didn’t we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
⁹ If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”
¹⁰ “That’s fair,” the man replied. “But only the one who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go free.”
¹¹ They all quickly took their sacks from the backs of their donkeys and opened them.
¹² The palace manager searched the brothers’ sacks, from the oldest to the youngest. And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!
¹³ When the brothers saw this, they tore their clothing in despair. Then they loaded their donkeys again and returned to the city.
¹⁴ Joseph was still in his palace when Judah and his brothers arrived, and they fell to the ground before him.