Genesis 44
GEN 44:1 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;
GEN 44:2 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.
GEN 44:3 The morning is bright, and the men have been sent away, they and their
asses --
GEN 44:4 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?
GEN 44:5 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.'
GEN 44:6 And he overtaketh them, and speaketh unto them these words,
GEN 44:7 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;
GEN 44:8 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?
GEN 44:9 with whomsoever of thy servants it is found, he hath died, and we also
are to my lord for servants.'
GEN 44:10 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;'
GEN 44:11 and they hasten and take down each his bag to the earth, and each
openeth his bag;
GEN 44:12 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;
GEN 44:13 and they rend their garments, and each ladeth his ass, and they turn
back to the city.
GEN 44:14 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;
GEN 44:15 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?'
GEN 44:16 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;'
GEN 44:17 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.'
GEN 44:18 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.
GEN 44:19 My lord hath asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father or brother?
GEN 44:20 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.
GEN 44:21 `And thou sayest unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, and I set
mine eye upon him;
GEN 44:22 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;
GEN 44:23 and thou sayest unto thy servants, If your young brother come not down
with you, ye add not to see my face.
GEN 44:24 `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;
GEN 44:25 and our father saith, Turn back, buy for us a little food,
GEN 44:26 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.
GEN 44:27 `And thy servant my father saith unto us, Ye -- ye have known that two
did my wife bare to me,
GEN 44:28 and the one goeth out from me, and I say, Surely he is torn -- torn!
and I have not seen him since;
GEN 44:29 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.
GEN 44:30 `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),
GEN 44:31 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;
GEN 44:32 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.
GEN 44:33 `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,
GEN 44:34 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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