Genesis 44

1 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth.

And he commanded [the one] who [was] over household his saying fill [the] sacks of the men food just as they are able! to carry and put [the] silver of each man in [the] mouth of sack his.

2 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

And cup my [the] cup of silver you will put in [the] mouth of [the] sack of the young [brother] and [the] silver of grain his and he did according to [the] word of Joseph which he had spoken.

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

The morning it was light and the men they were sent off they and donkeys their.

4 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good?

They they came out the city not they had gone far and Joseph he said to [the one] who [was] over household his arise pursue after the men and you will overtake them and you will say to them why? have you repaid evil for good.

5 Is not this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’”

¿ Not [is] this [that] which he drinks master my in it and he indeed he practices divination by it you have done evil [that] which you have done.

6 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them.

And he overtook them and he spoke to them the words these.

7 They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing!

And they said to him why? does he speak master my according to the words these far be it to servants your from doing according to the manner this.

8 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house?

Here! silver which we found in [the] mouth of sacks our we brought back to you from [the] land of Canaan and how? will we steal from [the] house of master your silver or gold.

9 With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.”

[anyone] whom It is found with him of servants your and he will die and also we we will be[long] to lord my to slaves.

10 He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.”

And he said also now according to words your [will be] so it [anyone] whom it is found with him he will be of me slave and you you will be innocent.

11 Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

And they hurried and they brought down each man sack his [the] ground towards and they opened each man sack his.

12 He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

And he searched with the old [brother] he began and with the young [brother] he finished and it was found the cup in [the] sack of Benjamin.

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

And they tore clothes their and he loaded each man on donkey his and they went back the city towards.

14 Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him.

And he came Judah and brothers his [the] house of towards Joseph and he still he [was] there and they fell before him [the] ground towards.

15 Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Do not you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?”

And he said to them Joseph what? [is] the deed this which you have done ¿ not do you know that indeed he practices divination a man who [is] like me.

16 Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.”

And he said Judah what? will we say to lord my what? will we speak and what? will we justify ourselves God he has found [the] guilt of servants your here we [are] slaves of lord my both we as well as [the one] who it was found the cup in hand his.

17 He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.”

And he said far be it to me from doing this the man whom it was found the cup in hand his he he will be of me slave and you go up to peace to father your.

18 Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

And he drew near to him Judah and he said pardon me O lord my may he speak please servant your a word in [the] ears of lord my and may not it burn anger your on servant your for as you as Pharaoh.

19 My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’

Lord my he asked servants his saying ¿ [does] there [belong] to you a father or a brother.

20 We said to my lord, ‘We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.’

And we said to lord my there [belongs] to us a father old and a child of old age young and brother his he died and he was left he to only him to mother his and father his he loves him.

21 You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’

And you said to servants your bring down him to me so let me set eye my on him.

22 We said to my lord, ‘The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’

And we said to lord my not he will be able the young man to leave father his and he will leave father his and he will die.

23 You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’

And you said to servants your if not he will come down brother your young with you not you will repeat! to see face my.

24 When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

And it was that we went up to servant your father my and we told to him [the] words of lord my.

25 Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’

And he said father our go back buy for us a little of food.

26 We said, ‘We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’

And we said not we are able to go down if there [is] brother our young with us and we will go down for not we will be able to see [the] face of the man and brother our young not he [is] with us.

27 Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.

And he said servant your father my to us you you know that two [sons] she bore to me wife my.

28 One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I have not seen him since.

And he went out the one from with me and I said surely certainly he has been torn to pieces and not I have seen him until now.

29 If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol (Sheol h7585).'

And you will take also this [one] from with presence my and it will happen to him harm and you will cause to go down gray hair my in calamity Sheol towards. (Sheol h7585)

30 Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life;

And therefore when come I to servant your father my and the lad not [is] he with us and life his [is] bound up with life his.

31 it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol (Sheol h7585).

And it will be when sees he that there not [is] the young man and he will die and they will bring down servants your [the] gray hair of servant your father our in sorrow Sheol towards. (Sheol h7585)

32 For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I do not bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’

For servant your he stood surety for the young man from with father my saying if not I will bring him to you and I will be culpable to father my all the days.

33 Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers.

And therefore let him remain please servant your in place of the young man a slave of lord my and the lad let him go up with brothers his.

34 For how will I go up to my father, if the boy is not with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”

For how? will I go up to father my and the lad not [is] he with me lest I should look on the calamity which it will find father my.