Genesis 44

1 Joseph ordered his household supervisor, “Fill the men's sacks with as much grain as they can hold and put each man's money at the top of his sack.

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 Then put my special silver cup at the top of the sack of the youngest, along with the money for his grain.” He did as Joseph told him.

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 At sunrise they were sent on their way with their donkeys.

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

4 They had hardly left the city when Joseph told his household supervisor, “Go after those men, and when you catch up with them, ask them, ‘Why have you paid back good with evil by stealing my master's silver cup?

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 This is the cup he personally drinks from, and which he uses for divination. What you've done is really evil!’”

¿ 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 When he caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.

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

7 “My lord, what are you saying?” they replied. “We your servants wouldn't do anything like that!

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 Remember that we brought back the money we found at the top of our sacks when we returned from Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master'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 If any one of us is found with it, he shall die, and all of us will become your 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 “Whatever you say,” the man replied, “but only the one found with it will become my slave since the rest of you will be free of any blame.”

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 They all unloaded their sacks and put them on the ground. They each opened their own sacks.

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

12 The household supervisor searched the sacks, beginning with the oldest and working his way down to 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 The brothers tore their clothes in grief. Then they loaded their sacks back on their donkeys and headed back to the city.

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

14 Joseph was still at home when Judah and his brothers arrived, and they fell to 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 “Why did you do this?” Joseph asked. “Don't you know a man like me can find out things through 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 “My lord, what can we say?” Judah replied. “How can we explain this to you? In what way can we prove our innocence? God has exposed the guilt of your servants. My lord, we are your slaves—all of us, including the one who was found with the cup.”

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 “I wouldn't do anything like that!” Joseph replied. “Only the man who was found with the cup will become my slave. The rest of you are free to return 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 Judah came closer and said to him, “If you please, my lord, let your servant just say a word. Please don't become angry with your servant, even though you are as powerful as Pharaoh himself.

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, previously you asked us, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’

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

20 We told you, my lord, ‘We have an elderly father, and a younger brother, born when our father was already old. The boy's brother is dead. He is the only one of his mother's children left, and his father loves him dearly.’

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 Then you ordered us, ‘Bring him here to me so I can see him.’

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

22 We told you, ‘The boy can't leave his father; if he did, 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 But you told us, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come with you, you won't see me again.’

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 So when we went back to your servant, our father, we explained to him everything you had told us.

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

25 However, later on, our father told us, ‘Go back and buy some more food.’

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

26 But we said, ‘There's no way we can go back unless Benjamin our youngest brother goes with us, because we won't be able to see the man if Benjamin isn't 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 Then my father said to us, ‘You realize that my wife had two sons for me.

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

28 One is no more, ripped to pieces no doubt, for I've never 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 away from me too, and something bad happens to him, you'll send this old man to his grave in grief.’ (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 So if the boy isn't with us when I go back to my father, whose life depends on the life of the boy,

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 as soon as he sees the boy isn't there he'll die, and we will really send this old man, our father, to his grave in grief. (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 In fact I gave myself as the guarantee for the boy to my father. I told him, ‘If I don't bring him back to you, then I will always carry the blame!’

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 So please let me stay here as my lord's slave instead of the boy. Let him go back home 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 could I ever go back to my father if the boy wasn't with me? I couldn't stand seeing the anguish that would cause 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.