¹ And he commanded him that was over his house, saying, Fill the men’s^◦ bags with food, as^◦ much they can bear, and put a man’s^◦ silver in his bag’s mouth.

² And set my goblet, the silver goblet, in the bag’s mouth of the youngest^◦, and the silver of his rations. And he did according·​·to the word of Joseph that he had spoken.

³ The morning gave·​·light, and the men^◦ were sent·​·away, they^◦ and their donkeys.

⁴ They^◦ were gone·​·out of the city, not yet far·​·away, and Joseph said to him who was over his house, Arise, pursue after the men^◦; and when thou dost overtake them, say to^▵ them, Why do you repay evil in·​·return·​·for good?

⁵ Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and in which foretelling he^◦ foretells? You have done·​·evil in what you have done.

⁶ And he overtook them, and he spoke to^▵ them these words.

⁷ And they said to^▵ him, Why does my lord speak according·​·to these words? Far·​·be·​·it from thy servants to do according·​·to this word.

⁸ Behold, the silver which we found in our bag’s mouth we returned to^▵ thee out ·of the land of Canaan; and how^◦ should we steal out ·of thy lord’s house silver or gold?

⁹ And with^◦ whomever^▵ of thy servants it be·​·found, let him die, and we^◦ also will be to my lord for servants.

¹⁰ And he said, Even now according·​·to your words so shall it^◦ be; he with^◦ whom it is found shall be to me a servant, and you^◦ shall be innocent.

¹¹ And they hastened, and they made each·​·man^◦ his bag come·​·down to the earth, and opened each·​·man^◦ his bag.

¹² And he searched; he began at the eldest^◦, and completed at the youngest^◦; and the goblet was found in the bag of Benjamin.

¹³ And they rent their raiment, and loaded up each man^◦ his donkey, and they returned to^▫ the city.

¹⁴ And Judah and his brothers came·​·into Joseph’s house, and he^◦ was yet there; and they fell before him to^▫ the earth.

¹⁵ And Joseph said to them, What is this deed that you have done? Knew you not that a man^◦ who is such·​·as I, foretelling foretells?

¹⁶ And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? And how shall we be justified? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are servants to my lord, both^◦ we^◦, and^◦ he in whose hand the goblet was found.

¹⁷ And he said, Far·​·be·​·it from me to do this; the man^◦ in whose hand the goblet was found, he^◦ shall be a servant to me; and you^◦, go· ye ·up in peace to^▵ your father.

¹⁸ And Judah approached him, and said, By·​·me^*, my lord, I pray^◦, let thy servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not thine anger be·​·fierce against^◦ thy servant; for as Pharaoh, so^▫ art thou.

¹⁹ My lord asked his servants, saying, Have^◦ you^◦ a father, or a brother?

²⁰ And we said to^▵ my lord, We have^◦ a father, an old man, and a child of his old·​·age, the youngest^◦; and his brother is dead, and he^◦ alone remains of^◦ his mother, and his father loves him.

²¹ And thou saidst to^▵ thy servants, Make him come·​·down to^▵ me, and I will set my eye upon him.

²² And we said to^▵ my lord, The lad is· not ·able to leave^◦ his father; and should he leave^◦ his father, then he will die.

²³ And thou saidst to^▵ thy servants, If your youngest^◦ brother come· not ·down with you, you shall not add to see my faces.

²⁴ And it was, when^◦ we came·​·up to^▵ thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

²⁵ And our father said, Return ye, purchase a·​·little food for us.

²⁶ And we said, We are· not ·able to go·​·down; if our youngest^◦ brother is·​·there with^◦ us, then will we go·​·down; for we^◦ are· not ·able to see the face of the man^◦, and our youngest^◦ brother be not^◦ with^◦ us.

²⁷ And thy servant my father said to^▵ us, You^◦ know that my wife gave·​·birth·​·to two sons for me.

²⁸ And the one went·​·out from^◦ me, and I said, Surely, being·​·torn he is·​·torn apart; and I have not seen him until now^◦.

²⁹ And you will take this also from^▵ my faces, and harm may befall him, and you will make my gray·​·hairs go·​·down in evil to^▫ the underworld.

³⁰ And now, as I come to^▵ thy servant my father, and the lad be not^◦ with^◦ us, and his soul is tied into his soul,

³¹ and it shall be when^◦ he sees that the lad is not^◦, that he will·​·die; and thy servants will cause the gray·​·hairs of thy servant our father go·​·down in sorrow to the underworld.

³² For thy servant was·​·surety for the lad from being with my father, saying, If I bring him not back to^▵ thee I shall sin to my father all the days.

³³ And now, I pray^◦, let thy servant abide^▫ instead of the lad a servant to my lord, and let the lad go·​·up with his brothers.

³⁴ For how^◦ shall I go·​·up to^▵ my father and the lad be not^◦ with^◦ me? Perhaps^◦ I shall see the evil that shall be found upon my father.

¹ The famine was severe in the land.

² It happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, "Go again, buy us a little more food."

³ Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'

⁴ If you'll send our brother with us, we'll go down and buy you food,

⁵ but if you'll not send him, we'll not go down, for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.'"

⁶ Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly, telling the man that you had another brother?"

⁷ They said, "The man asked directly concerning ourselves, and concerning our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' We just answered his questions. Is there any way we could know that he would say, 'Bring your brother down?'"

⁸ Judah said to Israel, his father, "Send the boy with me, and we'll get up and go, so that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones.

⁹ I'll be collateral for him. From my hand will you require him. If I don't bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever,

¹⁰ for if we hadn't delayed, surely we would have returned a second time by now."

¹¹ Their father, Israel, said to them, "If it must be so, then do this. Take from the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry down a present for the man, a little balm, a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

¹² and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.

¹³ Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.

¹⁴ May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

¹⁵ The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

¹⁶ When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon."

¹⁷ The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph's house.

¹⁸ The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time, we're brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys."

¹⁹ They came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

²⁰ and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

²¹ When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks, and behold, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. We have brought it back in our hand.

²² We have brought down other money in our hand to buy food. We don't know who put our money in our sacks."

²³ He said, "Peace be to you. Don't be afraid. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I received your money." He brought Simeon out to them.

²⁴ The man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet. He gave their donkeys fodder.

²⁵ They prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.

²⁶ When Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth.

²⁷ He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?"

²⁸ They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage.

²⁹ He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son."

³⁰ Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there.

³¹ He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal."

³² They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

³³ They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another.

³⁴ He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him.