12. And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13. Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and they returned to the city.
14. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground.
15. And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?
16. And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found.
17. And he said, Far be it from me to do so! The man in whose hand the cup has been found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.
18. Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh.
19. My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
20. And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, yet young; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him.
21. And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him.
22. And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die.
23. And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
24. And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
25. And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food.
26. But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.
27. And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;
28. and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him again hitherto.
29. And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol.