4. They were not far from the city when Joseph said to the servant in charge of his house, “Go after the men. When you catch up with them, say, ‘Why have you paid back evil for good?
5. The cup you have stolen is the one my master uses for drinking. And he uses it for explaining dreams. You have done a very wicked thing!’”
6. So the servant caught up with the brothers. He said to them what Joseph had told him to say.
7. But the brothers said to the servant, “Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!
8. We brought back to you the money we found in our sacks. We brought it back from the land of Canaan. So surely we would not steal silver or gold from your master’s house.
9. If you find that silver cup in the sack of one of us, then let him die. And we will be your slaves.”
10. The servant said, “We will do as you say. But only the man who has taken the cup will become my slave. The rest of you may go free.”
11. Then every brother quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.