10. He replied, “You have suggested your own punishment! The one who has it will become my slave, but the rest of you will go free.”
11. So each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12. Then the man searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack!
13. They all tore their clothes! Then each man loaded his donkey, and they returned to the city.
14. So Judah and his brothers came back to Joseph’s house. He was still there, and they threw themselves to the ground before him.
15. Joseph said to them, “What did you think you were doing? Don’t you know that a man like me can find out things like this by divination?”
16. Judah replied, “What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? How can we clear ourselves? God has exposed the sin of your servants! We are now my lord’s slaves, we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.”
17. But Joseph said, “Far be it from me to do this! The man in whose hand the cup was found will become my slave, but the rest of you may go back to your father in peace.”