New International Reader's Version

Genesis 44:5-14 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

5. Isn't this the cup my master drinks from? Doesn't he also use it to figure things out? You have done an evil thing.' "

6. When the manager caught up with them, he told them what Joseph had said.

7. But they said to him, "Why do you say these things? We would never do anything like that!

8. We even brought back to you from Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So why would we steal silver or gold from your master's house?

9. "If you find out that any of us has the cup, he will die. And the rest of us will become your slaves."

10. "All right, then," he said. "As you wish. The one who is found to have the cup will become my slave. But the rest of you will be free from blame."

11. Each of them quickly put his sack down on the ground and opened it.

12. Then the manager started to search. He began with the oldest and ended with the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

13. When that happened, they were so upset they tore their clothes. Then all of them loaded their donkeys and went back to the city.

14. Joseph was still in the house when Judah and his brothers came in. They threw themselves down on the ground in front of him.