New International Reader's Version

Genesis 44:9-16 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

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.

15. Joseph said to them, "What have you done? Don't you know that a man like me has ways to figure things out?"

16. "What can we say to you?" Judah replied. "What can we say? How can we prove we haven't done anything wrong? God has shown you that we are guilty. We are now your slaves. All of us are, including the one who was found to have the cup."