3. When the morning dawned, the men were sent off, they and their donkeys.
4. They left the city and did not get far, when Joseph said to the one over his household, “Get up, go after the men. When you catch up to them, say to them, “Why have you repaid evil for good?
5. Isn’t this the one from which my lord drinks? He even uses it especially to discern by divination. What you’ve done is evil!”
6. So he caught up to them and spoke these words to them.
7. They said to him, “Why does my lord say such things? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing as this.
8. Look, the money we found in the opening of our bags, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan. So how could we steal silver or gold from your lord’s house?
9. Whoever among your servants is found with it, let him die! And we, we’ll also be my lord’s slaves.”
10. “Even now let it be according to your words,” he said. “The one with whom it is found shall be my slave. But the rest of you shall be innocent.”
11. Then each man quickly lowered his sack to the ground and each man opened his sack.
12. He searched them beginning with the eldest and finishing with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13. Then they tore their clothing, and each one loaded up his donkey and they returned to the city.
14. When Judah and his brothers entered Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.
15. “What’s this deed you’ve done?” Joseph said to them, “Didn’t you know that a man like me can discern by divination?”