English Bible
Genesis 44
Big screen- 1And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth.
- 2And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.
- 3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.
- 4And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when you do overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have all of you rewarded evil for good?
- 5Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and whereby indeed he divines? all of you have done evil in so doing.
- 6And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these same words.
- 7And they said unto him, Wherefore says my lord these words? God forbid that your servants should do according to this thing:
- 8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto you out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold?
- 9With whomsoever of your servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.
- 10And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and all of you shall be blameless.
- 11Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.
- 12And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
- 13Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
- 14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.
- 15And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that all of you have done? know all of you not that such a man as I can certainly divine?
- 16And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
- 17And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
- 18Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not yours anger burn against your servant: for you are even as Pharaoh.
- 19My lord asked his servants, saying, Have all of you a father, or a brother?
- 20And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.
- 21And you said unto your servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
- 22And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.
- 23And you said unto your servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, all of you shall see my face no more.
- 24And it came to pass when we came up unto your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
- 25And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
- 26And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us.
- 27And your servant my father said unto us, All of you know that my wife bare me two sons:
- 28And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:
- 29And if all of you take this also from me, and mischief befall him, all of you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
- 30Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life;
- 31It shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
- 32For your servant became guarantor for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto you, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.
- 33Now therefore, I pray you, let your servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.
- 34For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest possibly I see the evil that shall come on my father.