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[1] He commanded the steward of his house, saying, “Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man’s money in his sack’s mouth. [2] Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, with his grain money.” He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. [3] As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. [4] When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, “Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, ‘Why have you rewarded evil for good? [5] Isn’t this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.’ ” [6] He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them. [7] They said to him, “Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! [8] Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord’s house? [9] With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord’s slaves.” [10] He said, “Now also let it be according to your words. He with whom it is found will be my slave; and you will be blameless.” [11] Then they hurried, and each man took his sack down to the ground, and each man opened his sack. [12] He searched, beginning with the oldest, and ending at the youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin’s sack. [13] Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey, and returned to the city. [14] Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there. They fell on the ground before him. [15] Joseph said to them, “What deed is this that you have done? Don’t you know that such a man as I can indeed do divination?” [16] Judah said, “What will we tell my lord? What will we speak? How will we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we are my lord’s slaves, both we and he also in whose hand the cup is found.” [17] He said, “Far be it from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he will be my slave; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.” [18] Then Judah came near to him, and said, “Oh, my lord, please let your servant speak a word in my lord’s ears, and don’t let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh. [19] My lord asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father, or a brother?’ [20] We said to 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.’ [21] You said to your servants, ‘Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ [22] We said to my lord, ‘The boy can’t leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.’ [23] You said to your servants, ‘Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you will see my face no more.’ [24] When we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. [25] Our father said, ‘Go again and buy us a little food.’ [26] We said, ‘We can’t go down. If our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down: for we may not see the man’s face, unless our youngest brother is with us.’ [27] Your servant, my father, said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons. [28] One went out from me, and I said, “Surely he is torn in pieces;” and I haven’t seen him since. [29] If you take this one also from me, and harm happens to him, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.’ⓘ [30] Now therefore when I come to your servant my father, and the boy is not with us; since his life is bound up in the boy’s life; [31] it will happen, when he sees that the boy is no more, that he will die. Your servants will bring down the gray hairs of your servant, our father, with sorrow to Sheol.ⓘ [32] For your servant became collateral for the boy to my father, saying, ‘If I don’t bring him to you, then I will bear the blame to my father forever.’ [33] Now therefore, please let your servant stay instead of the boy, my lord’s slave; and let the boy go up with his brothers. [34] For how will I go up to my father, if the boy isn’t with me?—lest I see the evil that will come on my father.”
Footnotes
- Sheol is the place of the dead.
- Sheol is the place of the dead.
King James Version
[1] And he commandedH6680(PielImpf) the steward of his house,H1004 saying,H559(QalInf) FillH4390(PielImpv) the men’sH582 sacksH572 [with] food,H400 as much asH834 they canH3201(QalImpf) carry,H5375(QalInf) and putH7760(QalImpv) every man’sH376 moneyH3701 in his sack’sH572 mouth.H6310 [2] And putH7760(QalImpf) my cup,H1375 the silverH3701 cup,H1375 in the sack’sH572 mouthH6310 of the youngest,H6996 and his cornH7668 money.H3701 And he didH6213(QalImpf) according to the wordH1697 that JosephH3130 had spoken.H1696(PielPerf) [3] As soon as the morningH1242 was light,H215(QalPerf) the menH582 were sent away,H7971(PualPerf) they and their asses.H2543 [4] [And] when they were gone outH3318(QalPerf) of the city,H5892 [and] not [yet] far off,H7368(HiphPerf) JosephH3130 saidH559(QalPerf) unto his steward,H1004 Up,H6965(QalImpv) followH7291(QalImpv) afterH310 the men;H582 and when thou dost overtakeH5381(HiphPerf) them, sayH559(QalPerf) unto them, Wherefore have ye rewardedH7999(PielPerf) evilH7451 for good?H2896 [5] [Is] not this [it] in which my lordH113 drinketh,H8354(QalImpf) and whereby indeedH5172(PielInf) he divineth?H5172(PielImpf) ye have done evilH7489(HiphPerf) in so doing.H6213(QalPerf) [6] And he overtookH5381(HiphImpf) them, and he spakeH1696(PielImpf) unto them these sameH428 words.H1697 [7] And they saidH559(QalImpf) unto him, Wherefore saithH1696(PielImpf) my lordH113 these words?H1697 God forbidH2486 that thy servantsH5650 should doH6213(QalInf) according to this thing:H1697 [8] Behold, the money,H3701 which we foundH4672(QalPerf) in our sacks’H572 mouths,H6310 we brought againH7725(HiphPerf) unto thee out of the landH776 of Canaan:H3667 how then should we stealH1589(QalImpf) out of thy lord’sH113 houseH1004 silverH3701 or gold?H2091 [9] With whomsoever of thy servantsH5650 it be found,H4672(NiphImpf) both let him die,H4191(QalPerf) and we also will be my lord’sH113 bondmen.H5650 [10] And he said,H559(QalImpf) Now also [let] it [be] according unto your words:H1697 he with whom it is foundH4672(NiphImpf) shall be my servant;H5650 and ye shall be blameless.H5355 [11] Then they speedilyH4116(PielImpf) took downH3381(HiphImpf) every manH376 his sackH572 to the ground,H776 and openedH6605(QalImpf) every manH376 his sack.H572 [12] And he searched,H2664(PielImpf) [and] beganH2490(HiphPerf) at the eldest,H1419 and leftH3615(PielPerf) at the youngest:H6996 and the cupH1375 was foundH4672(NiphImpf) in Benjamin’sH1144 sack.H572 [13] Then they rentH7167(QalImpf) their clothes,H8071 and ladedH6006(QalImpf) every manH376 his ass,H2543 and returnedH7725(QalImpf) to the city.H5892 [14] And JudahH3063 and his brethrenH251 cameH935(QalImpf) to Joseph’sH3130 house;H1004 for he [was] yet there: and they fellH5307(QalImpf) before himH6440 on the ground.H776 [15] And JosephH3130 saidH559(QalImpf) unto them, What deedH4639 [is] this that ye have done?H6213(QalPerf) wot yeH3045(QalPerf) not that such a manH376 as I can certainlyH5172(PielInf) divine?H5172(PielImpf) [16] And JudahH3063 said,H559(QalImpf) What shall we sayH559(QalImpf) unto my lord?H113 what shall we speak?H1696(PielImpf) or how shall we clear ourselves?H6663(HithImpf) GodH430 hath found outH4672(QalPerf) the iniquityH5771 of thy servants:H5650 behold, we [are] my lord’sH113 servants,H5650 both we, and [he] alsoH1571 with whomH834 the cupH1375 is found.H4672(NiphPerf) [17] And he said,H559(QalImpf) God forbidH2486 that I should doH6213(QalInf) so:H2063 [but] the manH376 in whose handH3027 the cupH1375 is found,H4672(NiphPerf) he shall be my servant;H5650 and as for you, get you upH5927(QalImpv) in peaceH7965 unto your father.H1 [18] Then JudahH3063 came nearH5066(QalImpf) unto him, and said,H559(QalImpf) OhH994 my lord,H113 let thy servant,H5650 I pray thee, speakH1696(PielImpf) a wordH1697 in my lord’sH113 ears,H241 and let not thine angerH639 burnH2734(QalImpf) against thy servant:H5650 for thou [art] even as Pharaoh.H6547 [19] My lordH113 askedH7592(QalPerf) his servants,H5650 saying,H559(QalInf) HaveH3426 ye a father,H1 or a brother?H251 [20] And we saidH559(QalImpf) unto my lord,H113 We haveH3426 a father,H1 an old man,H2205 and a childH3206 of his old age,H2208 a little one;H6996 and his brotherH251 is dead,H4191(QalPerf) and he alone is leftH3498(NiphImpf) of his mother,H517 and his fatherH1 lovethH157(QalPerf) him. [21] And thou saidstH559(QalImpf) unto thy servants,H5650 Bring him downH3381(HiphImpv) unto me, that I may setH7760(QalImpf) mine eyesH5869 upon him. [22] And we saidH559(QalImpf) unto my lord,H113 The ladH5288 cannotH3201(QalImpf) leaveH5800(QalInf) his father:H1 for [if] he should leaveH5800(QalPerf) his father,H1 [his father] would die.H4191(QalPerf) [23] And thou saidstH559(QalImpf) unto thy servants,H5650 ExceptH3808 your youngestH6996 brotherH251 come downH3381(QalImpf) with you, ye shall seeH7200 my faceH6440 no more.H7200(QalInf) [24] And it came to pass when we came upH5927(QalPerf) unto thy servantH5650 my father,H1 we toldH5046(HiphImpf) him the wordsH1697 of my lord.H113 [25] And our fatherH1 said,H559(QalImpf) Go again,H7725(QalImpv) [and] buyH7666(QalImpv) us a littleH4592 food.H400 [26] And we said,H559(QalImpf) We cannotH3201(QalImpf) go down:H3381(QalInf) if our youngestH6996 brotherH251 beH3426 with us, then will we go down:H3381(QalPerf) for we mayH3201(QalImpf) not seeH7200(QalInf) the man’sH376 face,H6440 exceptH369 our youngestH6996 brotherH251 [be] with us. [27] And thy servantH5650 my fatherH1 saidH559(QalImpf) unto us, Ye knowH3045(QalPerf) that my wifeH802 bareH3205(QalPerf) me twoH8147 [sons]: [28] And the oneH259 went outH3318(QalImpf) from me, and I said,H559(QalImpf) SurelyH2963(QalInf) he is torn in pieces;H2963(PoalPerf) and I saw himH7200(QalPerf) not since:H2008 [29] And if ye takeH3947(QalPerf) this also fromH5973 me,H6440 and mischiefH611 befall him,H7136(QalPerf) ye shall bring downH3381(HiphPerf) my gray hairsH7872 with sorrowH7451 to the grave.H7585 [30] Now therefore when I comeH935(QalInf) to thy servantH5650 my father,H1 and the ladH5288 [be] not with us; seeing that his lifeH5315 is bound upH7194(QalPasPtc) in the lad’s life;H5315 [31] It shall come to pass, when he seethH7200(QalInf) that the ladH5288 [is] not [with us], that he will die:H4191(QalPerf) and thy servantsH5650 shall bring downH3381(HiphPerf) the gray hairsH7872 of thy servantH5650 our fatherH1 with sorrowH3015 to the grave.H7585 [32] For thy servantH5650 became suretyH6148(QalPerf) for the ladH5288 untoH5973 my father,H1 saying,H559(QalInf) If I bringH935(HiphImpf) him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blameH2398(QalPerf) to my fatherH1 for ever.H3117 [33] Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servantH5650 abideH3427(QalImpf) instead of the ladH5288 a bondmanH5650 to my lord;H113 and let the ladH5288 go upH5927(QalImpf) with his brethren.H251 [34] For howH349 shall I go upH5927(QalImpf) to my father,H1 and the ladH5288 [be] not with me? lest peradventure I seeH7200(QalImpf) the evilH7451 that shall come onH4672(QalImpf) my father.H1
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