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¹ Afterward he commanded his steward, saying, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can carry, and put euery mans money in his sackes mouth.² And put my cup, I meane the siluer cup, in the sackes mouth of the yongest, and his corne money. And he did according to the commandement that Ioseph gaue him.³ And in the morning the men were sent away, they, and their asses.⁴ And when they went out of the citie not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp, followe after the men: and when thou doest ouertake them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye rewarded euill for good?⁵ Is that not the cuppe, wherein my Lorde drinketh? and in the which he doeth deuine and prophecie? ye haue done euill in so doing.⁶ And when he ouertooke them, he sayde those wordes vnto them.⁷ And they answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should do such a thing.⁸ Behold, the money which we found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe to thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steale out of thy lordes house siluer or golde?⁹ With whomesoeuer of thy seruants it bee found, let him dye, and we also will be my lordes bondmen.¹⁰ And he said, Now then let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whome it is found, shal be my seruant, and ye shalbe blamelesse.¹¹ Then at once euery man tooke downe his sacke to the grounde, and euery one opened his sacke.¹² And he searched, and began at the eldest and left at the yongest: and the cuppe was found in Beniamins sacke.¹³ Then they rent their clothes, and laded euery man his asse, & went againe into the citie.¹⁴ So Iudah and his brethren came to Iosephs house (for he was yet there) and they fel before him on the ground.¹⁵ Then Ioseph sayd vnto them, What acte is this, which ye haue done? know ye not that such a man as I, can deuine and prophecie?¹⁶ Then sayd Iudah, What shall we say vnto my lord? what shall we speake? and howe can we iustifie our selues? God hath found out the wickednesse of thy seruants: beholde, we are seruants to my Lorde, both wee, and he, with whome the cuppe is founde.¹⁷ But he answered, God forbid, that I should doe so, but the man, with whome the cuppe is founde, he shalbe my seruant, and go ye in peace vnto your father.

¹⁸ Then Iudah drewe neere vnto him, and sayde, O my Lord, let thy seruant nowe speake a worde in my lordes eares, and let not thy wrath be kindled against thy seruant: for thou art euen as Pharaoh.¹⁹ My Lord asked his seruants, saying, Haue ye a father, or a brother?²⁰ And we answered my Lorde, We haue a father that is olde, and a young childe, which he begate in his age: and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loueth him.²¹ Now thou saidest vnto thy seruants, Bring him vnto me, that I may set mine eye vpo him.²² And we answered my lord, The childe can not depart from his father: for if he leaue his father, his father would die.²³ Then saydest thou vnto thy seruants, Except your yonger brother come downe with you, looke in my face no more.²⁴ So when we came vnto thy seruant our father, and shewed him what my lord had sayd,²⁵ And our father sayde vnto vs, Goe againe, bye vs a litle foode,²⁶ Then we answered, We can not go downe: but if our yongest brother go with vs, then will we go downe: for we may not see the mans face, except our yongest brother be with vs.²⁷ Then thy seruant my father sayde vnto vs, Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes,²⁸ And the one went out from me, and I said, Of a suretie he is torne in pieces, and I sawe him not since.²⁹ Nowe yee take this also away from me: if death take him, then yee shall bring my graye head in sorowe to the graue.³⁰ Nowe therefore, when I come to thy seruant my father, & the childe be not wt vs (seeing that his life dependeth on the childes life)³¹ Then when hee shall see that the childe is not come, he will die: so shall thy seruants bring the graye head of thy seruant our father with sorowe to the graue.³² Doubtlesse thy seruant became suertie for the childe to my father, and said, If I bring him not vnto thee againe, then I will beare the blame vnto my father for euer.³³ Nowe therefore, I pray thee, let me thy seruant bide for the childe, as a seruant to my Lord, and let the childe go vp with his brethren.³⁴ For howe can I go vp to my father, if the childe be not with me, vnlesse I woulde see the euil that shall come on my father?