12. And [the steward] searched, beginning with the eldest and stopping with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
13. Then they rent their clothes; and after each man had loaded his donkey again, they returned to the city.
14. Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, for he was still there; and they fell prostrate before him.
15. Joseph said to them, What is this thing that you have done? Do you not realize that such a man as I can certainly detect and know by divination [everything you do without other knowledge of it]?
16. And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we reply? Or how shall we clear ourselves, since God has found out and exposed the iniquity of your servants? Behold, we are my lord's slaves, the rest of us as well as he with whom the cup is found.
17. But [Joseph] said, God forbid that I should do that; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for [the rest of] you, arise and go in peace to your father.
18. Then Judah came close to [Joseph] and said, O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word to you in private, and let not your anger blaze against your servant, for you are as Pharaoh [so I will speak as if directly to him].
19. My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?
20. And we said to my lord, We have a father–an old man–and a young [brother, the] child of his old age; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother's [offspring], and his father loves him.
21. And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes on him.
22. And we said to my lord, The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should do so, his father would die.
23. And you told your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes with you, you shall not see my face again.