3. And when morning arose, they were sent away with their donkeys.
4. And now they had departed from the city and had set out a short distance. Then Joseph, sending for the steward of his house, said: "Rise up and pursue the men. And when you have overtaken them, say: 'Why have you returned evil for good?
5. The cup that you have stolen, it is that from which my lord drinks, and in which he is accustomed to discern signs. You have done a very sinful thing.' "
6. He did as he had been ordered. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them according to the order.
7. And they responded: "Why does our lord speak in this way, as though your servants had committed such a shameful act?
8. The money, which we found at the top of our sacks, we carried back to you from the land of Canaan. So in what way does it follow that we would steal, from the house of your lord, gold or silver?