4. They had just gone out of the city, and were not far off, when Joseph said to his house steward, "Up, follow the men; and when you overtake them, say to them, 'Why have you repaid evil for good?
5. Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'"
6. So he overtook them and 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 to do such a thing.
8. Behold, the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks we have brought back to you from the land of Canaan. How then could we steal silver or gold from 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. So he said, "Now let it also be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and the rest of you shall be innocent."