5. Why have you stolen my master’s silver cup, which he uses to predict the future? What a wicked thing you have done!’”
6. When the palace manager caught up with the men, he spoke to them as he had been instructed.
7. “What are you talking about?” the brothers responded. “We are your servants and would never do such a thing!
8. Didn’t we return the money we found in our sacks? We brought it back all the way from the land of Canaan. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
9. If you find his cup with any one of us, let that man die. And all the rest of us, my lord, will be your slaves.”
10. “That’s fair,” the man replied. “But only the one who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go free.”