9. “With whomever of your servants it is found – he shall die and we shall become my master’s slaves as well.”
10. And he said, “Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found becomes my slave, and you are innocent.”
11. And they hurried, each man let down his sack to the ground, and each opened his sack.
12. And he searched, with the oldest first and with the youngest last, and the cup was found in Binyamin’s sack.
13. And they tore their garments, and each man loaded his donkey and went back to the city.
14. And Yehuḏah and his brothers came to Yosĕph’s house, and he was still there. And they fell before him on the ground.
15. And Yosĕph said to them, “What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that a man like me indeed divines?”
16. And Yehuḏah said, “What do we say to my master? What do we speak? Or how do we clear ourselves? Elohim has found out the crookedness of your servants. See, we are my master’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”
17. But he said, “Far be it from me to do this. The man in whose hand the cup was found, he becomes my slave. And you, go up in peace to your father.”
18. And Yehuḏah came near to him and said, “O my master, please let your servant speak a word in my master’s hearing, and do not let your displeasure burn against your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.
19. “My master asked his servants, saying, ‘Have you a father or a brother?’