Gen 43:25 So they prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there.
Gen 43:26 ¶ When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.
Gen 43:27 Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"
Gen 43:28 They said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." They bowed down in homage.
Gen 43:29 As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."
Gen 43:30 Joseph hurried out for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought a place to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there.
Gen 43:31 Then he washed his face and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "Serve the meal."
Gen 43:32 So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians.
Gen 43:33 Now they were seated before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.
Gen 43:34 He took portions to them from his own table, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
Gen 44:1 Then he commanded his house steward, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each man's money in the mouth of his sack.
Gen 44:2 "Put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his money for the grain." And he did as Joseph had told him.
Gen 44:3 As soon as it was light, the men were sent away, they with their donkeys.
Gen 44:4 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?
Gen 44:5 'Is not this the one from which my lord drinks and which he indeed uses for divination? You have done wrong in doing this.'"
Gen 44:6 ¶ So he overtook them and spoke these words to them.
Gen 44:7 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing.
Gen 44:8 "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?
Gen 44:9 "With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's slaves."
Gen 44:10 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."