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Genesis Chapter 44Bible in Basic English2: And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said. 3: And at dawn the men, with their asses, were sent away. 4: And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good? 5: Is not this the cup from which my lord takes wine and by which he gets knowledge of the future? Truly, you have done evil. 6: So he overtook them and said these words to them. 7: And they said to him, Why does my lord say such words as these? far be it from your servants to do such a thing: 8: See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house? 9: If it comes to light that any of your servants has done this, let him be put to death, and we will be your lord's servants. 10: And he said, Let it be as you say: he in whose bag it is seen will become my servant; and you will not be responsible. 11: Then every man quickly got his bag down and undid it. 12: And he made a search, starting with the oldest and ending with the youngest; and the cup was in Benjamin's bag. 13: Then in bitter grief they put the bags on the asses again and went back to the town. 14: So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him. 15: And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret? 16: And Judah said, What are we to say to my lord? how may we put ourselves right in his eyes? God has made clear the sin of your servants: now we are in your hands, we and the man in whose bag your cup was seen. 17: Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace. 18: Then Judah came near him, and said, Let your servant say a word in my lord's ears, and let not your wrath be burning against your servant: for you are in the place of Pharaoh to us. 19: My lord said to his servants, Have you a father or a brother? 20: And we said to my lord, We have an old father and a young child, whom he had when he was old; his brother is dead and he is the only son of his mother, and is very dear to his father. 21: And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him. 22: And we said to my lord, His father will not let him go; for if he went away his father would come to his death. 23: But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again. 24: And when we went back to your servant, our father, we gave him an account of my lord's words. 25: And our father said, Go again and get us a little food. 26: And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us. 27: And our father said to us, You have knowledge that my wife gave me two sons; 28: The one went away from me, and I said, Truly he has come to a violent death; and from that time I have not seen him, 29: If now you take this one from me, and some evil comes to him, you will make my grey head go down in sorrow to the underworld. 30: If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one, 31: When he sees that the boy is not with us, he will come to his death, and our father's grey head will go down in sorrow to the underworld. 32: For I made myself responsible for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not give him safely back to you, let mine be the sin for ever. 33: So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers. 34: For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
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