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And he commanded[H6680] the steward of his house[H1004], saying[H559], Fill[H4390] the men's sacks[H572] with food[H400], as[H834] much as[H834] they can[H3201]carry[H5375], and put[H7760] every man's money[H3701] in his sack's mouth[H6310].
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And put[H7760] my cup[H1375], the silver[H3701]cup[H1375], in the sack's mouth[H6310] of the youngest[H6996], and his corn[H7668]money[H3701]. And he did[H6213] according to the word[H1697] that Joseph[H3130] had spoken[H1696].
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As soon as the morning[H1242] was light[H215], the men[H582] were sent away[H7971], they and their asses[H2543].
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And when they were gone out[H3318] of the city[H5892], and not yet far off[H7368], Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto his steward[H1004], Up[H6965], follow[H7291]after[H310] the men[H582]; and when thou dost overtake[H5381] them, say[H559] unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded[H7999]evil[H7451] for good?[H2896]
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Is not this it in which my lord[H113]drinketh[H8354], and whereby indeed[H5172] he divineth?[H5172] ye have done evil[H7489] in so doing[H6213].
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And he overtook[H5381] them, and he spake[H1696] unto them these same[H428]words[H1697].
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And they said[H559] unto him, Wherefore saith[H1696] my lord[H113] these words?[H1697] God forbid[H2486] that thy servants[H5650] should do[H6213] according to this thing[H1697]:
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Behold, the money[H3701], which we found[H4672] in our sacks[H572]' mouths[H6310], we brought again[H7725] unto thee out of the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]: how then should we steal[H1589] out of thy lord's house[H1004]silver[H3701] or gold?[H2091]
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With whomsoever of thy servants[H5650] it be found[H4672], both let him die[H4191], and we also will be my lord's bondmen[H5650].
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And he said[H559], Now also let it be according unto your words[H1697]: he with whom it is found[H4672] shall be my servant[H5650]; and ye shall be blameless[H5355].
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Then they speedily[H4116] took down[H3381] every man[H376] his sack[H572] to the ground[H776], and opened[H6605] every man[H376] his sack[H572].
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And he searched[H2664], and began[H2490] at the eldest[H1419], and left[H3615] at the youngest[H6996]: and the cup[H1375] was found[H4672] in Benjamin's sack[H572].
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Then they rent[H7167] their clothes[H8071], and laded[H6006] every man[H376] his ass[H2543], and returned[H7725] to the city[H5892].
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And Judah[H3063] and his brethren[H251]came[H935] to Joseph's house[H1004]; for he was yet there: and they fell[H5307] before him[H6440] on the ground[H776].
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto them, What deed[H4639] is this that ye[H3045] have done?[H6213] wot ye[H3045] not that such a man[H376] as I can certainly[H5172]divine?[H5172]
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And Judah[H3063]said[H559], What shall we say[H559] unto my lord?[H113] what shall we speak?[H1696] or how shall we clear ourselves?[H6663]God[H430] hath found[H4672]out[H4672] the iniquity[H5771] of thy servants[H5650]: behold, we are my lord[H113]'s servants[H5650], both we, and he also[H1571] with whom[H834] the cup[H1375] is found[H4672].
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And he said[H559], God forbid[H2486] that I should do[H6213]so[H2063]: but the man[H376] in whose hand[H3027] the cup[H1375] is found[H4672], he shall be my servant[H5650]; and as for you, get you up[H5927] in peace[H7965] unto your father[H1].
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Then Judah[H3063] came near[H5066] unto him, and said[H559], Oh[H994] my lord[H113], let thy servant[H5650], I pray thee, speak[H1696] a word[H1697] in my lord[H113]'s ears[H241], and let not thine anger[H639]burn[H2734] against thy servant[H5650]: for thou art even as Pharaoh[H6547].
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My lord[H113]asked[H7592] his servants[H5650], saying[H559], Have[H3426] ye a father[H1], or a brother?[H251]
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And we said[H559] unto my lord[H113], We have[H3426] a father[H1], an old man[H2205], and a child[H3206] of his old age[H2208], a little one[H6996]; and his brother[H251] is dead[H4191], and he alone is left[H3498] of his mother[H517], and his father[H1]loveth[H157] him.
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And thou saidst[H559] unto thy servants[H5650], Bring him down[H3381] unto me, that I may set[H7760] mine eyes[H5869] upon him.
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And we said[H559] unto my lord[H113], The lad[H5288]cannot[H3201]leave[H5800] his father[H1]: for if he should leave[H5800] his father[H1], his father[H1] would die[H4191].
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And thou saidst[H559] unto thy servants[H5650], Except[H3808] your youngest[H6996]brother[H251] come down[H3381] with you, ye shall see[H7200] my face[H6440] no more[H7200].
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And it came to pass when we came up[H5927] unto thy servant[H5650] my father[H1], we told[H5046] him the words[H1697] of my lord[H113].
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And our father[H1]said[H559], Go again[H7725], and buy[H7666] us a little[H4592]food[H400].
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And we said[H559], We cannot[H3201] go down[H3381]: if our youngest[H6996]brother[H251]be[H3426] with us, then will we go down[H3381]: for we may[H3201] not see[H7200] the man's face[H6440], except[H369] our youngest[H6996]brother[H251]be[H3426] with us.
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And thy servant[H5650] my father[H1]said[H559] unto us, Ye know[H3045] that my wife[H802]bare[H3205] me two[H8147] sons:
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And the one[H259] went out[H3318] from me, and I said[H559], Surely[H2963] he is torn in pieces[H2963]; and I saw him[H7200] not since[H2008]:
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And if ye take[H3947] this also from[H5973]me[H6440], and mischief[H611] befall him[H7136], ye shall bring down[H3381] my gray hairs[H7872] with sorrow[H7451] to the grave[H7585].
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Now therefore when I come[H935] to thy servant[H5650] my father[H1], and the lad[H5288] be not with us; seeing that his life[H5315] is bound up[H7194] in the lad[H5288]'s life[H5315];
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It shall come to pass, when he seeth[H7200] that the lad[H5288] is not with us, that he will die[H4191]: and thy servants[H5650] shall bring down[H3381] the gray hairs[H7872] of thy servant[H5650] our father[H1] with sorrow[H3015] to the grave[H7585].
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For thy servant[H5650] became surety[H6148] for the lad[H5288]unto[H5973] my father[H1], saying[H559], If I bring[H935] him not unto[H5973] thee, then I shall bear the blame[H2398] to my father[H1] for ever[H3117].
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Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant[H5650]abide[H3427] instead of the lad[H5288] a bondman[H5650] to my lord[H113]; and let the lad[H5288] go up[H5927] with his brethren[H251].
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For how[H349] shall I go up[H5927] to my father[H1], and the lad[H5288] be not with me? lest peradventure I see[H7200] the evil[H7451] that shall come on[H4672] my father[H1].