8. We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal gold and silver from your master’s house?
9. If any of us is found to have it, he must die, and we also will become my lord’s slaves.”
10. The steward replied, “What you have said is right, but only the one who is found to have it will be my slave, and the rest of you will be blameless.”
11. So each one quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.
12. The steward searched, beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
13. Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and returned to the city.
14. When Judah and his brothers reached Joseph’s house, he was still there. They fell to the ground before him.