1-2. Joseph ordered his house steward: “Fill the men’s bags with food—all they can carry—and replace each one’s money at the top of the bag. Then put my chalice, my silver chalice, in the top of the bag of the youngest, along with the money for his food.” He did as Joseph ordered.
6. He caught up with them and repeated all this word for word.
10. The steward said, “Very well then, but we won’t go that far. Whoever is found with the chalice will be my slave; the rest of you can go free.”
11-12. They outdid each other in putting their bags on the ground and opening them up for inspection. The steward searched their bags, going from oldest to youngest. The chalice showed up in Benjamin’s bag.
13. They ripped their clothes in despair, loaded up their donkeys, and went back to the city.
14. Joseph was still at home when Judah and his brothers got back. They threw themselves down on the ground in front of him.
15. Joseph accused them: “How can you have done this? You have to know that a man in my position would have discovered this.”