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of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?
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With
whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.
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And he said, Now also
let
it
be
according unto your words; he with whom it is found shall be my
servant; and ye shall be blameless.
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Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the
ground, and opened every man his sack.
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And he searched,
and
began at the eldest, and left at the
youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.
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Then they rent their clothes, and laded
every man his ass, and returned to the city.
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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he
was
yet there: and they fell before
him on the ground.
15
And Joseph said unto them, What deed
is
this that ye have done? wot ye not
that such a man as I can certainly divine?
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And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what
shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants:
behold, we
are
my lord’s servants, both we, and
he
also with whom the cup is found.
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And he
said, God forbid that I should do so:
but
the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my
servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.
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Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a
word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou
art
even as Pharaoh.
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My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?
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And we said unto my lord,
We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and
he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.
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And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring
him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.
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And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot
leave his father: for
if
he should leave his father,
his father
would die.
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And thou saidst unto thy
servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.
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And
it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And our father said, Go again,
and
buy us a little food.
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And we said, We cannot go down: if
our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except
our youngest brother
be
with us.
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And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife
bare me two
sons:
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And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I
saw him not since:
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And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down
my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
30
Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father,
and the lad
be
not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;
31
It shall come to pass,
when he seeth that the lad
is
not
with us,
that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray
hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.
32
For thy servant became surety for the
lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for
ever.
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Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord;
and let the lad go up with his brethren.
34
For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad
be
not
with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.
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