^{4 Ref} `And' when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

^{5 Ref} Is not this that in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.

⁶ And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

^{7 Ref} And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

^{8 Ref} Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?

^{9 Ref} With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

^{10 Ref} And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.

¹¹ Then they hasted, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.

^{12 Ref} And he searched, `and' began at the eldest, and left off at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.