--- title: Genesis 44 slug: kjv/genesis-44 createdAt: 2024-07-21T03:41:42.611Z --- **1 **And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks *with* food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. **2 **And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. **3 **As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. **4 ***And* when they were gone out of the city, *and* 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 ***Is* not this *it* in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. **6 **And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. **7 **And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: **8 **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 **With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. **10 **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. **11 **Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. **12 **And he searched, *and* began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. **13 **Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. **14 **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? **16 **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. **17 **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. **18 **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. **19 **My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? **20 **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. **21 **And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. **22 **And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for *if* he should leave his father, *his father* would die. **23 **And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. **24 **And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. **25 **And our father said, Go again, *and* buy us a little food. **26 **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. **27 **And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two *sons*: **28 **And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: **29 **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. **33 **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.