¹⁷ The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph’s house.^(A)

²⁴ The steward took the men into Joseph’s house,^(A) gave them water to wash their feet^(B) and provided fodder for their donkeys.

²⁶ When Joseph came home,^(A) they presented to him the gifts^(B) they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.^(C)

A Silver Cup in a Sack

44 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house:^(A) “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.^(B)

⁴ They had not gone far from the city when Joseph said to his steward,^(A) “Go after those men at once, and when you catch up with them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?^(B)

¹² Then the steward^(A) proceeded to search,^(B) beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest.^(C) And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.^(D)

¹⁷ With him were a thousand Benjamites, along with Ziba,^(A) the steward of Saul’s household,^(B) and his fifteen sons and twenty servants. They rushed to the Jordan, where the king was.

¹⁵ This is what the Lord, the Lord Almighty, says: