English Bible Presentation Sharing - Genesis Book, chapter 44, verse 96 in Ncv Version

Genesis 44 : 1 (NCV)

Then Joseph gave a command to the servant in charge of his house. He said, "Fill the men's sacks with as much grain as they can carry, and put each man's money into his sack with the grain.

Genesis 44 : 2 (NCV)

Put my silver cup in the sack of the youngest brother, along with his money for the grain." The servant did what Joseph told him.

Genesis 44 : 3 (NCV)

At dawn the brothers were sent away with their donkeys.

Genesis 44 : 4 (NCV)

They were not far from the city when Joseph said to the servant in charge of his house, "Go after the men. When you catch up with them, say, 'Why have you paid back evil for good?

Genesis 44 : 5 (NCV)

The cup you have stolen is the one my master uses for drinking and for explaining dreams. You have done a very wicked thing!'"

Genesis 44 : 6 (NCV)

So the servant caught up with the brothers and said to them what Joseph had told him to say.

Genesis 44 : 7 (NCV)

But the brothers said to the servant, "Why do you say these things? We would not do anything like that!

Genesis 44 : 8 (NCV)

We brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found in our sacks. So surely we would not steal silver or gold from your master's house.

Genesis 44 : 9 (NCV)

If you find that silver cup in the sack of one of us, then let him die, and we will be your slaves."

Genesis 44 : 10 (NCV)

The servant said, "We will do as you say, but only the man who has taken the cup will become my slave. The rest of you may go free."

Genesis 44 : 11 (NCV)

Then every brother quickly lowered his sack to the ground and opened it.

Genesis 44 : 12 (NCV)

The servant searched the sacks, going from the oldest brother to the youngest, and found the cup in Benjamin's sack.

Genesis 44 : 13 (NCV)

The brothers tore their clothes to show they were afraid. Then they put their sacks back on the donkeys and returned to the city.

Genesis 44 : 14 (NCV)

When Judah and his brothers went back to Joseph's house, Joseph was still there, so the brothers bowed facedown on the ground before him.

Genesis 44 : 15 (NCV)

Joseph said to them, "What have you done? Didn't you know that a man like me can learn things by signs and dreams?"

Genesis 44 : 16 (NCV)

Judah said, "Master, what can we say? And how can we show we are not guilty? God has uncovered our guilt, so all of us will be your slaves, not just Benjamin."

Genesis 44 : 17 (NCV)

But Joseph said, "I will not make you all slaves! Only the man who stole the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may go back safely to your father."

Genesis 44 : 18 (NCV)

Then Judah went to Joseph and said, "Master, please let me speak plainly to you, and please don't be angry with me. I know that you are as powerful as the king of Egypt himself.

Genesis 44 : 19 (NCV)

When we were here before, you asked us, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

Genesis 44 : 20 (NCV)

And we answered you, 'We have an old father. And we have a younger brother, who was born when our father was old. This youngest son's brother is dead, so he is the only one of his mother's children left alive, and our father loves him very much.'

Genesis 44 : 21 (NCV)

Then you said to us, 'Bring that brother to me. I want to see him.'

Genesis 44 : 22 (NCV)

And we said to you, 'That young boy cannot leave his father, because if he leaves him, his father would die.'

Genesis 44 : 23 (NCV)

But you said to us, 'If you don't bring your youngest brother, you will not be allowed to see me again.'

Genesis 44 : 24 (NCV)

So we went back to our father and told him what you had said.

Genesis 44 : 25 (NCV)

"Later, our father said, 'Go again and buy us a little more food.'

Genesis 44 : 26 (NCV)

We said to our father, 'We cannot go without our youngest brother. Without our youngest brother, we will not be allowed to see the governor.'

Genesis 44 : 27 (NCV)

Then my father said to us, 'You know that my wife Rachel gave me two sons.

Genesis 44 : 28 (NCV)

When one son left me, I thought, "Surely he has been torn apart by a wild animal," and I haven't seen him since.

Genesis 44 : 29 (NCV)

Now you want to take this son away from me also. But something terrible might happen to him, and I would be miserable until the day I die.'

Genesis 44 : 30 (NCV)

Now what will happen if we go home to our father without our youngest brother? He is so important in our father's life that

Genesis 44 : 31 (NCV)

when our father sees the young boy is not with us, he will die. And it will be our fault. We will cause the great sorrow that kills our father.

Genesis 44 : 32 (NCV)

"I gave my father a guarantee that the young boy would be safe. I said to my father, 'If I don't bring him back to you, you can blame me all my life.'

Genesis 44 : 33 (NCV)

So now, please allow me to stay here and be your slave, and let the young boy go back home with his brothers.

Genesis 44 : 34 (NCV)

I cannot go back to my father if the boy is not with me. I couldn't stand to see my father that sad."