{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/44","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-17T08:48:57.363Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Genesis","bookSlug":"genesis","chapter":44,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":43,"nextChapter":45,"totalChapters":50,"totalVerses":34},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And he commanded him who was over his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry; and put every man's money in the mouth of his sack."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain-money. And he did according to the word of Joseph which he had spoken."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"In the morning, when it was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"They were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, when Joseph said to him who was over his house, Up! follow after the men; and when thou overtakest them, thou shalt say to them, Why have ye rewarded evil for good?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Is not this it in which my lord drinks, and in which indeed he divines? Ye have done evil in what ye have done."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And they said to him, Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing!"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Behold, the money that we found in our sacks' mouths we have brought again to thee from the land of Canaan; and how should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"With whomsoever of thy servants it is found, let him die; and we also will be my lord's bondmen."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: let him with whom it is found be my bondman, but ye shall be blameless."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And they hasted and laid down every man his sack on the ground, and opened every man his sack."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And he searched carefully: he began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Then they rent their clothes, and loaded every man his ass, and they returned to the city."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; and he was still there; and they fell down before him to the ground."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Did ye not know that such a man as I can certainly divine?"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? what shall we speak, and how justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he in whose hand the cup has been found."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And he said, Far be it from me to do so! The man in whose hand the cup has been found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Then Judah came near to him, and said, Ah! 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."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?"},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"And we said to my lord, We have an aged father, and a child born to him in his old age, yet young; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother; and his father loves him."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set mine eye on him."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"And we said to my lord, The youth cannot leave his father: if he should leave his father, his father would die."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And thou saidst to thy servants, Unless your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"And it came to pass when we came up to thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And our father said, Go again, buy us a little food."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"But we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"And thy servant my father said to us, Ye know that my wife bore me two sons;"},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"and the one went out from me, and I said, He must certainly have been torn in pieces; and I have not seen him again hitherto."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"And if ye take this one also from me, and mischief should befall him, ye will bring down my grey hairs with misery to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"And now, when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us, seeing that his life is bound up with his life,"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"it will come to pass when he sees that the lad is not there, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"For thy servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, then I shall be guilty toward my father all my days."},{"verseNumber":33,"text":"And now, let thy servant stay, I pray thee, instead of the lad a bondman to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brethren;"},{"verseNumber":34,"text":"for how should I go up to my father if the lad were not with me? lest I see the evil that would come on my father."}],"citation":{"inline":"Genesis 44 (DBT)","markdown":"[Genesis 44](https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/44)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/genesis/44 (accessed 2026-06-17)."}}