Coverdale(i)
1 And Ioseph commaunded the ruler of his house, and sayde: Fyll the mens sackes with foode, as moch as they maye carye,
2 and put euery mans money in his sacke mouth, & put my syluer cuppe in the sack mouth of the yongest with the money for ye vytayles. He dyd as Ioseph had sayde.
3 And on the morow whan it was daye, they let ye men go with their Asses.
4 But whan they were out of the cite, and not come farre, Ioseph sayde to the ruler of his house: Vp, and folowe after the me, and whan thou ouertakest them, saie vnto them: Wherfore haue ye rewarded euell for good?
5 Is not that it, that my lorde drynketh out of? and that he prophecieth withall? It is euell done of you, that ye haue done.
6 And whan he had ouertaken them, he sayde the same wordes vnto them.
7 They answered him: Wherfore saieth my lorde soch wordes? God forbyd, that thy seruauntes shulde do eny soch thinge?
8 Beholde, the money that we foude in oure sackes mouthes, that brought we vnto the agayne, out of the lande of Canaan: how shulde we then haue stollen either syluer or golde out of thy lordes house?
9 Loke by whom it shall be founde amonge thy seruauntes, let him dye: yee and we also wyll be my lordes bondmen.
10 He sayde: let it so be, as ye haue spoken. Loke by whom it shall be founde, let him be my seruaunt, but ye shalbe harmlesse.
11 And they made haist, and toke downe euery man his sack to the grounde, and euery man opened his sack:
12 And he searched & beganne at the greatest vnto the yongest, and the cuppe was founde in Ben Iamins sacke.
13 Then rente they their clothes, and euery man lade the burthen vpon his Asse, & wente agayne vnto the cite.
14 And Iuda wente with his brethren vnto Iosephs house (for he was there yet) and they fell before him on the groude.