3 At morning light, the men were sent off with their donkeys.
4 They had not gone very far from the city when Joseph said to his steward, “Get up. Pursue the men, and when you overtake them, say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?
5 Isn’t this the cup that my master drinks from and uses for divination? What you have done is wrong! ’ ”
6 When he overtook them, he said these words to them.
7 They said to him, “Why does my lord say these things? Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
8 We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money we found at the top of our bags. How could we steal gold and silver from your master’s house?
9 If any of us is found to have it, he must die, and we also will become my lord’s slaves.”