When he came they bowed down to him and presented their gifts, and he asked them if they were well, and if the old man of whom they spoke was still alive, and they replied that he was. When he saw Benjamin, and knew that he was truly his own brother, the son of Rachel, he said: "God be gracious unto thee my son," and he went quickly to his own chamber, lest he should weep before them. When he came out to them again, and they sat down to dine, he placed the sons of Jacob by themselves, and the Egyptians of his house by themselves, and the brothers were placed according to their ages--Reuben at the head and Benjamin last, and they wondered among themselves at this. Joseph also sent portions from his own table to his brothers, but the portion of Benjamin was five times greater than that of the others. The next morning their wheat was measured to them, and the asses were loaded with it, and they went on their way, but Joseph had told the steward to put the money of each man in the top of his bag, and in Benjamin's to put his silver cup. When they were a little away from the city, the steward overtook them, and charged them with stealing his lord's silver cup. The men were so sure that no one of them had stolen the silver cup, that they said, "Let him die with whom the cup is found, and the rest of us will be your slaves." So everybody's bag was opened from the oldest to the youngest, and the cup was found in Benjamin's bag. Then they rent their clothes for grief, and loaded the asses and went back to the city, and when they came to Joseph's house, they fell on their faces before him, Joseph tried to speak sternly and said: "What deed is this you have done?" Judah said: "What shall we say unto my lord, or how shall we clear ourselves? We are my lord's servants." Then said Joseph: "The man in whose hand the cup is found he shall be my servant, and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father." Then Judah came nearer to Joseph, and all his soul came forth into his voice as he said: "O, my lord, let thy servant speak a word in my lord's ears!" Then he told the story of their coming down into Egypt, and of the old father and young brother whom he had asked them about; of the love of this father for the little one, for his mother, and his brother now dead. He reminded Joseph that he had told them to bring the boy to him, and that they had said, that if the boy should leave his father, his father would die; but the governor had said "Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more."