in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth. 043:027 He asked them of their welfare, and said, "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he yet alive?" 043:028 They said, "Your servant, our father, is well. He is still alive." They bowed the head, and did homage. 043:029 He lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" He said, "God be gracious to you, my son." 043:030 Joseph hurried, for his heart yearned over his brother; and he sought a place to weep. He entered into his room, and wept there. 043:031 He washed his face, and came out. He controlled himself, and said, "Serve the meal." 043:032 They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, that ate with him, by themselves, because the Egyptians don't eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. 043:033 They sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth, and the men marveled one with another. 043:034 He sent portions to them from before him, but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. They drank, and were merry with him. 044:001 He commanded the steward of his house, saying, "Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 044:002 Put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, with his grain money." He did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. 044:003 As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys. 044:004 When they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, "Up, follow after the men. When you overtake them, ask them, 'Why have you rewarded evil for good? 044:005 Isn't this that from which my lord drinks, and by which he indeed divines? You have done evil in so doing.'" 044:006 He overtook them, and he spoke these words to them. 044:007 They said to him, "Why does my lord speak such words as these? Far be it from your servants that they should do such a thing! 044:008 Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal silver or gold out of your lord's house? 044:009 With whoever of your servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondservants." 044:010 He said, "Now also let it be according to your words: he with whom it is found will be my bondservant; and you will be blameless." 044:011 Then they hurried, and every man took his sack down to the ground, and every man opened his sack.