to buy to us that shall be necessary.  It is not in our conscience to have it, we weet never who put it in our sacks.  He answered to him:  Peace be among you, fear ye nothing, the God of your father hath given to you the treasure that ye found in your sacks, for the money that ye paid to me I have it ready.  And then he brought in Simeon to them, and brought them into the house, and washed their feet, and gave meat to their asses.  They made ready and ordained their gifts and presents against the coming of Joseph.  They heard say that they should dine and eat there.

Then Joseph entered into the house, and they offered to him the gifts, holding them in their hands, and worshipped him falling down to the ground.  And he debonairly saluted them and demanded them, saying:  Is your father in good health of whom ye told me, liveth he yet?  They answered:  Thy servant our father is in good health and liveth yet, and kneeled down and worshipped him.  Then, said he, casting his eyes on his brother Benjamin that was of one mother, and said:  Is this your young brother of whom ye told me?  And also said, God be merciful to thee, my son; he hied him from themward, for he was moved in all his spirits and wept on his brother, and went into his bedchamber.  After this he washed his visage and came out making good countenance and commanded to set bread on the board, and after that he set his brethren in order, each after their age, and ate together, and Joseph sat and ate with the Egyptians.  For it was not lawful to the Egyptians to eat with the Hebrews.  And each of them were well served, but Benjamin had the best part, and they ate and drank so much that they were drunken.

Then Joseph commanded the steward of his house to fill their sacks with wheat as much as they might receive, and the money of the wheat put it into every man’s sack, and take my cup of silver, and the money of the youngest, and put that in his sack.  And all this was done.  And on the morn betimes they were suffered to depart with their asses.  And when they were gone out of the town and a little on their way, then Joseph said to his steward:  Make thee ready and ride after, and say to them:  Why have ye done evil for good?  The cup that my lord is accustomed to drink in, ye have stolen, ye might not do a worse thing.  He did as Joseph had commanded and overtook them, and said to them all by order like as he had charge, which answered:  Why saith your lord so, and doth to us his servants such letting?  The money that we found in our sacks we brought again to thee from the land of Canaan, and how may it follow that we should steal any gold or silver from the house of thy lord?  Look! at whom it be found of us all thy servants, let him die.  Which said to them:  Be it after your sentence, at whom that it ever be found he shall be my servant and the others shall go free and be not guilty.  Then he hied and set down all their sacks, beginning at the oldest unto the youngest, and at last found