⁵ Isn’t this the cup^(A) my master drinks from and also uses for divination?^(B) This is a wicked thing you have done.’”

¹⁰ “Very well, then,” he said, “let it be as you say. Whoever is found to have it^(A) will become my slave;^(B) the rest of you will be free from blame.”^(C)

¹² Then the steward^(A) proceeded to search,^(B) beginning with the oldest and ending with the youngest.^(C) And the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.^(D)

¹⁶ “What can we say to my lord?^(A)” Judah^(B) replied. “What can we say? How can we prove our innocence?^(C) God has uncovered your servants’^(D) guilt. We are now my lord’s slaves^(E)—we ourselves and the one who was found to have the cup.^(F)”