⁴ And when they were now departed out of the city, and had gone forward a little way; Joseph sending for the steward of his house, said: Arise, and pursue after the men: and when thou hast overtaken them, say to them: Why have you returned evil for good?

⁵ The cup which you have stolen is that in which my lord drinketh, and in which he is wont to divine: you have done a very evil thing.

⁶ He did as he had commanded him. And having overtaken them, he spoke to them the same words.