13 Then they ^atore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.  ‡

14 So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph’s house, and he was still there; and they ^afell before him on the ground.  ‡

16 Then Judah said, “What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has ^afound out the iniquity of your servants; here ^bwe are, my lord’s slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.”  ‡

17 But he said, ^a“Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.”  ‡