Joseph. [Gravely] Let it be according unto your words. [To Enenkhet, who is at the entrance] Search.
Joseph. Begin with the eldest. He with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.
Simeon [Caressing his knife] She was right! It is the plot! Oh! That I could reach him!
All. The cup!
Enenkhet. In the sack of the youngest.
Brethren [With a cry of agony] Benjamin! [They cover their faces]
Levi. It is Joseph's blood crying for atonement.
Issachar. Therefore is this distress come together upon us!
Egyptians. Slay them! Slay them!
Joseph. [Very gravely] What deed is this that ye have done? [Sternly] Wot ye not that such a man as I am can certainly divine?
Reuben [His voice broken with sobs] What shall we say unto my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: [Very humbly] behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.
Joseph. God forbid that I should do so; but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant
