Genesis 44:6

¹And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man’s money in his sack’s mouth.²And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.³As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.⁴And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?⁵Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.⁶And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.⁷And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing:⁸Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord’s house silver or gold?⁹With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord’s bondmen.¹⁰And he said, Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless.¹¹Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack.¹²And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.¹³Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.¹⁴And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph’s house; for he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground.¹⁵And Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine?¹⁶And Judah said, 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: behold, we are my lord’s servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found.¹⁷And he said, God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.¹⁸Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord’s ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou art even as Pharaoh.¹⁹My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?²⁰And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him.²¹And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.²²And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for if he should leave his father, his father would die.²³And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.²⁴And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.²⁵And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.²⁶And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.²⁷And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two sons:²⁸And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since:²⁹And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.³⁰Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad’s life;³¹It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave.³²For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever.³³Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.³⁴For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

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6	And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.	When the steward overtook them, he relayed these words to them.	And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these words.

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English	Hebrew	Say it	Strong's	Meaning
and he overtook them	וַֽיַּשִּׂגֵ֑ם	vai-ya-si-GEM	H5381	to overtake נָשַׂג (na.sag) 1) to reach, overtake, take hold upon 1a) (Hiphil) 1a1) to overtake 1a2) to reach, attain to, cause to reach 1a3) to be able to secure, reach, have enough
and he spoke	וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר	vay-da-BER	H1696G	to speak: speak דָבַר (da.var) : speak/tell/command 1) to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing 1a) (Qal) to speak 1b) (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk 1c) (Piel) 1c1) to speak 1c2) to promise 1d) (Pual) to be spoken 1e) (Hithpael) to speak 1f) (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight
to them	אֲלֵהֶ֔ם	'a-le-HEM	H0413	to(wards) אֶל (el) 1) to, toward, unto (of motion) 2) into (limit is actually entered) 2a) in among 3) toward (of direction, not necessarily physical motion) 4) against (motion or direction of a hostile character) 5) in addition to, to 6) concerning, in regard to, in reference to, on account of 7) according to (rule or standard) 8) at, by, against (of one's presence) 9) in between, in within, to within, unto (idea of motion to)
the words	הַדְּבָרִ֖ים	ha-de-va-RIM	H1697G	word דָּבָר (da.var) : word/speech/command 1) speech, word, speaking, thing 1a) speech 1b) saying, utterance 1c) word, words 1d) business, occupation, acts, matter, case, something, manner (by extension)
the these	הָאֵֽלֶּה׃	ha-'E-leh	H0428	these אֵ֫לֶּה (el.leh) 1) these 1a) used before antecedent 1b) used following antecedent Aramaic equivalent: el.leh (אֵלֶּה "these" H0429)

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.