And he searched, and began at the eldest, and ended at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.
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Ephrem The Syrian
AD 373
The brothers did not know what to say; they found it impossible not to put the blame on Benjamin because the cup had come out from his sack, but the money that had twice come out from their own sacks did not permit them to put the blame on him. Then the brothers, confounded by the things that had befallen them, rent their garments and went back weeping to that house from which they had just departed rejoicing.
