Midrash for Genesis 44:15
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ יוֹסֵ֔ף מָֽה־הַמַּעֲשֶׂ֥ה הַזֶּ֖ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עֲשִׂיתֶ֑ם הֲל֣וֹא יְדַעְתֶּ֔ם כִּֽי־נַחֵ֧שׁ יְנַחֵ֛שׁ אִ֖ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר כָּמֹֽנִי׃
And Joseph said unto them: ‘What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?’
Midrash Tanchuma Buber
(Gen. 44:15:) THEN JOSEPH SAID TO THEM: WHAT IS THIS DEED THAT YOU HAVE DONE? Joseph said to them: I am telling you for what reason this lad stole it. < He did so > to divine with it and to know where his brother was.
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