S – What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed your servants’ iniquity. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one in whose possession the cup was found.” 

Genesis 44:16 CSB

 O – Commentary:

Judah again spoke for the group. • God is punishing us for our sins: God was completing the work of repentance in their hearts. Judah again proposed that they all be punished. Benjamin was seemingly guilty of this theft, but all of the others were guilty of sin against Joseph. They preferred not returning to Jacob at all versus seeing his grief at the loss of Benjamin

 New Living Translation Study Bible 

A – One adage that I believe personally is that “The truth will always come out.”  Even if it isn’t in this lifetime, the truth cannot remain unhidden.  We cannot do things thinking we are getting away with it.  God sees it all and will use it to accomplish his purposes.  (Which we will see in the next chapter).

R – Heavenly Father, you are the one true God. We are grateful that you have a purpose for our lives.  You supernaturally mix the good and bad things we do to accomplish your will.  Empower us today to grow in our relationship with you.