הלא זה אשר ישתה וגו'. היאך עלה בדעת' לגנבו הלא ידעתם שהגביע שאדוני שותה בו צריך הוא לו כל שעה וחביב עליו ומיד שלא ימצאנו נחש ינחש הוא בעצמו שיודע לנחש או יצוה לאחרים עליו לדעת מי גנבו: הלא זה אשר ישתה, “is not this that which he (my lord) drinks out of?” Joseph’s messenger expresses utter amazement how of all things worth stealing, the thief should have concentrated on this highly individual property of his master? Surely the thief must have been aware that this goblet would be missed immediately and every effort would be made to find the thief? The owner would employ his supernatural powers immediately in order to divine where it was presently. He had demonstrated already that he possessed such powers. Alternately, he would instruct others to use their powers of divination to locate this goblet for him.