הננו עבדים לאדוני גם אנחנו גם אשר נמצא הגביע בידו, “here your servants are ready to be your slaves, both we and the one in whose hand the goblet has been found.” These words of Yehudah to Joseph, (his representative, Ed) are puzzling, as he should have said הננו עבדים אשר נמצא הגביע בידו, גם אנחנו הנקיים, “here we are ready to be your slaves, the one in whose hand the goblet has been found, as well as we who are innocent.” [the guilty one should precede the innocent one in the phrasing of Yehudah’s offer.] How could Yehudah refer to the one in whose bag the goblet had been found as “only” גם, “also,” when it was he who had caused the whole disaster? Anyone reading the words of Yehudah must come to the conclusion that the thief had actually refused to shoulder the blame for his deed, not believing that he should be a slave. Because he was aware of this impression given by Yehudah’s words, Rabbeinu Chananel suggests that Yehudah’s words must be understood in conjunction with the previous words מה נאמר לאדוני, “what are we able to say to my lord, etc.” The word נאמר refers to the money found in their bags the first time, whereas the word נדבר, refers to the second money, the money the brothers had brought to Egypt as compensation for what they had found the last time when they came home. The words ומה נצטדק, refers to the goblet.