strkjv@Genesis:42:1
@ Now when
Jacob
saw
that there
was
corn
in
Egypt
,
Jacob
said
unto his
sons
, Why do ye
look
one upon another?
strkjv@Genesis:42:2
@ And he
said
, Behold, I have
heard
that there
is
corn
in
Egypt
: get you
down
thither, and
buy
for us from thence; that we may
live
, and not
die
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:3
@ And
Josephs
ten
brethren
went
down
to
buy
corn
in
Egypt
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:4
@ But
Benjamin
,
Josephs
brother
,
Jacob
sent
not with his
brethren
; for he
said
, Lest
peradventure
mischief
befall
him
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:5
@ And the
sons
of
Israel
came
to
buy
corn
among
those that
came
: for the
famine
was in the
land
of
Canaan
K@.
strkjv@Genesis:42:6
@ And
Joseph
was the
governor
over the
land
, and he it was that
sold
to all the
people
of the
land
: and
Josephs
brethren
came
, and bowed
down
themselves before him with their
faces
to the
earth
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:7
@ And
Joseph
saw
his
brethren
, and he
knew
them, but made himself
strange
unto them, and
spake
roughly
unto them; and he
said
unto them,
Whence
come
ye? And they
said
, From the
land
of
Canaan
to
buy
food
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:8
@ And
Joseph
knew
his
brethren
, but they
knew
not him.
strkjv@Genesis:42:9
@ And
Joseph
remembered
the
dreams
which he
dreamed
of them, and
said
unto them, Ye are
spies
; to
see
the
nakedness
of the
land
ye are
come
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:10
@ And they
said
unto him, Nay, my
lord
, but to
buy
food
are thy
servants
come
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:11
@
We
are all
one
mans
sons
; we are
true
men, thy
servants
are no
spies
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:12
@ And he
said
unto them, Nay, but to
see
the
nakedness
of the
land
ye are
come
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:13
@ And they
said
, Thy
servants
are
twelve
sh@
brethren
, the
sons
of
one
man
in the
land
of
Canaan
K@; and, behold, the
youngest
is this
day
with our
father
, and
one
is not.
strkjv@Genesis:42:14
@ And
Joseph
said
unto them, That is it that I
spake
unto you,
saying
, Ye are
spies
:
strkjv@Genesis:42:15
@
Hereby
ye shall be
proved
: By the
life
of
Pharaoh
ye shall not go
forth
hence, except your
youngest
brother
come
hither.
strkjv@Genesis:42:16
@
Send
one
of you, and let him
fetch
your
brother
, and ye shall be kept in
prison
, that your
words
may be
proved
, whether there be any
truth
in
you: or
else
by the
life
of
Pharaoh
surely ye are
spies
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:17
@ And he put them all
together
into
ward
three
days
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:18
@ And
Joseph
said
unto them the
third
day
, This
do
, and
live
; for I
fear
God
:
strkjv@Genesis:42:19
@ If ye be
true
men, let
one
of your
brethren
be
bound
in the
house
of your
prison
:
go
ye,
carry
corn
for the
famine
of your
houses
:
strkjv@Genesis:42:20
@ But
bring
your
youngest
brother
unto me; so shall your
words
be
verified
, and ye shall not
die
. And they
did
so.
strkjv@Genesis:42:21
@ And they
said
one
to
another
, We are
verily
guilty
concerning our
brother
, in
that
we
saw
the
anguish
of his
soul
, when he
besought
us, and we would not
hear
; therefore is this
distress
come
upon us.
strkjv@Genesis:42:22
@ And
Reuben
answered
them,
saying
, Spake
I
not unto you,
saying
, Do not
sin
against the
child
; and ye would not
hear
? therefore, behold, also his
blood
is
required
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:23
@ And they
knew
not that
Joseph
understood
them; for he spake unto them by an
interpreter
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:24
@ And he turned himself
about
from them, and
wept
; and returned to them
again
, and
communed
with them, and
took
from them
Simeon
, and
bound
him before their
eyes
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:25
@ Then
Joseph
commanded
to
fill
their
sacks
with
corn
, and to
restore
every
mans
money
into his
sack
, and to
give
them
provision
for the
way
: and
thus
did
he
unto them.
strkjv@Genesis:42:26
@ And they
laded
their
asses
with the
corn
, and
departed
thence.
strkjv@Genesis:42:27
@ And as
one
of them
opened
his
sack
to
give
his
ass
provender
in the
inn
, he
espied
his
money
; for, behold, it was in his
sacks
mouth
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:28
@ And he
said
unto his
brethren
, My
money
is
restored
; and,
lo
, it is even in my
sack
: and their
heart
failed
them, and they were
afraid
,
saying
one
to
another
, What is this that
God
hath
done
unto us?
strkjv@Genesis:42:29
@ And they
came
unto
Jacob
their
father
unto the
land
of
Canaan
K@, and
told
him all that
befell
unto them;
saying
,
strkjv@Genesis:42:30
@ The
man
, who is the
lord
of the
land
,
spake
roughly
to us, and
took
us for
spies
of the
country
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:31
@ And we
said
unto him, We are
true
men; we are no
spies
:
strkjv@Genesis:42:32
@ We be
twelve
H8147
brethren
,
sons
of our
father
;
one
is not, and the
youngest
is this
day
with our
father
in the
land
of
Canaan
K@.
strkjv@Genesis:42:33
@ And the
man
, the
lord
of the
country
,
said
unto us, Hereby shall I
know
that ye are
true
men;
leave
one
of your
brethren
here with me, and
take
food for the
famine
of your
households
, and be
gone
:
strkjv@Genesis:42:34
@ And
bring
your
youngest
brother
unto me: then shall I
know
that ye are no
spies
, but that ye are
true
men: so will I
deliver
you your
brother
, and ye shall
traffick
in the
land
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:35
@ And it came to pass as they
emptied
their
sacks
, that, behold, every
mans
bundle
of
money
was in his
sack
: and when both they and their
father
saw
the
bundles
of
money
, they were
afraid
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:36
@ And
Jacob
their
father
said
unto them, Me have ye
bereaved
of my children:
Joseph
is not, and
Simeon
is not, and ye will
take
Benjamin
away: all these things are against me.
strkjv@Genesis:42:37
@ And
Reuben
spake
unto his
father
,
saying
,
Slay
my
two
sons
, if I
bring
him not to thee:
deliver
him into my
hand
, and I will bring him to thee
again
.
strkjv@Genesis:42:38
@ And he
said
, My
son
shall not go
down
with you; for his
brother
is
dead
, and he is
left
alone: if
mischief
befall
him by the
way
in the which ye
go
, then shall ye bring
down
my gray
hairs
with
sorrow
to the
grave
sh@.
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