Genesis:42

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* And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt , and Jacob said to his sons , Why do ye look one upon another ? * And he said , Behold , I have heard that there is grain in Egypt ; go down thither and buy [grain ] for us from thence , in order that we may live , and not die . * And Joseph 's ten brethren went down to buy [grain ] out of Egypt . * But Benjamin , Joseph 's brother , Jacob sent not with his brethren ; for he said , Lest mischief may befall him . * So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain ] among those that came ; for the famine was in the land of Canaan . * And Joseph , he was the governor over the land -- he it was that sold [the corn ] to all the people of the land . And Joseph 's brethren came and bowed down to him , the face to the earth . * And Joseph saw his brethren , and knew them ; but he made himself strange to them , and spoke roughly to them , and said to them , Whence come ye ? And they said , From the land of Canaan , to buy food . * And Joseph knew his brethren , but they did not know him . * And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them ; and he said to them , Ye are spies : to see the exposed places of the land ye are come . * And they said to him , No , my lord ; but to buy food are thy servants come . * We are all one man 's sons ; we are honest : thy servants are not spies . * And he said to them , No ; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come . * And they said , Thy servants were twelve brethren , sons of one man , in the land of Canaan ; and behold , the youngest is this day with our father , and one is not . * And Joseph said to them , That is it that I have spoken to you , saying , Ye are spies . * By this ye shall be put to the proof : as Pharaoh lives , ye shall not go forth hence , unless your youngest brother come hither ! * Send one of you , that he may fetch your brother , but ye shall be imprisoned , and your words shall be put to the proof , whether the truth is in you ; and if not , as Pharaoh lives , ye are spies . * And he put them in custody three days . * And Joseph said to them the third day , This do , that ye may live : I fear God . * If ye are honest , let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison , but go ye , carry grain for the hunger of your households ; * and bring your youngest brother to me , in order that your words be verified , and that ye may not die . And they did so . * Then they said one to another , We are indeed guilty concerning our brother , whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us , and we did not hearken ; therefore this distress is come upon us . * And Reuben answered them , saying , Did I not speak to you , saying , Do not sin against the lad ? But ye did not hearken ; and now behold , his blood also is required . * And they did not know that Joseph understood , for the interpreter was between them . * And he turned away from them , and wept . And he returned to them , and spoke to them , and took Simeon from among them , and bound him before their eyes . * And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn , and to restore every man 's money into his sack , and to give them provision for the way . And thus did they to them . * And they loaded their asses with their grain , and departed thence . * And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn , and saw his money , and behold , it was in the mouth of his sack . * And he said to his brethren , My money is returned [to me ], and behold , it is even in my sack . And their heart failed [them ], and they were afraid , saying one to another , What is this [that ] God has done to us ? * And they came into the land of Canaan , to Jacob their father , and told him all that had befallen them , saying , * The man , the lord of the land , spoke roughly to us , and treated us as spies of the land . * And we said to him , We are honest ; we are not spies : * we are twelve brethren , sons of our father ; one is not , and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan . * And the man , the lord of the land , said to us , Hereby shall I know that ye are honest : leave one of your brethren with me , and take [for ] the hunger of your households , and go , * and bring your youngest brother to me , and I shall know that ye are not spies , but are honest . Your brother will I give up to you ; and ye may trade in the land . * And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks , that behold , every man had his bundle of money in his sack ; and they saw their bundles of money , they and their father , and were afraid . * And Jacob their father said to them , Ye have bereaved me of children : Joseph is not , and Simeon is not , and ye will take Benjamin ! All these things are against me . * And Reuben spoke to his father , saying , Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee : give him into my hand , and I will bring him to thee again . * But he said , My son shall not go down with you , for his brother is dead , and he alone is left ; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go , then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol .

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