Genesis:42

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* And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt , Jacob said to his sons , Why do you look upon one another ? * And he said , Behold , I have heard that there is grain in Egypt . Go down there and buy for us from there , so that we may live and not die . * And Joseph 's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt . * But Benjamin , Joseph 's brother , Jacob did not send with his brothers . For he said , Lest perhaps mischief happen to him . * And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came , for the famine was in the land of Canaan . * And Joseph [was ] the potentate over the land . He was ] the one selling to all the people of the earth . And Joseph 's brothers came and bowed down themselves before him , their faces to the earth . * And Joseph saw his brothers , and he knew them , but remained a stranger to them , and spoke roughly to them . And he said to them , Where do you come from ? And they said , From the land of Canaan to buy food . * And Joseph knew his brothers , but they did not know him . * And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them , and said to them , You [are ] spies ! You have come to see the nakedness of the land . * And they said to him , No , my lord , but your servants have come to buy food . * We [are ] all one man 's sons . We are honest ; your servants are not spies . * And he said to them , No , but you have come to see the nakedness of the land . * And they said , Your servants [are ] twelve brothers , the 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 ] what I spoke to you , saying , You [are ] spies ! * By this you shall be proved ; [as ] Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here . * Send one of you , and let him bring your brother , and you shall be kept in prison so that your words may be proved , whether [any ] truth [is ] in you . Or else , [as ] Pharaoh lives , surely you [are ] spies . * And he put them together into custody three days . * And Joseph said to them the third day , Do [this ] and live . I fear God . * If you [are ] honest , let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison . You go carry grain [for ] the famine of your houses . * But bring your youngest brother to me , and let your words be ] confirmed , be proved true , and you shall not die . And they did so . * And they said one to another , We [are ] truly guilty concerning our brother , in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he begged us , and we would not hear . Therefore this distress has come upon us . * And Reuben answered them , saying , Did I not speak to you saying , Do not sin against the youth ? And you would not hear . Therefore , behold , also his blood is required . * And they did not know that Joseph understood , for the interpreter was between them . * And he turned from them , and wept . And he returned to them again and talked with them , and took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes . * Then Joseph commanded their sacks to be filled [with ] grain , and returned their silver , each into his sack , and to give them provision for the way . And so he did to them . * And they loaded their asses with grain , and departed from there . * And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn , he saw his silver . For , behold , it [was ] in the mouth of the sack . * And he said to his brothers , My silver has been put back . And , also look in my sack . And their hearts failed , and they each were afraid , saying to one another , What [is ] this God has done to us ? * And they came to Jacob their father , to the land of Canaan , and told him all that happened to them , saying , * The man , the lord of the land , spoke roughly to us , and took us for spies of the country . * And we said to him , We [are ] honest , we [are ] not spies . * We are twelve brothers , 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 country , said to us , By this I shall know that you [are ] honest . Leave one , your brother , with me , and take food for the famine of your households , and go . * And bring your youngest brother to me . Then I shall know that you [are ] not spies , but that you [are ] honest . And I will deliver you your brother , and you shall trade in the land . * And it happened they emptied their sacks , behold , every man 's bundle of silver [was ] in his sack . And when they and their father saw the bundles of silver , they were afraid . * And Jacob their father said to them , You have bereaved me . Joseph [is ] not , and Simeon [is ] not , and you will take Benjamin . All these things are against me . * And Reuben spoke to his father , saying , Kill my two sons if I do not bring him to you . Deliver him into my hand , and I will bring him to you again . * And he said , My son shall not go down with you . For his brother is dead , and he is left alone . And [if ] mischief should happen to him by the way you go , then you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave .

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