Genesis:42-43
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Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt ,
Jacob said unto his sons ,
Why do ye look one upon another ?
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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 .
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And Joseph '
s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt .
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But Benjamin ,
Joseph '
s brother ,
Jacob sent not with his brethren ;
for he said ,
Lest peradventure mischief befall him .
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And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came :
for the famine was in the land of Canaan .
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And Joseph was the governor over the land ,
and he it was that sold to all the people of the land :
and Joseph '
s brethren came ,
and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth .
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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 .
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And Joseph knew his brethren ,
but they knew not him .
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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 .
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And they said unto him ,
Nay ,
my lord ,
but to buy food are thy servants come .
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We are all one man '
s sons ;
we are true men ,
thy servants are no spies .
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And he said unto them ,
Nay ,
but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come .
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And they said ,
Thy servants are twelve brethren ,
the sons of one man in the land of Canaan ;
and ,
behold ,
the youngest is this day with our father ,
and one is not .
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And Joseph said unto them ,
That is it that I spake unto you ,
saying ,
Ye are spies :
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Hereby ye shall be proved :
By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence ,
except your youngest brother come hither .
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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 .
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And he put them all together into ward three days .
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And Joseph said unto them the third day ,
This do ,
and live ;
for I fear God :
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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 :
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But bring your youngest brother unto me ;
so shall your words be verified ,
and ye shall not die .
And they did so .
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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 .
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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 .
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And they knew not that Joseph understood them ;
for he spake unto them by an interpreter .
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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 .
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Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn ,
and to restore every man '
s money into his sack ,
and to give them provision for the way :
and thus did he unto them .
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And they laded their asses with the corn ,
and departed thence .
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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 sack '
s mouth .
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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 ?
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And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan ,
and told him all that befell unto them ;
saying ,
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The man ,
who is the lord of the land ,
spake roughly to us ,
and took us for spies of the country .
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And we said unto him ,
We are true men ;
we are no spies :
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We be twelve brethren ,
sons of our father ;
one is not ,
and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan .
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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 :
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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 .
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks ,
that ,
behold ,
every man '
s bundle of money was in his sack :
and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money ,
they were afraid .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And the famine was sore in the land .
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And it came to pass ,
when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt ,
their father said unto them ,
Go again ,
buy us a little food .
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And Judah spake unto him ,
saying ,
The man did solemnly protest unto us ,
saying ,
Ye shall not see my face ,
except your brother be with you .
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If thou wilt send our brother with us ,
we will go down and buy thee food :
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But if thou wilt not send him ,
we will not go down :
for the man said unto us ,
Ye shall not see my face ,
except your brother be with you .
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And Israel said ,
Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me ,
as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother ?
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And they said ,
The man asked us straitly of our state ,
and of our kindred ,
saying ,
Is your father yet alive ?
have ye another brother ?
and we told him according to the tenor of these words :
could we certainly know that he would say ,
Bring your brother down ?
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And Judah said unto Israel his father ,
Send the lad with me ,
and we will arise and go ;
that we may live ,
and not die ,
both we ,
and thou ,
and also our little ones .
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I will be surety for him ;
of my hand shalt thou require him :
if I bring him not unto thee ,
and set him before thee ,
then let me bear the blame for ever :
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For except we had lingered ,
surely now we had returned this second time .
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And their father Israel said unto them ,
If it must be so now ,
do this ;
take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels ,
and carry down the man a present ,
a little balm ,
and a little honey ,
spices ,
and myrrh ,
nuts ,
and almonds :
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And take double money in your hand ;
and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks ,
carry it again in your hand ;
peradventure it was an oversight :
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Take also your brother ,
and arise ,
go again unto the man :
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And God Almighty give you mercy before the man ,
that he may send away your other brother ,
and Benjamin .
If I be bereaved of my children ,
I am bereaved .
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And the men took that present ,
and they took double money in their hand ,
and Benjamin ;
and rose up ,
and went down to Egypt ,
and stood before Joseph .
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And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them ,
he said to the ruler of his house ,
Bring these men home ,
and slay ,
and make ready ;
for these men shall dine with me at noon .
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And the man did as Joseph bade ;
and the man brought the men into Joseph '
s house .
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And the men were afraid ,
because they were brought into Joseph '
s house ;
and they said ,
Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in ;
that he may seek occasion against us ,
and fall upon us ,
and take us for bondmen ,
and our asses .
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And they came near to the steward of Joseph '
s house ,
and they communed with him at the door of the house ,
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And said ,
O sir ,
we came indeed down at the first time to buy food :
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And it came to pass ,
when we came to the inn ,
that we opened our sacks ,
and ,
behold ,
every man '
s money was in the mouth of his sack ,
our money in full weight :
and we have brought it again in our hand .
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And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food :
we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks .
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And he said ,
Peace be to you ,
fear not :
your God ,
and the God of your father ,
hath given you treasure in your sacks :
I had your money .
And he brought Simeon out unto them .
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And the man brought the men into Joseph '
s house ,
and gave them water ,
and they washed their feet ;
and he gave their asses provender .
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And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon :
for they heard that they should eat bread there .
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And when Joseph came home ,
they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house ,
and bowed themselves to him to the earth .
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And he asked them of their welfare ,
and said ,
Is your father well ,
the old man of whom ye spake ?
Is he yet alive ?
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And they answered ,
Thy servant our father is in good health ,
he is yet alive .
And they bowed down their heads ,
and made obeisance .
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And he lifted up his eyes ,
and saw his brother Benjamin ,
his mother '
s son ,
and said ,
Is this your younger brother ,
of whom ye spake unto me ?
And he said ,
God be gracious unto thee ,
my son .
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And Joseph made haste ;
for his bowels did yearn upon his brother :
and he sought where to weep ;
and he entered into his chamber ,
and wept there .
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And he washed his face ,
and went out ,
and refrained himself ,
and said ,
Set on bread .
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And they set on for him by himself ,
and for them by themselves ,
and for the Egyptians ,
which did eat with him ,
by themselves :
because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews ;
for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians .
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And they sat before him ,
the firstborn according to his birthright ,
and the youngest according to his youth :
and the men marvelled one at another .
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And he took and sent messes unto them from before him :
but Benjamin '
s mess was five times so much as any of theirs .
And they drank ,
and were merry with him .
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And he commanded the steward of his house ,
saying ,
Fill the men '
s sacks with food ,
as much as they can carry ,
and put every man '
s money in his sack '
s mouth .
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