Genesis:42-43

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ylt @Genesis:42:1 @And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt , and Jacob saith to his sons , 'Why do you look at each other ?' ylt @Genesis:42:2 @he saith also , 'Lo , I have heard that there is corn in Egypt , go down thither , and buy for us from thence , and we live and do not die ;' ylt @Genesis:42:3 @and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt , ylt @Genesis:42:4 @and Benjamin , Joseph 's brother , Jacob hath not sent with his brethren , for he said , 'Lest mischief meet him .' ylt @Genesis:42:5 @And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming , for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan , ylt @Genesis:42:6 @and Joseph is the ruler over the land , he who is selling to all the people of the land , and Joseph 's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth . ylt @Genesis:42:7 @And Joseph seeth his brethren , and discerneth them , and maketh himself strange unto them , and speaketh with them sharp things , and saith unto them , 'From whence have ye come ?' and they say , 'From the land of Canaan -- to buy food .' ylt @Genesis:42:8 @And Joseph discerneth his brethren , but they have not discerned him , ylt @Genesis:42:9 @and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them , and saith unto them , 'Ye [are ] spies ; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come .' ylt @Genesis:42:10 @And they say unto him , 'No , my lord , but thy servants have come to buy food ; ylt @Genesis:42:11 @we [are ] all of us sons of one man , we [are ] right men ; thy servants have not been spies ;' ylt @Genesis:42:12 @and he saith unto them , 'No , but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see ;' ylt @Genesis:42:13 @and they say , 'Thy servants [are ] twelve brethren ; we [are ] sons of one man in the land of Canaan , and lo , the young one [is ] with our father to-day , and the one is not .' ylt @Genesis:42:14 @And Joseph saith unto them , 'This [is ] that which I have spoken unto you , saying , Ye [are ] spies , ylt @Genesis:42:15 @by this ye are proved : Pharaoh liveth ! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither ; ylt @Genesis:42:16 @send one of you , and let him bring your brother , and ye , remain ye bound , and let your words be proved , whether truth be with you : and if not -- Pharaoh liveth ! surely ye [are ] spies ;' ylt @Genesis:42:17 @and he removeth them unto charge three days . ylt @Genesis:42:18 @And Joseph saith unto them on the third day , 'This do and live ; God I fear ! ylt @Genesis:42:19 @if ye [are ] right men , let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward , and ye , go , carry in corn [for ] the famine of your houses , ylt @Genesis:42:20 @and your young brother ye bring unto me , and your words are established , and ye die not ;' and they do so . ylt @Genesis:42:21 @And they say one unto another , 'Verily we [are ] guilty concerning our brother , because we saw the distress of his soul , in his making supplication unto us , and we did not hearken : therefore hath this distress come upon us .' ylt @Genesis:42:22 @And Reuben answereth them , saying , 'Spake I not unto you , saying , Sin not against the lad ? and ye hearkened not ; and his blood also , lo , it is required .' ylt @Genesis:42:23 @And they have not known that Joseph understandeth , for the interpreter [is ] between them ; ylt @Genesis:42:24 @and he turneth round from them , and weepeth , and turneth back unto them , and speaketh unto them , and taketh from them Simeon , and bindeth him before their eyes . ylt @Genesis:42:25 @And Joseph commandeth , and they fill their vessels [with ] corn , also to put back the money of each unto his sack , and to give to them provision for the way ; and one doth to them so . ylt @Genesis:42:26 @And they lift up their corn upon their asses , and go from thence , ylt @Genesis:42:27 @and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place , and he seeth his money , and lo , it [is ] in the mouth of his bag , ylt @Genesis:42:28 @and he saith unto his brethren , 'My money hath been put back , and also , lo , in my bag :' and their heart goeth out , and they tremble , one to another saying , 'What [is ] this God hath done to us !' ylt @Genesis:42:29 @And they come in unto Jacob their father , to the land of Canaan , and they declare to him all the things meeting them , saying , ylt @Genesis:42:30 @'The man , the lord of the land , hath spoken with us sharp things , and maketh us as spies of the land ; ylt @Genesis:42:31 @and we say unto him , We [are ] right men , we have not been spies , ylt @Genesis:42:32 @we [are ] twelve brethren , sons of our father , the one is not , and the young one [is ] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan . ylt @Genesis:42:33 @'And the man , the lord of the land , saith unto us , By this I know that ye [are ] right men -- one of your brethren leave with me , and [for ] the famine of your houses take ye and go , ylt @Genesis:42:34 @and bring your young brother unto me , and I know that ye [are ] not spies , but ye [are ] right men ; your brother I give to you , and ye trade with the land .' ylt @Genesis:42:35 @And it cometh to pass , they are emptying their sacks , and lo , the bundle of each man 's silver [is ] in his sack , and they see their bundles of silver , they and their father , and are afraid ; ylt @Genesis:42:36 @and Jacob their father saith unto them , 'Me ye have bereaved ; Joseph is not , and Simeon is not , and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these .' ylt @Genesis:42:37 @And Reuben speaketh unto his father , saying , 'My two sons thou dost put to death , if I bring him not in unto thee ; give him into my hand , and I -- I bring him back unto thee ;' ylt @Genesis:42:38 @and he saith , 'My son doth not go down with you , for his brother [is ] dead , and he by himself is left ; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go , then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol .' ylt @Genesis:43:1 @And the famine [is ] severe in the land ; ylt @Genesis:43:2 @and it cometh to pass , when they have finished eating the corn which they brought from Egypt , that their father saith unto them , 'Turn back , buy for us a little food .' ylt @Genesis:43:3 @And Judah speaketh unto him , saying , 'The man protesting protested to us , saying , Ye do not see my face without your brother [being ] with you ; ylt @Genesis:43:4 @if thou art sending our brother with us , we go down , and buy for thee food , ylt @Genesis:43:5 @and if thou art not sending -- we do not go down , for the man said unto us , Ye do not see my face without your brother [being ] with you .' ylt @Genesis:43:6 @And Israel saith , 'Why did ye evil to me , by declaring to the man that ye had yet a brother ?' ylt @Genesis:43:7 @and they say , 'The man asked diligently concerning us , and concerning our kindred , saying , Is your father yet alive ? have ye a brother ? and we declare to him according to the tenor of these things ; do we certainly know that he will say , Bring down your brother ?' ylt @Genesis:43:8 @And Judah saith unto Israel his father , 'Send the youth with me , and we arise , and go , and live , and do not die , both we , and thou , and our infants . ylt @Genesis:43:9 @I -- I am surety [for ] him , from my hand thou dost require him ; if I have not brought him in unto thee , and set him before thee -- then I have sinned against thee all the days ; ylt @Genesis:43:10 @for if we had not lingered , surely now we had returned these two times .' ylt @Genesis:43:11 @And Israel their father saith unto them , 'If so , now , this do : take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels , and take down to the man a present , a little balm , and a little honey , spices and myrrh , nuts and almonds ; ylt @Genesis:43:12 @and double money take in your hand , even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags , ye take back in your hand , it may be it [is ] an oversight . ylt @Genesis:43:13 @'And take your brother , and rise , turn back unto the man ; ylt @Genesis:43:14 @and God Almighty give to you mercies before the man , so that he hath sent to you your other brother and Benjamin ; and I , when I am bereaved -- I am bereaved .' ylt @Genesis:43:15 @And the men take this present , double money also they have taken in their hand , and Benjamin ; and they rise , and go down to Egypt , and stand before Joseph ; ylt @Genesis:43:16 @and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them , and saith to him who [is ] over his house , 'Bring the men into the house , and slaughter an animal , and make ready , for with me do the men eat at noon .' ylt @Genesis:43:17 @And the man doth as Joseph hath said , and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph , ylt @Genesis:43:18 @and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph , and they say , 'For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in -- to roll himself upon us , and to throw himself on us , and to take us for servants -- our asses also .' ylt @Genesis:43:19 @And they come nigh unto the man who [is ] over the house of Joseph , and speak unto him at the opening of the house , ylt @Genesis:43:20 @and say , 'O , my lord , we really come down at the commencement to buy food ; ylt @Genesis:43:21 @and it cometh to pass , when we have come in unto the lodging-place , and open our bags , that lo , each one 's money [is ] in the mouth of his bag , our money in its weight , and we bring it back in our hand ; ylt @Genesis:43:22 @and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food ; we have not known who put our money in our bags .' ylt @Genesis:43:23 @And he saith , 'Peace to you , fear not : your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags , your money came unto me ;' and he bringeth out Simeon unto them . ylt @Genesis:43:24 @And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph 's house , and giveth water , and they wash their feet ; and he giveth provender for their asses , ylt @Genesis:43:25 @and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon , for they have heard that there they do eat bread . ylt @Genesis:43:26 @And Joseph cometh into the house , and they bring to him the present which [is ] in their hand , into the house , and bow themselves to him , to the earth ; ylt @Genesis:43:27 @and he asketh of them of peace , and saith , 'Is your father well ? the aged man of whom ye have spoken , is he yet alive ?' ylt @Genesis:43:28 @and they say , 'Thy servant our father [is ] well , he is yet alive ;' and they bow , and do obeisance . ylt @Genesis:43:29 @And he lifteth up his eyes , and seeth Benjamin his brother , his mother 's son , and saith , 'Is this your young brother , of whom ye have spoken unto me ?' and he saith , 'God favour thee , my son .' ylt @Genesis:43:30 @And Joseph hasteth , for his bowels have been moved for his brother , and he seeketh to weep , and entereth the inner chamber , and weepeth there ; ylt @Genesis:43:31 @and he washeth his face , and goeth out , and refraineth himself , and saith , 'Place bread .' ylt @Genesis:43:32 @And they place for him by himself , and for them by themselves , and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves : for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews , for it [is ] an abomination to the Egyptians . ylt @Genesis:43:33 @And they sit before him , the first-born according to his birthright , and the young one according to his youth , and the men wonder one at another ; ylt @Genesis:43:34 @and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them , and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them ; and they drink , yea , they drink abundantly with him . ylt @Genesis:44:1 @And he commandeth him who [is ] over his house , saying , 'Fill the bags of the men [with ] food , as they are able to bear , and put the money of each in the mouth of his bag ;

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