Genesis:42-45

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* And Jacob saw that grain was in Egypt . And Jacob said to his sons , Why do you look at each other ? * And he said , Behold ! I have heard grain is in Egypt . Go down there and buy for us from there , that we may live and not die . * And Joseph 's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt . * And Jacob did not send Benjamin , Joseph 's brother , with his brothers , for he said , Lest harm happen to him . * And among those coming , the sons of Israel came to buy . For the famine was in land of Canaan . * And Joseph was the potentate over the land , he selling to all the people of the earth . And Joseph 's brothers came in and bowed to him , face down to the earth . * And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them ; but he remained a stranger to them and spoke harsh things to them , and said to them , From where have you come ? And they said , From the land of Canaan to buy food . * And Joseph recognized his brothers , but they did not recognize him . * And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them . And he said to them , You are spies ! You have come in to see the bareness of the land . * And they said to him , No , my lord , but your servants have come to buy food . * We are all of us sons of one man ; we are honest ; your servants are not spies . * And he said to them , No , but you have come to see the bareness of the land . * And they said , Your servants are twelve brothers ; we are sons of one man in the land of Canaan ; and , lo , the youngest is with our father today ; and one is not . * And Joseph said to them , This is that which I have spoken to you , saying , You are spies ! * By this you shall be tested . As Pharaoh lives you shall not leave here except your younger brother come in here . * Send one of you and let him bring your brother ; and you be bound , and let your words be proven , whether truth is with you . And if not , as Pharaoh lives , so you are spies . * And he gathered them into custody three days . * And on the third day Joseph said to them , Do this and live . I fear God . * If you are honest , let one of your brothers be bound in your prison house , and you go bring grain for the famine of your houses . * And you bring your youngest brother to me , and let your words be true , and you shall not die . And so they did . * And they said each to his brother , We are truly guilty because of our brother whom we saw in distress of his soul , when he begged us , and we did not hear . So this pain has come to us . * And Reuben replied to them , saying , Did I not speak to you , saying , Do not sin against the youth , and you did not listen ? And , behold , his blood is also required . * And they did not know that Joseph heard , for the interpreter was between them . * And he turned away from them and wept , and returned to them and spoke to them . And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes . * And Joseph commanded , and they filled their vessels with grain and returned their silver , each into his sack , and gave to them food for the way ; and he did so to them . * And they lifted their grain on their asses and walked from there . * And one opened his sack to give fodder to his ass in the camp , and he saw his silver . And , behold ! It was in the mouth of his sack ! * And he said to his brothers , My silver has been put back , and also look in my sack . And their hearts went , and they were each terrified , saying to his brother , What is this God has done to us ? * And they came to their father Jacob to the land of Canaan . And they told him all that met them , saying , * The man , the lord of the land , spoke harsh things to us and considered us as spies in the land . * And we said to him , We are honest ; we are not spies . * We are twelve brothers , sons of our father ; the one is not , and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan . * And the man , the lord of the land , said to us , By this I shall know that you are honest ; leave your one brother with me , and take and go for the famine of your houses . * And bring your youngest brother to me , and I may know that you are not spies , but you are honest . I will give your brother to you and you may travel in the land . * And it happened . They were emptying their sacks , and , behold , each one 's bundle of silver was in his sack ; and they saw the bundles of their silver , and they were afraid . * And their father Jacob said to them , You have bereaved me . Joseph is not , and Simeon is not , and you will take Benjamin ? All of these are against me . * And Reuben spoke to his father , saying , You may kill my two sons if I do not bring him to you . Give him into my hand , and I will return him to you . * And he said , My son shall not go down with you ; for his brother is dead , and he alone is left . And if harm should happen to him in the way in which you go , you would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to the grave . * And the famine was severe in the land . * And it happened , when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt , their father said to them , Go back ; buy a little food for us . * And Judah spoke to him , saying , The man fiercely protested , saying to us , You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you . * And if you are sending our brother with us , we will go down and buy food for you . * And if you are not sending , we will not go ; for the man said to us , You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you . * And Israel said , Why did you do evil to me to tell the man you still had brother ? * And they said , The man keenly asked about us and about our kindred , saying , is our father still alive ? Is there a brother to you ? And we answered him according to these words . Could we know certainly that he would say , Bring down your brother ? * And Judah said to his father Israel , Send the youth with me , and let us rise up and go , and we may live and not die , both we , and you , and our little ones . * I will be surety for him ; you may require him from my hand . If I do not bring him to you and set him before you , I shall be a sinner against you all the days . * if we had not delayed truly now we would have returned this twice . * And their father Israel said to them , If it be so , then do this : take from the produce of the land in your vessels and bring down a present to the man , a little balm , and a little honey , spices , and myrrh , nuts and almonds . * And take double silver in your hand , and the silver they put back in the mouth of your sacks , take back in your hand ; perhaps it was an oversight . * And take your brother and rise up ; return to the man . * And may God Almighty give mercy to you before the man ; and may he send your other brother to you , and Benjamin . And I , if am bereaved , I am bereaved . * And the men took this present , and they took double silver in their hand , and Benjamin . And they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph . * And Joseph saw Benjamin with them . And he said to the one over his house , Bring the men into the house and slaughter and prepare an animal ; for the men shall eat with me at noon . * And the man did as Joseph said . And the man brought the men into Joseph 's house . * And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph 's house . And they said , Because of the silver that was returned in our sacks before , we are being brought in , to throw himself on us and to fall on us , and to take us and our asses for slaves . * And they came near to the man who was over Joseph 's house and spoke to him at the door of the house . * And they said , Oh my lord , coming we came down to buy food . * And it happened , when we came to the camp and opened our sacks , behold , the silver of each one was in the mouth of his sack ; our silver in its weight . And we bring it back in our hand . * And we have brought other silver in our hand to buy food . We do not know who put our silver in our sacks . * And he said , Peace to you ; do not fear ; your God and the God of your father has given a treasure to you in your sacks ; your silver came to me . And he brought Simeon out to them . * And the man brought the men to Joseph 's house . And he gave water , and they washed their feet . And he gave fodder for their asses . * And they prepared the present for the coming of Joseph at noon . For they had heard that they would eat bread there . * And Joseph came into the house . And they brought the present in their hand to him , into the house . And they bowed to him , to the earth . * And he asked them of their welfare , and said , Is there peace to your father , the old man of whom you spoke ? Is he still alive ? * And they said , Peace is to your servant , to our father ; he still lives . And they fell down and bowed . * And he raised his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin , the son of his mother . And he said , Is this your youngest brother of whom you spoke to me ? And he said , May God bless you , my son . * And Joseph hurried , for his emotions were deeply moved toward his brother . And he looked for a place to weep ; and he came into the inner room and wept there . * And he washed his face and controlled himself , and went out and said , Set out bread . * And they set out for him by himself , and for them by themselves , and for the Egyptians eating with him by themselves . For the Egyptians cannot eat bread with the Hebrews ; for it is an abomination in Egypt . * And they sat before him , the first born according to his birthright , and the younger according to his youth . And the men were astonished , each to his neighbor . * And one carried portions from before him to them , and Benjamin 's portion was greater than the portions of all of them , five hands . And they drank and were drunken with him . * And he commanded the one over his house , saying , Fill the sacks of the men with food , as much as they are able to carry ; and put the silver of each one in the mouth of his sack . * And put my cup , the cup of silver , in the mouth of the sack of the youngest , and the silver for his grain . And he did according to Joseph 's word , that which he spoke . * At the morning light , the men were sent away , they and their asses . * They had gone out from the city , not having gone far , and Joseph said to the one over his house , Rise up , pursue the men and overtake them , and say to them , Why have you repaid evil for good ? * Is this not that in which my lord is accustomed to drink , and he surely divines by it ? You have done evil in what you have done . * And he overtook them and spoke these words to them . * And they said to him , Why should my lord speak according to these words ? Far be it from your servants to do according to this word . * Behold ! The silver which we found in the mouth of our sacks , we returned to you from the land of Canaan . And how should we steal silver or gold from the house of your lord ? * With whomever it may be found , with him of your servants , he shall die ; and we also will become slaves to my lord . * And he said , Now also let it be according to your words ; with whomever it is found with him , he shall become a slave to me , and you shall be innocent . * And they hurried , and each one brought down his sack to the earth . And each one opened his sack . * And he searched , with the oldest first , and with the youngest last , and the cup was found in the sack of Benjamin . * And they tore their clothes ; and they each one loaded his ass and returned to the city . * And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph 's house , and he was still there . And they fell before him to the earth . * And Joseph said to them , What is this deed which you have done ? Did you not know that a man like me would practice divination ? * And Judah said , What can we say to my lord ? What can we speak , and in what can we justify ourselves ? God has found out the iniquity of your servants ; behold , we are slaves to my lord , both we and he in whose hand the cup was found . * And he said , Far be it from me to do this . The man in whose hand the cup was found , he shall become a slave to me ; and you go up in peace to your father . * And Judah came near to him and said , O my lord , please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord , and let not your anger glow on your servant , for you are like Pharaoh . * My lord asked his servants , saying , Is there a brother or a father to you ? * And we said to my lord , An aged father is to us , and a young child of his old age ; and his brother is dead ; and he alone is left of his mother ; and his father loves him . * And you said to your servants , Bring him down to me , and let me see him . * And we said to my lord , The youth is not able to leave his father ; and if he should leave his father , he will die . * And you said to your servants , If your youngest brother does not come down with you , you shall not see my face any more * And it happened , when we had gone up to your servant , my father , we told him the words of my lord . * And our father said , Go back , buy a little food for us . * And we said , We cannot go down . If our youngest brother is with us , we will go down . For we cannot see the face of the man if our youngest brother is not with us . * And your servant , my father , said to us , You know that my wife bore two to me . * And one went out from me . And I said , Indeed , he surely is torn in pieces ; and I have not seen him until now . * And if you take this one also from my face , and harm happen to him , you will bring my gray hair to the grave in sorrow . * And now when I come to your servant , my father , and the youth is not with us and his soul being bound to his soul , * it will be when he sees that the youth is not , he will die . And your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father to the grave in sorrow . * For your servant was surety for the youth with my father , saying , If I do not bring him to you , I shall be a sinner against my father all the days . * And now please let your servant remain as a slave to my lord instead of the youth ; and let the youth go up with his brothers . * For how can I go to my father , and the youth not be with me , lest I look on the evil which will find my father ? * And Joseph was not able to control himself in regard to those standing beside him . And he called out , Cause every man to go out from me . And no man stood before him as Joseph was making himself known to his brothers . * And he wept aloud ; and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard . * And Joseph said to his brothers , I am Joseph . Is my father still alive ? And his brothers were not able to answer him , for they trembled before him . * And Joseph said to his brothers , Now come near to me And they came near . And he said , I am your brother Joseph , whom you sold into Egypt . * And now do not be grieved , and let no anger be in your eyes because you sold me here for God sent me before you to save life . * For the famine has been in the midst of the land for two years . And there are still five years in which no plowing and harvest will be . * And God sent me before you to put a remnant in the land for you , and to keep alive for you a great deliverance . * And now you did not send me here , but God . And He has placed me for a father to Pharaoh , and for a lord in all his house , and a ruler in all the land of Egypt . * Hurry and go up to my father , and say to him , So says your son Joseph , God has placed me as a lord to all Egypt . Come down to me , do not delay . * And you shall live in the land of Goshen , and you shall be near to me , you and your sons and sons of your sons , and your flocks , and your herds , and all you have . * And I will nourish you there , for there are still five years of famine ; lest you be made poor , you and your house and all which belong to you . * And behold , your eyes and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see that my mouth is speaking to you . * And you tell my father of all my honor in Egypt , and all that you have seen . And hurry and bring down my father here . * And he fell on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept , and Benjamin wept on his neck . * And he kissed all his brothers , and wept on them . And afterwards his brothers spoke with him . * And the report was heard in Pharaoh 's house , saying , The brothers of Joseph have come . And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of his servants . * Pharaoh said to Joseph , Say to your brothers , Do this ; load your animals and depart ; go to the land of Canaan . * And take your father , and your houses , and come to me . And I will give to you the good of the land of Egypt ; and you shall eat the fat of the land . * And you are commanded ; you do this : Take for yourselves wagons from the land of Egypt , for your little ones , and for your wives . And take your father and come . * And your eye , let it have no regard for your vessels , for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours . * And the sons of Israel did so . And Joseph gave wagons to them according to the mouth of Pharaoh , and he gave provision to them for the way . * He gave to all of them , to each one , changes of clothing . And he gave to Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver , and five changes of clothing . * And to his father he sent this : ten asses bearing the good things of Egypt , and ten she-asses bearing grain , and bread , and food for his father for the way . * And he sent his brothers away ; and they went . And he said to them , Do not quarrel along the way . * And they went up from Egypt and came into the land of Canaan , to their father Jacob . * And they told him , saying , Joseph is still alive , and he is ruler in all the land of Egypt . And his heart froze up , for he did not believe them . * And they spoke to him all Joseph 's words which he had spoken to them . And he saw the wagons that Joseph had sent to carry him ; and the spirit of their father Jacob revived . * And Israel said , It is enough ! My son Joseph is alive ; I will go and see him before I die . * And Israel and all belonging to him departed , and he came to Beersheba . And he sacrificed sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac .

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