mkjv - Genesis:42-45

mkjv@Genesis:42:1 @ And when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look upon one another?

mkjv@Genesis:42:2 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:3 @ And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

mkjv@Genesis:42:4 @ But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers. For he said, Lest perhaps mischief happen to him.

mkjv@Genesis:42:5 @ And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

mkjv@Genesis:42:6 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:7 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:8 @ And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.

mkjv@Genesis:42:9 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:10 @ And they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

mkjv@Genesis:42:11 @ We [are] all one man's sons. We are honest; your servants are not spies.

mkjv@Genesis:42:12 @ And he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.

mkjv@Genesis:42:13 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:14 @ And Joseph said to them, That [is] what I spoke to you, saying, You [are] spies!

mkjv@Genesis:42:15 @ By this you shall be proved; [as] Pharaoh lives you shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

mkjv@Genesis:42:16 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:17 @ And he put them together into custody three days.

mkjv@Genesis:42:18 @ And Joseph said to them the third day, Do [this] and live. I fear God.

mkjv@Genesis:42:19 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:20 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:21 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:22 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:23 @ And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

mkjv@Genesis:42:24 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:25 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:26 @ And they loaded their asses with grain, and departed from there.

mkjv@Genesis:42:27 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:28 @ 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?

mkjv@Genesis:42:29 @ And they came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that happened to them, saying,

mkjv@Genesis:42:30 @ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

mkjv@Genesis:42:31 @ And we said to him, We [are] honest, we [are] not spies.

mkjv@Genesis:42:32 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:33 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:34 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:35 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:36 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:37 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:42:38 @ 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.

mkjv@Genesis:43:1 @ And the famine [was] severe in the land.

mkjv@Genesis:43:2 @ And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

mkjv@Genesis:43:3 @ And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly protested to us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother [is] with you.

mkjv@Genesis:43:4 @ If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.

mkjv@Genesis:43:5 @ But if you will not send [him], we will not go down. For the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother [is] with you.

mkjv@Genesis:43:6 @ And Israel said, Why have you dealt ill with me, to tell the man whether you [had] yet a brother?

mkjv@Genesis:43:7 @ And they said, The man asked us strictly of our state and of our kindred, saying, [Is] your father still alive? Have you yet [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?

mkjv@Genesis:43:8 @ And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die, both we and you, also our little ones.

mkjv@Genesis:43:9 @ I will be surety for him. You shall require him of 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.

mkjv@Genesis:43:10 @ For unless we had lingered, surely now we would have returned the second time.

mkjv@Genesis:43:11 @ And their father Israel said to them, If [it be] so now, do this. Take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bring a present down to the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds.

mkjv@Genesis:43:12 @ And take double silver in your hand, and the silver that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand. Perhaps it [was] an oversight.

mkjv@Genesis:43:13 @ Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man.

mkjv@Genesis:43:14 @ And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, so that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved, I am bereaved.

mkjv@Genesis:43:15 @ And the men took that present, and they took double silver in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose up and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

mkjv@Genesis:43:16 @ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring the men into the house, and kill an animal and make ready. For the men shall dine with me at noon.

mkjv@Genesis:43:17 @ And the man did as Joseph said. And the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

mkjv@Genesis:43:18 @ 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 at the first time we are brought in, to throw himself on us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.

mkjv@Genesis:43:19 @ And they came near to the man over Joseph's house, and they talked with him at the door of the house,

mkjv@Genesis:43:20 @ and said, Oh sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

mkjv@Genesis:43:21 @ And it happened, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, [every] man's silver [was] in the mouth of his sack, our silver in full weight. And we have brought it again in our hands.

mkjv@Genesis:43:22 @ And we have brought down other silver in our hands to buy food. We cannot tell who put our silver in our sacks.

mkjv@Genesis:43:23 @ And he said, Peace to you, do not fear. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your silver. And he brought Simeon out to them.

mkjv@Genesis:43:24 @ And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave [them] water, and they washed their feet. And he gave fodder to their asses.

mkjv@Genesis:43:25 @ And they made ready the presents for the coming of Joseph at noon. For they heard that they should eat bread there.

mkjv@Genesis:43:26 @ And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

mkjv@Genesis:43:27 @ And he asked them as to [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? [Is] he still alive?

mkjv@Genesis:43:28 @ And they answered, Your servant, our father, [is] in good health. He [is] still alive. And they bowed down their heads and fell before him.

mkjv@Genesis:43:29 @ And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God bless you, my son.

mkjv@Genesis:43:30 @ And Joseph made haste, for his bowels yearned toward his brother. And he sought a [place] to weep. And he entered into his room and wept there.

mkjv@Genesis:43:31 @ And he washed his face, and went out, and controlled himself, and said, Set the bread on.

mkjv@Genesis:43:32 @ And they set it on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians may not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

mkjv@Genesis:43:33 @ And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth. And the men marveled at one another.

mkjv@Genesis:43:34 @ And one took portions to them from before him. But Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.

mkjv@Genesis:44:1 @ And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put each one's silver in his sack's mouth.

mkjv@Genesis:44:2 @ And put my cup, the silver cup, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and his grain silver. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

mkjv@Genesis:44:3 @ As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses.

mkjv@Genesis:44:4 @ They had gone out of the city, not having gone far. And Joseph said to his steward, Rise up, follow after the men and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you rewarded evil for good?

mkjv@Genesis:44:5 @ Is this not [that] in which my lord drinks, and by which indeed he divines? You have done evil in so doing.

mkjv@Genesis:44:6 @ And he overtook them, and he spoke to them these words.

mkjv@Genesis:44:7 @ And they said to him, Why does your lord say these words? Far be it that your servants should do according to this thing.

mkjv@Genesis:44:8 @ Behold, the silver which we found in our sack's mouth, we brought it in to you out of the land of Canaan. How then should we steal out of your lord's house silver or gold?

mkjv@Genesis:44:9 @ [With] whomever of your servants it may be found, both let him die, and we all will be my lord's bondmen.

mkjv@Genesis:44:10 @ And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according to your word. He with whom it is found shall be my servant, and you shall be blameless.

mkjv@Genesis:44:11 @ Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and each one opened his sack.

mkjv@Genesis:44:12 @ And he searched first at the oldest and with the youngest last. And the cup was found in Benjamin's sack.

mkjv@Genesis:44:13 @ Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his ass and returned to the city.

mkjv@Genesis:44:14 @ And Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house, for he [was] still there. And they fell before him to the earth.

mkjv@Genesis:44:15 @ And Joseph said to them, What deed is this that you have done? Do you not know that one like me can certainly divine?

mkjv@Genesis:44:16 @ And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we clear ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants. Behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we and he also with whom the cup is found.

mkjv@Genesis:44:17 @ And he said, Be it far from me that I should do so. The man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant. And as for you, you go in peace to your father.

mkjv@Genesis:44:18 @ And Judah came near him and said, O my lord, pray let your servant speak a word in my lord's ears, and do not let your anger burn against your servant, for you [are] even as Pharaoh.

mkjv@Genesis:44:19 @ My lord asked his servants, saying, Do you have a father or a brother?

mkjv@Genesis:44:20 @ And we said to my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one. And his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loves him.

mkjv@Genesis:44:21 @ And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, and let me see him.

mkjv@Genesis:44:22 @ And we said to my lord, The boy cannot leave his father, for [if] he should leave [his father], he would die.

mkjv@Genesis:44:23 @ And you said to your servants, Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall see my face no more.

mkjv@Genesis:44:24 @ And it happened when we came up to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.

mkjv@Genesis:44:25 @ And our father said, Go again. Buy us a little food.

mkjv@Genesis:44:26 @ And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down, for we may not see the man's face unless our youngest brother [is] with us.

mkjv@Genesis:44:27 @ And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two [sons].

mkjv@Genesis:44:28 @ And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces. And I never saw him since.

mkjv@Genesis:44:29 @ And [if] you take this one also from me, and mischief befall him, you shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

mkjv@Genesis:44:30 @ And now when I come to your servant my father, and the boy [is] not with us, since his life is bound up in his life,

mkjv@Genesis:44:31 @ it shall be, when he sees that the boy [is] not [with us], he will die. And your servants shall bring down the gray hairs of your servant our father with sorrow to the grave.

mkjv@Genesis:44:32 @ For your servant became surety for the boy to my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, then I shall bear the blame to my father forever.

mkjv@Genesis:44:33 @ And now please let your servant remain instead of the boy as a slave to my lord. And let the boy go up with his brothers.

mkjv@Genesis:44:34 @ For how shall I go up to my father, and the boy [is] not with me lest perhaps I see the evil that will find my father?

mkjv@Genesis:45:1 @ Then Joseph could not control himself before all those who stood by him. And he cried, Cause every man to go out from me! And no man stood before him [while] Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

mkjv@Genesis:45:2 @ And he wept aloud. And the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard.

mkjv@Genesis:45:3 @ And Joseph said to his brothers, I [am] Joseph. Is my father still alive? And his brothers could not answer him, for they were troubled at his presence.

mkjv@Genesis:45:4 @ And Joseph said to his brothers, Please come near me. And they came near. And he said, I [am] Joseph your brother, whom you sold into Egypt.

mkjv@Genesis:45:5 @ And now do not be grieved, nor angry with yourselves that you sold me here. For God sent me before you to preserve life.

mkjv@Genesis:45:6 @ For these two years the famine [has been] in the land, and [there are] still five years in which there [will be] no plowing nor harvest.

mkjv@Genesis:45:7 @ And God sent me before you to preserve for you a remnant in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance.

mkjv@Genesis:45:8 @ And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler over all the land of Egypt.

mkjv@Genesis:45:9 @ Hurry and go up to my father and say to him, So says your son Joseph, God has made me lord of all Egypt. Come down to me, do not wait.

mkjv@Genesis:45:10 @ And you shall dwell in the land of Goshen, and you shall be near to me, you and your sons and your sons' sons, and your flocks, and your herds, and all that you have.

mkjv@Genesis:45:11 @ And I will nourish you there, for [there are] still five years of famine, lest you and your household, and all that you have, come to poverty.

mkjv@Genesis:45:12 @ And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that [it is] my mouth that speaks to you.

mkjv@Genesis:45:13 @ And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you have seen. And you shall hurry and bring down my father here.

mkjv@Genesis:45:14 @ And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck and wept. And Benjamin wept upon his neck.

mkjv@Genesis:45:15 @ And he kissed all his brothers, and wept upon them. And afterwards his brothers talked with him.

mkjv@Genesis:45:16 @ And the report was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brothers have come. And it was good in the eyes of Pharaoh, and of his servants.

mkjv@Genesis:45:17 @ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: load your beasts and go into the land of Canaan,

mkjv@Genesis:45:18 @ and take your father and your households and come to me. And I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and you shall eat the fat of the land.

mkjv@Genesis:45:19 @ Now you are commanded; do this. Take wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come.

mkjv@Genesis:45:20 @ And do not regard your stuff, for the good of all the land of Egypt [is] yours.

mkjv@Genesis:45:21 @ And the sons of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them wagons according to the command of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way.

mkjv@Genesis:45:22 @ To all of them he gave each man changes of clothing, but to Benjamin he gave three hundred [pieces] of silver, and five changes of clothing.

mkjv@Genesis:45:23 @ And to his father he sent this: ten asses loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses loaded with grain and bread and food for his father by the way.

mkjv@Genesis:45:24 @ And he sent his brothers away, and they departed. And he said to them, Do not quarrel along the way.

mkjv@Genesis:45:25 @ And they went up out of Egypt, and came [to] the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father.

mkjv@Genesis:45:26 @ And they told him, saying, Joseph [is] still alive, and he is governor over all the land of Egypt. And Jacob's heart fainted, for he did not believe them.

mkjv@Genesis:45:27 @ And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said to them. And when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.

mkjv@Genesis:45:28 @ And Israel said, [It is] enough. Joseph my son [is] still alive. I will go and see him before I die.

mkjv@Genesis:46:1 @ And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices to the God of his father Isaac.