vw - Genesis:42-45

vw@Genesis:42:1 @ Now when Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why are you looking at each other?

vw@Genesis:42:2 @ And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down to that place and buy for us from there, that we may live and not die.

vw@Genesis:42:3 @ And Josephs ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.

vw@Genesis:42:4 @ But Jacob did not send Josephs brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, Lest he encounter some harm.

vw@Genesis:42:5 @ And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

vw@Genesis:42:6 @ And Joseph was lord over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Josephs brothers came and bowed down before him, their faces to the earth.

vw@Genesis:42:7 @ And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he acted as a stranger to them and spoke harshly to them, and he said to them, Where have you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

vw@Genesis:42:8 @ And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.

vw@Genesis:42:9 @ And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had dreamed about them, and said to them, You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land!

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

vw@Genesis:42:11 @ We are all sons of one man; we are honest; your servants are not spies.

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

vw@Genesis:42:13 @ And they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and lo, the youngest is with our father today, and one is not.

vw@Genesis:42:14 @ And Joseph said to them, It is as I have spoken to you, saying, You are spies!

vw@Genesis:42:15 @ In this manner you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.

vw@Genesis:42:16 @ Send one of you, and let him bring your brother; and you shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proven to see whether there is any truth in you; or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies!

vw@Genesis:42:17 @ So he put them all together in prison three days.

vw@Genesis:42:18 @ And Joseph said to them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God:

vw@Genesis:42:19 @ If you are honest, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses.

vw@Genesis:42:20 @ And bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

vw@Genesis:42:21 @ And they said to one another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.

vw@Genesis:42:22 @ And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.

vw@Genesis:42:23 @ But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

vw@Genesis:42:24 @ And he turned himself away from them and wept, and returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

vw@Genesis:42:25 @ And Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every mans money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.

vw@Genesis:42:26 @ And they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there.

vw@Genesis:42:27 @ And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the lodging, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

vw@Genesis:42:28 @ And he said to his brothers, My money has been restored, and lo, it is in my sack! And their hearts failed them and they were afraid, saying to one another, What is this that God has done to us?

vw@Genesis:42:29 @ And they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had befallen them, saying:

vw@Genesis:42:30 @ The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us, and took us for spies in the land.

vw@Genesis:42:31 @ And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies.

vw@Genesis:42:32 @ We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with our father this day in the land of Canaan.

vw@Genesis:42:33 @ And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this I will know that you are honest: Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for the famine of your houses, and go.

vw@Genesis:42:34 @ And bring your youngest brother to me; so I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are honest. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.

vw@Genesis:42:35 @ And it happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each mans bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

vw@Genesis:42:36 @ And Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me: Joseph is not, Simeon is not, and you would take Benjamin. All these things are against me.

vw@Genesis:42:37 @ And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.

vw@Genesis:42:38 @ But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any harm should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol.

vw@Genesis:43:1 @ Now the famine was severe in the land.

vw@Genesis:43:2 @ And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go back, buy us a little food.

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

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

vw@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.

vw@Genesis:43:6 @ And Israel said, Why did you deal so wickedly with me as to tell the man whether you had yet another brother?

vw@Genesis:43:7 @ And they said, The man sought to ask us about ourselves and our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? And we told him these words with our mouths. Could we possibly have known that he would say, Bring your brother down?

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

vw@Genesis:43:9 @ I myself will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then I shall bear the guilt forever.

vw@Genesis:43:10 @ For if we had not delayed, surely by now we would have returned this second time.

vw@Genesis:43:11 @ And their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best fruits of the land in your vessels and carry down a present for the man; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds.

vw@Genesis:43:12 @ Take double money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was an oversight.

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

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

vw@Genesis:43:15 @ So the men took this present and Benjamin, and they took double money in their hand, and arose and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

vw@Genesis:43:16 @ And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Take these men to my house, and slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.

vw@Genesis:43:17 @ And the man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men into Josephs house.

vw@Genesis:43:18 @ And the men were afraid because they were brought into Josephs house; and they said, It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may roll against us and fall upon us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.

vw@Genesis:43:19 @ And they came near to the steward of Josephs house and spoke with him at the entrance of the house,

vw@Genesis:43:20 @ and said, O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;

vw@Genesis:43:21 @ but it happened, when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each mans money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.

vw@Genesis:43:22 @ And we have brought down other money in our hands to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.

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

vw@Genesis:43:24 @ So the man brought the men into Josephs house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys feed.

vw@Genesis:43:25 @ And they made the present ready for Josephs coming at noon, for they heard that they would eat bread there.

vw@Genesis:43:26 @ And when Joseph came into the house, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and prostrated before him to the earth.

vw@Genesis:43:27 @ And he asked after their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?

vw@Genesis:43:28 @ And they answered, Your servant our father is in good health; he is still alive. And they bowed down and prostrated themselves.

vw@Genesis:43:29 @ And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mothers son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son.

vw@Genesis:43:30 @ Now his compassions yearned for his brother; so Joseph made haste and sought somewhere to weep. And he went into his chamber and wept there.

vw@Genesis:43:31 @ And he washed his face and came out; and he restrained himself, and said, Serve the food.

vw@Genesis:43:32 @ And they set him a place by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat food with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.

vw@Genesis:43:33 @ And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth; and the men were astonished at one another.

vw@Genesis:43:34 @ And he took portions to them from before him, but Benjamins portion was five hands greater than any of theirs. So they drank and were drunken with him.

vw@Genesis:44:1 @ And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the mens sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put each mans money in the mouth of his sack.

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

vw@Genesis:44:3 @ As soon as the morning had dawned, the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

vw@Genesis:44:4 @ And when they had gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said to his steward, Arise and pursue the men; and when you have overtaken them, say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?

vw@Genesis:44:5 @ Is not this the one from which my lord drinks, and with which he indeed practices divination? You have done evil in so doing.

vw@Genesis:44:6 @ So he overtook them, and he spoke to them these same words.

vw@Genesis:44:7 @ And they said to him, Why does my lord say these words? Far be it from us that your servants should do such a thing.

vw@Genesis:44:8 @ Behold, we brought back to you from the land of Canaan the money which we found in the mouth of our sacks. How then could we steal silver or gold from your lords house?

vw@Genesis:44:9 @ With whomever of your servants it is found, let him die, and we also will be my lords slaves.

vw@Genesis:44:10 @ And he said, Now also let it be according to your words; he with whom it is found shall be my slave, and you shall be innocent.

vw@Genesis:44:11 @ And each man hastened to let down his sack to the ground, and each man opened his sack.

vw@Genesis:44:12 @ And he searched. He began with the oldest and finished with the youngest; and the cup was found in Benjamins sack.

vw@Genesis:44:13 @ Then they tore their clothes, and each man loaded his donkey and returned to the city.

vw@Genesis:44:14 @ And Judah and his brothers came to Josephs house, and he was still there; and they prostrated before him on the ground.

vw@Genesis:44:15 @ And Joseph said to them, What deed is this you have done? Did you not know that such a man as I can certainly practice divination?

vw@Genesis:44:16 @ And Judah said, What shall we say to my lord? What shall we speak? Or how shall we justify ourselves? God has found out the iniquity of your servants; behold, we are my lords slaves, both we and he also with whom the cup was found.

vw@Genesis:44:17 @ And he said, Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the cup was found, he shall be my slave. And as for you, go up in peace to your father.

vw@Genesis:44:18 @ Then Judah came near to him and said: O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and do not let your anger burn against your servant; for you are even as Pharaoh.

vw@Genesis:44:19 @ My lord asked his servants, saying, Have you a father or a brother?

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

vw@Genesis:44:21 @ And you said to your servants, Bring him down to me, that I may set my eyes upon him.

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

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

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

vw@Genesis:44:25 @ And our father said, Go back and buy us a little food.

vw@Genesis:44:26 @ And we said, We cannot go down; if our youngest brother is with us, then we will go down; for we may not see the mans face unless our youngest brother is with us.

vw@Genesis:44:27 @ And your servant my father said to us, You know that my wife bore me two sons;

vw@Genesis:44:28 @ and the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn to pieces; and I have not seen him since.

vw@Genesis:44:29 @ And if you take this one also from before me, and harm befalls him, you shall bring down my gray hair with sorrow to Sheol.

vw@Genesis:44:30 @ Now therefore, when I come to your servant my father, and the lad is not with us, since his soul is bound up in the lads soul,

vw@Genesis:44:31 @ it shall come to pass, when he sees that the lad is not with us, that he will die. So your servants will bring down the gray hair of your servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

vw@Genesis:44:32 @ For your servant became surety for the lad to my father, saying, If I do not bring him back to you, then I shall bear the guilt before my father for all time.

vw@Genesis:44:33 @ Now therefore, please let your servant remain instead of the lad as a slave to my lord, and let the lad go up with his brothers.

vw@Genesis:44:34 @ For how shall I go up to my father if the lad is not with me, lest perhaps I see the evil that would come upon my father?

vw@Genesis:45:1 @ Then Joseph could not restrain himself before all those who stood by him, and he cried out, Make everyone go out from me! So no one stood with him while Joseph made himself known to his brothers.

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

vw@Genesis:45:3 @ And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph; is my father still alive? But his brothers could not answer him, for they were dismayed at his presence.

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

vw@Genesis:45:5 @ But now, do not therefore be grieved or angry in your eyes because you sold me here; for God has sent me before you to preserve life.

vw@Genesis:45:6 @ For these two years the famine has been in the land, and there are yet five years in which there will be neither plowing nor harvesting.

vw@Genesis:45:7 @ And God sent me before you to preserve you as a remnant in the earth, and to keep you alive by a great deliverance.

vw@Genesis:45:8 @ So now it was not you who sent me here, but God; and He has made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.

vw@Genesis:45:9 @ Hurry and go up to my father, and say to him, Thus says your son Joseph: God has made me lord of all Egypt; come down to me, do not delay.

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

vw@Genesis:45:11 @ And I will nourish you there, so that you and your house, and all that you have, not come to poverty; for there are yet five years of famine.

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

vw@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 my father down here.

vw@Genesis:45:14 @ And he fell on the neck of his brother Benjamin and wept, and Benjamin wept on his neck.

vw@Genesis:45:15 @ Moreover he kissed all his brothers and wept over them, and after that his brothers talked with him.

vw@Genesis:45:16 @ And the report of it was heard in Pharaohs house, saying, Josephs brothers have come. And it was well pleasing in the eyes of Pharaoh and his servants.

vw@Genesis:45:17 @ And Pharaoh said to Joseph, Say to your brothers, Do this: Load your animals and depart; go to the land of Canaan.

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

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

vw@Genesis:45:20 @ Also do not be concerned about your goods, for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours.

vw@Genesis:45:21 @ And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the mouth of Pharaoh, and he gave them provisions for the journey.

vw@Genesis:45:22 @ He gave to all of them, to each man, changes of garments; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five changes of garments.

vw@Genesis:45:23 @ And he sent to his father these things: ten donkeys loaded with the good things of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain, bread, and food for his father for the journey.

vw@Genesis:45:24 @ So he sent his brothers away, and they departed; and he said to them, See that you do not become perturbed along the way.

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

vw@Genesis:45:26 @ And they told him, saying, Joseph is still alive, and he is ruling over all the land of Egypt. And his heart became numb, for he did not believe them.

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

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

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