Genesis:44-45
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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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And put my cup ,
the silver cup ,
in the sack '
s mouth of the youngest ,
and his corn money .
And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken .
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As soon as the morning was light ,
the men were sent away ,
they and their asses .
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And when they were gone out of the city ,
and not yet far off ,
Joseph said unto his steward ,
Up ,
follow after the men ;
and when thou dost overtake them ,
say unto them ,
Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good ?
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Is not this it in which my lord drinketh ,
and whereby indeed he divineth ?
ye have done evil in so doing .
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And he overtook them ,
and he spake unto them these same words .
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And they said unto him ,
Wherefore saith my lord these words ?
God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing :
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Behold ,
the money ,
which we found in our sacks '
mouths ,
we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan :
how then should we steal out of thy lord '
s house silver or gold ?
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With whomsoever of thy servants it be found ,
both let him die ,
and we also will be my lord '
s bondmen .
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And he said ,
Now also let it be according unto your words :
he with whom it is found shall be my servant ;
and ye shall be blameless .
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Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground ,
and opened every man his sack .
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And he searched ,
and began at the eldest ,
and left at the youngest :
and the cup was found in Benjamin '
s sack .
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Then they rent their clothes ,
and laded every man his ass ,
and returned to the city .
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And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph '
s house ;
for he was yet there :
and they fell before him on the ground .
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And Joseph said unto them ,
What deed is this that ye have done ?
wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine ?
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And Judah said ,
What shall we say unto my lord ?
what shall we speak ?
or how shall we clear ourselves ?
God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants :
behold ,
we are my lord '
s servants ,
both we ,
and he also with whom the cup is found .
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And he said ,
God forbid that I should do so :
but the man in whose hand the cup is found ,
he shall be my servant ;
and as for you ,
get you up in peace unto your father .
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Then Judah came near unto him ,
and said ,
Oh my lord ,
let thy servant ,
I pray thee ,
speak a word in my lord '
s ears ,
and let not thine anger burn against thy servant :
for thou art even as Pharaoh .
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My lord asked his servants ,
saying ,
Have ye a father ,
or a brother ?
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And we said unto 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 loveth him .
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And thou saidst unto thy servants ,
Bring him down unto me ,
that I may set mine eyes upon him .
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And we said unto my lord ,
The lad cannot leave his father :
for if he should leave his father ,
his father would die .
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And thou saidst unto thy servants ,
Except your youngest brother come down with you ,
ye shall see my face no more .
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And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father ,
we told him the words of my lord .
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And our father said ,
Go again ,
and buy us a little food .
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And we said ,
We cannot go down :
if our youngest brother be with us ,
then will we go down :
for we may not see the man '
s face ,
except our youngest brother be with us .
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And thy servant my father said unto us ,
Ye know that my wife bare me two sons :
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And the one went out from me ,
and I said ,
Surely he is torn in pieces ;
and I saw him not since :
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And if ye take this also from me ,
and mischief befall him ,
ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave .
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Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father ,
and the lad be not with us ;
seeing that his life is bound up in the lad '
s life ;
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It shall come to pass ,
when he seeth that the lad is not with us ,
that he will die :
and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave .
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For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father ,
saying ,
If I bring him not unto thee ,
then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever .
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Now therefore ,
I pray thee ,
let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord ;
and let the lad go up with his brethren .
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For how shall I go up to my father ,
and the lad be not with me ?
lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father .
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Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him ;
and he cried ,
Cause every man to go out from me .
And there stood no man with him ,
while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren .
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And he wept aloud :
and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard .
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And Joseph said unto his brethren ,
I am Joseph ;
doth my father yet live ?
And his brethren could not answer him ;
for they were troubled at his presence .
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And Joseph said unto his brethren ,
Come near to me ,
I pray you .
And they came near .
And he said ,
I am Joseph your brother ,
whom ye sold into Egypt .
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Now therefore be not grieved ,
nor angry with yourselves ,
that ye sold me hither :
for God did send me before you to preserve life .
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For these two years hath the famine been in the land :
and yet there are five years ,
in the which there shall neither be earing nor harvest .
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And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth ,
and to save your lives by a great deliverance .
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So now it was not you that sent me hither ,
but God :
and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh ,
and lord of all his house ,
and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt .
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Haste ye ,
and go up to my father ,
and say unto him ,
Thus saith thy son Joseph ,
God hath made me lord of all Egypt :
come down unto me ,
tarry not :
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And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen ,
and thou shalt be near unto me ,
thou ,
and thy children ,
and thy children '
s children ,
and thy flocks ,
and thy herds ,
and all that thou hast :
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And there will I nourish thee ;
for yet there are five years of famine ;
lest thou ,
and thy household ,
and all that thou hast ,
come to poverty .
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And ,
behold ,
your eyes see ,
and the eyes of my brother Benjamin ,
that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you .
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And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt ,
and of all that ye have seen ;
and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither .
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And he fell upon his brother Benjamin '
s neck ,
and wept ;
and Benjamin wept upon his neck .
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Moreover he kissed all his brethren ,
and wept upon them :
and after that his brethren talked with him .
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And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh '
s house ,
saying ,
Joseph '
s brethren are come :
and it pleased Pharaoh well ,
and his servants .
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph ,
Say unto thy brethren ,
This do ye ;
lade your beasts ,
and go ,
get you unto the land of Canaan ;
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And take your father and your households ,
and come unto me :
and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt ,
and ye shall eat the fat of the land .
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Now thou art commanded ,
this do ye ;
take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones ,
and for your wives ,
and bring your father ,
and come .
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Also regard not your stuff ;
for the good of all the land of Egypt is yours .
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And the children of Israel did so :
and Joseph gave them wagons ,
according to the commandment of Pharaoh ,
and gave them provision for the way .
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To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment ;
but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver ,
and five changes of raiment .
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And to his father he sent after this manner ;
ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt ,
and ten she asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way .
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So he sent his brethren away ,
and they departed :
and he said unto them ,
See that ye fall not out by the way .
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And they went up out of Egypt ,
and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father ,
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And told him ,
saying ,
Joseph is yet alive ,
and he is governor over all the land of Egypt .
And Jacob '
s heart fainted ,
for he believed them not .
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And they told him all the words of Joseph ,
which he had said unto them :
and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him ,
the spirit of Jacob their father revived :
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And Israel said ,
It is enough ;
Joseph my son is yet alive :
I will go and see him before I die .
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And Israel took his journey with all that he had ,
and came to Beersheba ,
and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac .