1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto
his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 And he said, Behold, I
have heard that there is corn in Egypt:get you down thither, and buy for
us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
3
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But
Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he
said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6
And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to
all the people of the land:and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down
themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
7
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange
unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence
come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them,
(Genesis 37 ... 5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren:and they hated him yet the more. 6 And he said unto them, Hear, I pray you, this dream which I have dreamed:7
For, behold, we were binding sheaves in the field, and, lo, my sheaf
arose, and also stood upright; and, behold, your sheaves stood round
about, and made obeisance to my sheaf. 8 And his brethren said to him,
Shalt thou indeed reign over us? or shalt thou indeed have dominion over
us? And they hated him yet the more for his dreams, and for his words.
9 And he dreamed yet another dream,
and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream
more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made
obeisance to me. 10 And he told it to his father, and to his
brethren:and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this
dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren
indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth? 11 And his
brethren envied him; but his father observed the saying.)
and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
10
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants
come. 11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no
spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come. 13 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren,
the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is
this day with our father, and one is not. 14 And Joseph said unto them,
That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:15 Hereby ye
shall be proved:By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be
kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any
truth in you:or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
17
And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said
unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:19 If ye be
true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your
prison:go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:20 But bring your
youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall
not die. And they did so.
21 And they said one to another, We
are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of
his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this
distress come upon us. 22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I
not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not
hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. 23 And they knew
not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an
interpreter. 24 And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and
returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them
Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore
every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the
way:and thus did he unto them.
26 And
they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 And as one
of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied
his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. 28 And he said unto
his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack:and
their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
29
And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told
him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of
the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31
And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:32 We be twelve
brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day
with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord of the
country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave
one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your
households, and be gone:34 And bring your youngest brother unto me:then
shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men:so will I
deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
35
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every
man's bundle of money was in his sack:and when both they and their
father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
36
And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my
children:Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin
away:all these things are against me.
37
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring
him not to thee:deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee
again.
38 And he said, My son shall not
go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone:if
mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring
down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
Genesis 43 ...
1
And the famine was sore in the land. 2 And it came to pass, when they
had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father
said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.
4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee
food:5 But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down:for the man
said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with
you.
6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7
And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our
kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye 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?
8
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we
will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and
also our little ones. 9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou
require him:if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then
let me bear the blame for ever:10 For except we had lingered, surely
now we had returned this second time.
11
And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this;
take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the
man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh,
nuts, and almonds:12 And take double money in your hand; and the money
that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in
your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:13 Take also your brother,
and arise, go again unto the man:14 And God Almighty give you mercy
before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin.
If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
15
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their
hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood
before Joseph.
16 And when Joseph saw
Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring these men
home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at
noon. 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men
into Joseph's house. 18 And the men were afraid, because they were
brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that
was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he
may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen,
and our asses. 19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,
and they communed with him at the door of the house, 20 And said, O sir,
we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:21 And it came to
pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold,
every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full
weight:and we have brought it again in our hand. 22 And other money have
we brought down in our hands to buy food:we cannot tell who put our
money in our sacks.
23 And he said,
Peace be to you, fear not:your God, and the God of your father, hath
given you treasure in your sacks:I had your money. And he brought Simeon
out unto them. 24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and
gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender. 25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at
noon:for they heard that they should eat bread there.
26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
28 And they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance.
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 ye spake unto me?
And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son. 30 And Joseph made
haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother:and he sought where to
weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed
his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
32
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for
the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:because the
Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.
33 And
they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the
youngest according to his youth:and the men marvelled one at another. 34
And he took and sent messes unto them from before him:but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.