Chapter 42 of Genesis

Genesis

01:042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

01:042:002 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.

01:042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

01:042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

01:042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came:
for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

01:042:006 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.

01:042:007 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.

01:042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

01:042:009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and
said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land
ye are come.

01:042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy
servants come.

01:042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are
no spies.

01:042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come.

01:042:013 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.

01:042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:

01:042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not
go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

01:042:016 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.

01:042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days.

01:042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I fear God:

01:042:019 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:

01:042:020 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words
be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

01:042:021 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.

01:042:022 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.

01:042:023 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake
unto them by an interpreter.

01:042:024 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.

01:042:025 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.

01:042:026 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

01:042:027 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.

01:042:028 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?

01:042:029 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan,
and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

01:042:030 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and
took us for spies of the country.

01:042:031 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

01:042:032 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.

01:042:033 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:

01:042:034 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.

01:042:035 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.

01:042:036 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.

01:042:037 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.

01:042:038 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.

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