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Now when
Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob
said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon
another?
02 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.
03 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to
buy corn in Egypt.
04 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob
sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest
peradventure mischief befall him.
05 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn
among those that came: for the famine was in the
land of Canaan.
06 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.
07 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.
08 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they
knew not him.
09 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.
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.
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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 traffic 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.
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