Genesis 42

Now when ^aJacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? ²And 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 ^blive, and not die. ³And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. ⁴But Benjamin, ^cJoseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, ^dLest peradventure mischief befall him. ⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. ⁶And Joseph was the governor ^eover the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brethren came, and ^fbowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth. ⁷And 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. ⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. ⁹And Joseph ^gremembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are ^hspies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come. ¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. ¹¹We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies. ¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come. ¹³And 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 ⁱis not. ¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: ¹⁵hereby ye shall be proved: ^kBy the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. ¹⁶Send 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. ¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days. ¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; ^lfor I fear God: ¹⁹if 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: ²⁰but ^mbring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. ²¹And they said one to another, ⁿWe 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. ²²And Reuben answered them, saying, ^oSpake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is ^prequired. ²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by ^qan interpreter. ²⁴And 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. ²⁵Then 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.

²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. ²⁷And as ^rone of them opened his sack to give his ass provender ^sin the inn, he espied his money; for behold, it was in his sack’s mouth. ²⁸And 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? ²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, ³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. ³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: ³²we be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one ^tis not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. ³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, ^uHereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take ^xfood for the famine of your households, and be gone: ³⁴and 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 ^ytraffick in the land. ³⁵And 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. ³⁶And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye ^zbereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. ³⁷And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay ^amy two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. ³⁸And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his ^bbrother is dead, and he is left alone: if ^cmischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye ^dbring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

XLIII.