Genesis 43:16–34

¹⁶and Joseph seeth Benjamin with them, and saith to him who is over his house, ‘Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for with me do the men eat at noon.’ ¹⁷And the man doth as Joseph hath said, and the man bringeth in the men into the house of Joseph, ¹⁸and the men are afraid because they have been brought into the house of Joseph, and they say, ‘For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the commencement are we brought in—to roll himself upon us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants—our asses also.’ ¹⁹And they come nigh unto the man who is over the house of Joseph, and speak unto him at the opening of the house, ²⁰and say, ‘O, my lord, we really come down at the commencement to buy food; ²¹and it cometh to pass, when we have come in unto the lodging-place, and open our bags, that lo, each one’s money is in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand; ²²and other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food; we have not known who put our money in our bags.’ ²³And he saith, ‘Peace to you, fear not: your God and the God of your father hath given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came unto me;’ and he bringeth out Simeon unto them. ²⁴And the man bringeth in the men into Joseph’s house, and giveth water, and they wash their feet; and he giveth provender for their asses, ²⁵and they prepare the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they have heard that there they do eat bread.

²⁶And Joseph cometh into the house, and they bring to him the present which is in their hand, into the house, and bow themselves to him, to the earth; ²⁷and he asketh of them of peace, and saith, ‘Is your father well? the aged man of whom ye have spoken, is he yet alive?’ ²⁸and they say, ‘Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive;’ and they bow, and do obeisance. ²⁹And he lifteth up his eyes, and seeth Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and saith, ‘Is this your young brother, of whom ye have spoken unto me?’ and he saith, ‘God favour thee, my son.’ ³⁰And Joseph hasteth, for his bowels have been moved for his brother, and he seeketh to weep, and entereth the inner chamber, and weepeth there; ³¹and he washeth his face, and goeth out, and refraineth himself, and saith, ‘Place bread.’ ³²And they place for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who are eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians are unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it is an abomination to the Egyptians. ³³And they sit before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wonder one at another; ³⁴and he lifteth up gifts from before him unto them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them; and they drink, yea, they drink abundantly with him.

Chapter 44