Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
1Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do youp look one upon another?
2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get youp down there, and buy for us from that place; that we may live, and not die.
3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest perhaps mischief befall him. harm should
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 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.
7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Where come youp? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food. harshly
8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Youp are spies; to see the nakedness of the land youp are come. unprotected parts
10And they said to him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come.
11We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies.
12And he said to them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land youp are come.
13And they said, Your 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.
14And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to youp, saying, Youp are spies:
15Hereby youp shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh youp shall not go forth from here, except yourp youngest brother come here.
16Send one of youp, and let him bring yourp brother, and youp shall be kept in prison, that yourp words may be proved, whether there be any truth in youp: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely youp are spies.
17And he put them all together into ward three days. confinement
18And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God.
19If youp be true men, let one of yourp brethren be bound in the house of yourp prison: go youp, carry corn for the famine of yourp houses:
20But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall yourp words be verified, and youp shall not die. And they did so.
21And 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. truly; pleaded with
22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to youp, saying, Do not sin against the child; and youp would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. boy
23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an 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.
The Brothers Return to Canaan
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 to them.
26And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed from there. loaded
27And 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. feed; saw
28And he said to 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 has done to us? behold
29And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell to them; saying,
30The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that youp are true men; leave one of yourp brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of yourp house-holds, and be gone:
34And bring yourp youngest brother to me: then shall I know that youp are no spies, but that youp are true men: so will I deliver youp your brother, and youp shall traffic in the land. trade
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 to them, me have youp bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and youp will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me. deprived
37And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again.
38And he said, My son shall not go down with youp; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which youp go, then shall youp bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
