Genesis 42 Parallel Bible

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	BISHOPS Bishops' Bible of 1568	ESV English Standard Version	NIV New International Version
1	And Iacob seing that there was corne in Egypt, sayde vnto his sonnes: why gape ye one vpon another?	When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”	When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
2	And he said: behold, I haue hearde that there is corne in Egypt: get you downe thyther, and bye vs corne from thence, that we may liue, and not dye.	And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”	He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
3	So went Iosephes ten brethren downe to bye corne in Egypt.	So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.	Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
4	But Beniamin Iosephes brother, woulde not Iacob sende with his other brethren: for he saide, lest peraduenture destruction come vpon hym.	But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.	But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
5	And the sonnes of Irael came to bye corne among other that came: for there was dearth in the lande of Chanaan.	Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.	So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.
6	And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande, and solde to all the people of the lande. And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him.	Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.	Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
7	When Ioseph sawe his brethren, he knewe them, and made hym selfe straunge vnto them, & spake roughly vnto them, saying: Whence come ye? They aunswered, out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle.	Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”	As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”
8	And Ioseph knewe his brethren, but they knewe not him.	And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.	Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9	And Ioseph remembred his dreames whiche he dreamed of them, and sayde vnto them: ye are spyes, and to see where the lande is weake, is your commyng.	And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”	Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
10	And they sayde vnto hym: nay my Lord, but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come.	They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.	“No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.
11	We are all one mans sonnes, and meane truely, and thy seruauntes are no spyes.	We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”	We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
12	And he sayde vnto them agayne: nay but euen to see where the lande is weake, is your comming.	He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.”	“No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
13	And they said: we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren, the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan, and beholde, the youngest is this day with our father, & one, no man woteth where he is.	And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”	But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
14	And Ioseph saide vnto them: that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd, ye are spyes.	But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies.	Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!
15	Hereby ye shalbe proued: by the lyfe of Pharao, ye shall not go hence, except your youngest brother come hither.	By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.	And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16	Sende out one of you, whiche may fet your brother, and ye shalbe kept in pryson, that your wordes may be proued whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the lyfe of Pharao, ye are but spyes.	Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”	Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!”
17	And he put them altogether in warde three dayes.	And he put them all together in custody for three days.	And he put them all in custody for three days.
18	And Ioseph said vnto them the thirde day: this do & liue, for I feare God.	On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:	On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
19	If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson: and go ye, carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde.	if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,	If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.
20	But bryng your youngest brother vnto me, and so shal your wordes be tryed true, and ye shall not dye: & they dyd so.	and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.	But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.
21	And one sayde to another: we haue veryly sinned agaynst our brother, in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule, when he besought vs, and we woulde not heare him: and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs.	Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”	They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress has come on us.”
22	And Ruben aunswered them, saying: sayd I not vnto you, that you shoulde not sinne against the lad, and ye would not heare? and see, nowe his blood is required.	And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”	Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood.”
23	They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them: for he spake vnto them by an interpreter.	They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.	They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.
24	And he turned from them and wept: and turned to them agayne, and communed with them, and toke out Simeon from amongest them, and bounde him before theyr eyes.	Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.	He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.
25	And Ioseph commaunded to fill their sackes with corne, & to put euery mans money in his sacke, and to geue them vitayle to spende by the way? and thus dyd he vnto them.	And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.	Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man’s silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them,
26	And they laded theyr asses with the corne, and departed thence.	Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.	they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
27	And as one of them opened his sacke for to geue his asse prouender in the Inne, he espied his money, for it was in his sackes mouth.	And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.	At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.
28	And he said vnto his brethren, my money is restored me agayne, for lo, it is euen in my sacke. And their heart fayled them, and they were astonyed, and sayd one to another, why hath God dealt thus with vs?	He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”	“My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.” Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29	And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the lande of Chanaan, & tolde him all that befell vnto them, saying:	When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,	When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said,
30	The man, euen the Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and toke vs for spyes of the countrey.	“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.	“The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land.
31	And we sayd vnto him: we meane truely, we neuer were spyes.	But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.	But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
32	We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is away, and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan.	We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’	We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’
33	And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs, Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode to put away the famine fro your householdes, and get you away.	Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.	“Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.
34	And bring your youngest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that you are no spyes, but meane truely: so wyll I deliuer you your brother, and ye shall occupie in the lande.	Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”	But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’”
35	And as they emptied theyr sackes, beholde, euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke: And when both they and their father sawe the bundelles of money, they were afrayde.	As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.	As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.
36	And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them: Me haue ye robbed of my children, Ioseph is away, and Simeon is away, & ye will take Beniamin away: all these thinges are agaynst me.	And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”	Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”
37	Ruben said vnto his father: slay my two sonnes, yf I bring hym not to thee agayne: deliuer him to my hande, and I will bring him to thee agayne.	Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”	Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.”
38	And he said: My sonne shall not go downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go, ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue.	But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”	But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow.”
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