Genesis 42 Parallel Bible

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1	And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”	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	He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;	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	and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain 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	and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”	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 sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,	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 Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.	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	And Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp things with them, and says to them, “From where have you come?” And they say, “From the land of Canaan—to buy food.”	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 Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,	And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.	Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
9	and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”	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 say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;	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 of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;	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 says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;	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 say, “Your servants [are] twelve brothers; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the young one [is] with our father today, and one is not.”	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 Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,	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	by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;	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	send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not, [as] Pharaoh lives, surely you [are] spies”;	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 gathers them into confinement [for] three days.	And he put them all together in custody for three days.	And he put them all in custody for three days.
18	And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear 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 you [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of your houses,	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	and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do 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 they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”	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 Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And you did not listen; and his blood also, behold, it 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	And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;	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 turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Simeon from them, and binds him before their 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 Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels [with] grain, also to put back the money of each of them into his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one does to them so.	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 lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,	Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.	they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
27	and the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,	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 says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their heart goes out, and they tremble, to one another saying, “What [is] this God has done to us!”	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 come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting 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, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;	“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 say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,	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 [are] twelve brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one [is] today with our father in the land of Canaan.	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 man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go,	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 young brother to me, and I know that you [are] not spies, but you [are] right men; I give your brother to you, and you trade with the land.”	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 it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;	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 their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against 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	And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;	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 says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.”	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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Genesis 42 Parallel Bible Translations