Genesis 43 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And the derth waxed sore in the lande. Now the famine was severe in the land. Now the famine was still severe in the land.
2 And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them: goo agayne and by vs a litle food. And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.” So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
3 Than sayde Iuda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’ But Judah said to him, “The man warned us solemnly, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’
4 Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food. If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food. If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.
5 But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo: for the man sayde vnto vs: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’” But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, ‘You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.’”
6 And Israell sayde: wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother? Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?” Israel asked, “Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?”
7 And they sayde: The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge: is youre father yet alyue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes. How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs? They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?” They replied, “The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. ‘Is your father still living?’ he asked us. ‘Do you have another brother?’ We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, ‘Bring your brother down here’?”
8 Than sayde Iuda vnto Israell his father: Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye: both we thou and also oure childern. And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones. Then Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.
9 I wilbe suertie for him and of my handes requyre him. Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer. I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever. I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.
10 For except we had made this tarieg: by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne. If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.” As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.”
11 Than their father Israel sayde vnto the Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes. Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds. Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.
12 And take as moch money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouersyghte. Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight. Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
13 Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man. Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man. Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.
14 And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also Be Iamin and I wilbe as a ma robbed of his childern. May God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, and may he send back your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.” And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.”
15 Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Iamin. And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Ioseph. So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.
16 When Ioseph sawe Ben Iamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house: brynge these men home and sley and make redie: for they shall dyne with me at none. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.” When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.”
17 And the man dyd as Ioseph bad and brought them in to Iosephs house. The man did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house. The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph’s house.
18 When they were brought to Iosephs house they were afrayde ad sayde: be cause of the money yt came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs and to laye some thinge to oure charge: to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also. And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.” Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.”
19 Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Iosephs house and comened with him at the doore So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house, So they went up to Joseph’s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.
20 and sayde:Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food. “We beg your pardon, our lord,” they said, “we came down here the first time to buy food.
21 and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes: beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte: But we haue broght it agene with us And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us, But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.
22 and other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes. and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.” We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don’t know who put our silver in our sacks.”
23 And he sayde: be of good chere feare not: Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them He replied, “Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them. “It’s all right,” he said. “Don’t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24 ad led the into Iosephs house and gaue the water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender: And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder, The steward took the men into Joseph’s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys.
25 And they made redie their present agaynst Ioseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there. they prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there. They prepared their gifts for Joseph’s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.
26 When Ioseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes ad fell flat on the grounde befor him. When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground. When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.
27 And he welcomed the curteously sainge: is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health? and is he yet alyue? And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?” He asked them how they were, and then he said, “How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?”
28 they answered: thy servaunte oure father is in good health ad is yet alyue. And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde. They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves. They replied, “Your servant our father is still alive and well.” And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.
29 And he lyfte vp his eyes and behelde his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and sayde: is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me? And sayde: God be mercyfull vnto ye my sonne. And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!” As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother’s son, he asked, “Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?” And he said, “God be gracious to you, my son.”
30 And Ioseph made hast (for his hert dyd melt apon his brother) and soughte for to wepe and entred in to his chambre for to wepe there. Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there. Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.
31 And he wasshed his face and came out and refrayned himselfe and bad sett bread on the table Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.” After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, “Serve the food.”
32 And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians. They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians.
33 And they satt before him: the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth. And the men marveled amonge them selves. And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement. The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.
34 And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him: but Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs. And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him. Portions were taken to them from Joseph’s table, but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him. When portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as anyone else’s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.
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