Genesis 43:24-34 ▼

24 And the man led them into Iosephes house, and gaue them water to washe their feete, & gaue their asses prouender.

25 And they made redy their present agaynst Ioseph came at noone: for they hearde say that they should eate bread there.

26 When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into the house to hym, whiche was in their handes, and bowed them selues to the grounde before him.

27 And he asked them of their welfare, and sayd: Is your father, that old man whiche ye tolde me of, in good health? and is he yet aliue?

28 They aunswered: Thy seruaunt our father is in good health, & is yet alyue. And they bowing them selues, made theyr obeysaunce.

29 And he lifting vp his eyes, behelde his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayd: is this your younger brother of whom ye spake vnto me? And he said: God be mercyfull vnto thee my sonne.

30 And Ioseph made haste (for his heart did melt vpon his brother) and sought where to weepe, and entred into his chaumber and wept there.

31 And he washed his face, and came out, and refrayned hym selfe, and sayde: set bread on the table.

32 And they prepared for hym by hym selfe, and for them by them selues, and for the Egyptians which dyd eate with him, by them selues, because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrewes: for that is an abhomination to the Egyptians.

33 And they satte before hym the first borne, according to his age, & the youngest according to his youth: and the men merueyled among them selues.

34 And he sent rewardes vnto them from before him selfe: but Beniamins part was fiue times so muche as any of theirs: and they dronke, and were made mery with him.