Genesis 42
1. Now when Jacob saw * that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said * unto his sons, Why do ye look * one upon another?
2. And he said * , Behold, I have heard * that there is corn in Egypt: get you down * thither, and buy * for us from thence; that we may live * , and not die * .
3. And Joseph's ten brethren went down * to buy * corn in Egypt.
4. But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent * not with his brethren; for he said * , Lest peradventure mischief befall him * .
5. And the sons of Israel came * to buy * corn among those that came * : for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6. And 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.
7. And Joseph saw * his brethren,and he knew * them, but made himself strange * unto them, and spake * roughly unto them; and he said * unto them, Whence come * ye? And they said * , From the land of Canaan to buy * food.
8. And Joseph knew * his brethren,but they knew * not him.
9. And Joseph remembered * the dreams which he dreamed * of them, and said * unto them, Ye are spies * ; to see * the nakedness of the land ye are come * .
10. And they said * unto him, Nay, my lord,but to buy * food are thy servants come * .
11. We are all one man's sons;we are true men, thy servants are no spies * .
12. And he said * unto them, Nay, but to see * the nakedness of the land ye are come * .
13. And they said * , Thy 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.
14. And Joseph said * unto them, That is it that I spake * unto you, saying * , Ye are spies * :
15. Hereby ye shall be proved * : By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth * hence, except your youngest brother come * hither.
16. Send * one of you, and let him fetch * your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison * , that your words may be proved * , whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies * .
17. And he put them all together * into ward three days.
18. And Joseph said * unto them the third day, This do * , and live * ; for I fear God:
19. If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound * in the house of your prison: go * ye, carry * corn for the famine of your houses:
20. But bring * your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified * , and ye shall not die * . And they did * so.
21. And 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.
22. And Reuben answered * them, saying * , Spake I * not unto you, saying * , Do not sin * against the child; and ye would not hear * ? therefore, behold, also his blood is required * .
23. And they knew * not that Joseph understood * them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter * .
24. And 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.
25. Then 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 * unto them.
26. And they laded * their asses with the corn, and departed * thence.
27. And 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.
28. And he said * unto 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 hath done * unto us?
29. And they came * unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told * him all that befell * unto them; saying * ,
30. The man, who is the lord of the land,spake * roughly to us, and took * us for spies * of the country.
31. And we said * unto him, We are true men; we are no spies * :
32. We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33. And the man, the lord of the country,said * unto us, Hereby shall I know * that ye are true men; leave * one of your brethren here with me, and take * food for the famine of your households, and be gone * :
34. And bring * your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know * that ye are no spies * , but that ye are true men: so will I deliver * you your brother, and ye shall traffick * in the land.
35. And 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 * .
36. And Jacob their father said * unto them, Me have ye bereaved * of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take * Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
37. And Reuben spake * unto his father,saying * , Slay * my two sons, if I bring * him not to thee: deliver * him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again * .
38. And he said * , My son shall not go down * with you; for his brother is dead * , and he is left * alone: if mischief befall * him by the way in the which ye go * , then shall ye bring down * my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
