42:1 Now when Jacob 3290 saw 7200 8799 that there was 3426 corn 7668 in Egypt 4714, Jacob 3290 said 559 8799 unto his sons 1121, Why do ye look 7200 8691 one upon another?

42:2 And he said 559 8799, Behold, I have heard 8085 8804 that there is 3426 corn 7668 in Egypt 4714: get you down 3381 8798 thither, and buy 7666 8798 for us from thence; that we may live 2421 8799, and not die 4191 8799.

42:3 And Joseph's 3130 ten 6235 brethren 251 went down 3381 8799 to buy 7666 8800 corn 1250 in Egypt 4714.

42:4 But Benjamin 1144, Joseph's 3130 brother 251, Jacob 3290 sent 7971 8804 not with his brethren 251; for he said 559 8804, Lest peradventure 6435 mischief 611 befall him 7122 8799.

42:5 And the sons 1121 of Israel 3478 came 935 8799 to buy 7666 8800 [corn] among 8432 those that came 935 8802: for the famine 7458 was in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.

42:6 And Joseph 3130 [was] the governor 7989 over the land 776, [and] he [it was] that sold 7666 8688 to all the people 5971 of the land 776: and Joseph's 3130 brethren 251 came 935 8799, and bowed down 7812 8691 themselves before him [with] their faces 639 to the earth 776.

42:7 And Joseph 3130 saw 7200 8799 his brethren 251, and he knew 5234 8686 them, but made himself strange 5234 8691 unto them, and spake 1696 8762 roughly 7186 unto them; and he said 559 8799 unto them, Whence 370 come 935 8804 ye? And they said 559 8799, From the land 776 of Canaan 3667 to buy 7666 8800 food 400.(roughly…: Heb. hard things with them)

42:8 And Joseph 3130 knew 5234 8686 his brethren 251, but they knew 5234 8689 not him.

42:9 And Joseph 3130 remembered 2142 8799 the dreams 2472 which he dreamed 2492 8804 of them, and said 559 8799 unto them, Ye [are] spies 7270 8764; to see 7200 8800 the nakedness 6172 of the land 776 ye are come 935 8804.

42:10 And they said 559 8799 unto him, Nay, my lord 113, but to buy 7666 8800 food 400 are thy servants 5650 come 935 8804.

42:11 We 5168 [are] all one 259 man's 376 sons 1121; we [are] true 3651 [men], thy servants 5650 are no spies 7270 8764.

42:12 And he said 559 8799 unto them, Nay, but to see 7200 8800 the nakedness 6172 of the land 776 ye are come 935 8804.

42:13 And they said 559 8799, Thy servants 5650 [are] twelve 8147 6240 brethren 251, the sons 1121 of one 259 man 376 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667; and, behold, the youngest 6996 [is] this day 3117 with our father 1, and one 259 [is] not.

42:14 And Joseph 3130 said 559 8799 unto them, That [is it] that I spake 1696 8765 unto you, saying 559 8800, Ye [are] spies 7270 8764:

42:15 Hereby 2063 ye shall be proved 974 8735: By the life 2416 of Pharaoh 6547 ye shall not go forth 3318 8799 hence, except your youngest 6996 brother 251 come 935 8800 hither.

42:16 Send 7971 8798 one 259 of you, and let him fetch 3947 8799 your brother 251, and ye shall be kept in prison 631 8734, that your words 1697 may be proved 974 8735, whether [there be any] truth 571 in 854 you: or else 3808 by the life 2416 of Pharaoh 6547 surely ye [are] spies 7270 8764.(kept…: Heb. bound)

42:17 And he put them all together 622 8799 into ward 4929 three 7969 days 3117.(put: Heb. gathered)

42:18 And Joseph 3130 said 559 8799 unto them the third 7992 day 3117, This do 6213 8798, and live 2421 8798; [for] I fear 3373 God 430:

42:19 If ye [be] true 3651 [men], let one 259 of your brethren 251 be bound 631 8735 in the house 1004 of your prison 4929: go 3212 8798 ye, carry 935 8685 corn 7668 for the famine 7459 of your houses 1004:

42:20 But bring 935 8686 your youngest 6996 brother 251 unto me; so shall your words 1697 be verified 539 8735, and ye shall not die 4191 8799. And they did 6213 8799 so.

42:21 And they said 559 8799 one 376 to another 251, We [are] verily 61 guilty 818 concerning our brother 251, in that 834 we saw 7200 8804 the anguish 6869 of his soul 5315, when he besought 2603 8692 us, and we would not hear 8085 8804; therefore is this distress 6869 come 935 8804 upon us.

42:22 And Reuben 7205 answered 6030 8799 them, saying 559 8800, Spake I 559 8804 not unto you, saying 559 8800, Do not sin 2398 8799 against the child 3206; and ye would not hear 8085 8804? therefore, behold, also his blood 1818 is required 1875 8738.

42:23 And they knew 3045 8804 not that Joseph 3130 understood 8085 8802 [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter 3887 8688.(he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them)

42:24 And he turned himself about 5437 8735 from them, and wept 1058 8799; and returned to them again 7725 8799, and communed 1696 8762 with them, and took 3947 8799 from them Simeon 8095, and bound 631 8799 him before their eyes 5869.

42:25 Then Joseph 3130 commanded 6680 8762 to fill 4390 8762 their sacks 3627 with corn 1250, and to restore 7725 8687 every man's 376 money 3701 into his sack 8242, and to give 5414 8800 them provision 6720 for the way 1870: and thus 3651 did he 6213 8799 unto them.

42:26 And they laded 5375 8799 their asses 2543 with the corn 7668, and departed 3212 8799 thence.

42:27 And as one 259 of them opened 6605 8799 his sack 8242 to give 5414 8800 his ass 2543 provender 4554 in the inn 4411, he espied 7200 8799 his money 3701; for, behold, it [was] in his sack's 572 mouth 6310.

42:28 And he said 559 8799 unto his brethren 251, My money 3701 is restored 7725 8717; and, lo 2009, [it is] even in my sack 572: and their heart 3820 failed 3318 8799 [them], and they were afraid 2729 8799, saying 559 8800 one 376 to another 251, What [is] this [that] God 430 hath done 6213 8804 unto us?(failed…: Heb. went forth)

42:29 And they came 935 8799 unto Jacob 3290 their father 1 unto the land 776 of Canaan 3667, and told 5046 8686 him all that befell 7136 8802 unto them; saying 559 8800,

42:30 The man 376, [who is] the lord 113 of the land 776, spake 1696 8765 roughly 7186 to us, and took 5414 8799 us for spies 7270 8764 of the country 776.(roughly…: Heb. with us hard things)

42:31 And we said 559 8799 unto him, We [are] true 3651 [men]; we are no spies 7270 8764:

42:32 We [be] twelve 6240 8147 brethren 251, sons 1121 of our father 1; one 259 [is] not, and the youngest 6996 [is] this day 3117 with our father 1 in the land 776 of Canaan 3667.

42:33 And the man 376, the lord 113 of the country 776, said 559 8799 unto us, Hereby shall I know 3045 8799 that ye [are] true 3651 [men]; leave 3240 8685 one 259 of your brethren 251 [here] with me, and take 3947 8798 [food for] the famine 7459 of your households 1004, and be gone 3212 8798:

42:34 And bring 935 8685 your youngest 6996 brother 251 unto me: then shall I know 3045 8799 that ye [are] no spies 7270 8764, but [that] ye [are] true 3651 [men: so] will I deliver 5414 8799 you your brother 251, and ye shall traffick 5503 8799 in the land 776.

42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied 7324 8688 their sacks 8242, that, behold, every man's 376 bundle 6872 of money 3701 [was] in his sack 8242: and when [both] they and their father 1 saw 7200 8799 the bundles 6872 of money 3701, they were afraid 3372 8799.

42:36 And Jacob 3290 their father 1 said 559 8799 unto them, Me have ye bereaved 7921 8765 [of my children]: Joseph 3130 [is] not, and Simeon 8095 [is] not, and ye will take 3947 8799 Benjamin 1144 [away]: all these things are against me.

42:37 And Reuben 7205 spake 559 8799 unto his father 1, saying 559 8800, Slay 4191 8686 my two 8147 sons 1121, if I bring 935 8686 him not to thee: deliver 5414 8798 him into my hand 3027, and I will bring him to thee again 7725 8686.

42:38 And he said 559 8799, My son 1121 shall not go down 3381 8799 with you; for his brother 251 is dead 4191 8804, and he is left 7604 8738 alone: if mischief 611 befall 7122 8804 him by the way 1870 in the which ye go 3212 8799, then shall ye bring down 3381 8689 my gray hairs 7872 with sorrow 3015 to the grave 7585.

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