Now when Jacob saw
that there was
corn
in Egypt
, Jacob
said
unto his sons
, Why do ye look
one upon another?
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
.
And Joseph's ten
brethren
went down
to buy
corn
in Egypt
.
But Benjamin, Joseph's
brother
, Jacob
sent
not with his brethren
; for he said
, Lest peradventure
mischief
befall him
.
And the sons of Israel
came
to buy
corn among
those that came
: for the famine
was in the land
of Canaan
.
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
.
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
.
And Joseph knew
his brethren
, but they knew
not him.
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
.
And they said unto him, Nay, my lord
, but to buy
food
are thy servants
come
.
We are all one
man's
sons
; we are true
men , thy servants
are no spies
.
And he said unto them, Nay, but to see
the nakedness
of the land
ye are come
.
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.
And Joseph said
unto them, That is it that I spake
unto you, saying
, Ye are spies
:
Hereby ye shall be proved
: By the life
of Pharaoh
ye shall not go forth
hence, except your youngest
brother
come
hither.
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
.
And he put them all together into ward
three
days
.
And Joseph said
unto them the third
day
, This do
, and live
; for I fear
God
:
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
:
But bring your youngest
brother
unto me; so shall your words
be verified
, and ye shall not die
. And they did
so.
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.
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
.
And they knew not that Joseph
understood
them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter
.
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
.
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.
And they laded their asses
with the corn
, and departed
thence.
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
.
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?
And they came unto Jacob
their father
unto the land
of Canaan
, and told
him all that befell
unto them; saying
,
The man, who is the lord
of the land
, spake
roughly
to us, and took
us for spies
of the country
.
And we said unto him, We are true
men ; we are no spies
:
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
.
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
:
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
.
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
.
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.
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
.
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
.