1 Now when Jacob * h3290 saw * h7200 h8799 that there was * h3426 corn * h7668 in Egypt * h4714, Jacob * h3290 said * h559 h8799 unto his sons * h1121, Why do ye look * h7200 h8691 one upon another?
2 And he said * h559 h8799, Behold, I have heard * h8085 h8804 that there is * h3426 corn * h7668 in Egypt * h4714: get you down * h3381 h8798 thither, and buy * h7666 h8798 for us from thence; that we may live * h2421 h8799, and not die * h4191 h8799.
3 And Joseph's * h3130 ten * h6235 brethren * h251 went down * h3381 h8799 to buy * h7666 h8800 corn * h1250 in Egypt * h4714.
4 But Benjamin * h1144, Joseph's * h3130 brother * h251, Jacob * h3290 sent * h7971 h8804 not with his brethren * h251; for he said * h559 h8804, Lest peradventure * h6435 mischief * h611 befall him * h7122 h8799.
5 And the sons * h1121 of Israel * h3478 came * h935 h8799 to buy * h7666 h8800 corn among * h8432 those that came * h935 h8802: for the famine * h7458 was in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667.
6 And Joseph * h3130 was the governor * h7989 over the land * h776, and he it was that sold * h7666 h8688 to all the people * h5971 of the land * h776: and Joseph's * h3130 brethren * h251 came * h935 h8799, and bowed down * h7812 h8691 themselves before him with their faces * h639 to the earth * h776.
7 And Joseph * h3130 saw * h7200 h8799 his brethren * h251, and he knew * h5234 h8686 them, but made himself strange * h5234 h8691 unto them, and spake * h1696 h8762 roughly * h7186 unto them; and he said * h559 h8799 unto them, Whence * h370 come * h935 h8804 ye? And they said * h559 h8799, From the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667 to buy * h7666 h8800 food * h400. roughly...: Heb. hard things with them
8 And Joseph * h3130 knew * h5234 h8686 his brethren * h251, but they knew * h5234 h8689 not him.
9 And Joseph * h3130 remembered * h2142 h8799 the dreams * h2472 which he dreamed * h2492 h8804 of them, and said * h559 h8799 unto them, Ye are spies * h7270 h8764; to see * h7200 h8800 the nakedness * h6172 of the land * h776 ye are come * h935 h8804.
10 And they said * h559 h8799 unto him, Nay, my lord * h113, but to buy * h7666 h8800 food * h400 are thy servants * h5650 come * h935 h8804.
11 We * h5168 are all one * h259 man's * h376 sons * h1121; we are true * h3651 men , thy servants * h5650 are no spies * h7270 h8764.
12 And he said * h559 h8799 unto them, Nay, but to see * h7200 h8800 the nakedness * h6172 of the land * h776 ye are come * h935 h8804.
13 And they said * h559 h8799, Thy servants * h5650 are twelve * h8147 * h6240 brethren * h251, the sons * h1121 of one * h259 man * h376 in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667; and, behold, the youngest * h6996 is this day * h3117 with our father * h1, and one * h259 is not.
14 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto them, That is it that I spake * h1696 h8765 unto you, saying * h559 h8800, Ye are spies * h7270 h8764:
15 Hereby * h2063 ye shall be proved * h974 h8735: By the life * h2416 of Pharaoh * h6547 ye shall not go forth * h3318 h8799 hence, except your youngest * h6996 brother * h251 come * h935 h8800 hither.
16 Send * h7971 h8798 one * h259 of you, and let him fetch * h3947 h8799 your brother * h251, and ye shall be kept in prison * h631 h8734, that your words * h1697 may be proved * h974 h8735, whether there be any truth * h571 in * h854 you: or else * h3808 by the life * h2416 of Pharaoh * h6547 surely ye are spies * h7270 h8764. kept...: Heb. bound
17 And he put them all together * h622 h8799 into ward * h4929 three * h7969 days * h3117. put: Heb. gathered
18 And Joseph * h3130 said * h559 h8799 unto them the third * h7992 day * h3117, This do * h6213 h8798, and live * h2421 h8798; for I fear * h3373 God * h430:
19 If ye be true * h3651 men , let one * h259 of your brethren * h251 be bound * h631 h8735 in the house * h1004 of your prison * h4929: go * h3212 h8798 ye, carry * h935 h8685 corn * h7668 for the famine * h7459 of your houses * h1004:
20 But bring * h935 h8686 your youngest * h6996 brother * h251 unto me; so shall your words * h1697 be verified * h539 h8735, and ye shall not die * h4191 h8799. And they did * h6213 h8799 so.
21 And they said * h559 h8799 one * h376 to another * h251, We are verily * h61 guilty * h818 concerning our brother * h251, in that * h834 we saw * h7200 h8804 the anguish * h6869 of his soul * h5315, when he besought * h2603 h8692 us, and we would not hear * h8085 h8804; therefore is this distress * h6869 come * h935 h8804 upon us.
22 And Reuben * h7205 answered * h6030 h8799 them, saying * h559 h8800, Spake I * h559 h8804 not unto you, saying * h559 h8800, Do not sin * h2398 h8799 against the child * h3206; and ye would not hear * h8085 h8804? therefore, behold, also his blood * h1818 is required * h1875 h8738.
23 And they knew * h3045 h8804 not that Joseph * h3130 understood * h8085 h8802 them ; for he spake unto them by an interpreter * h3887 h8688. he spake...: Heb. an interpreter was between them
24 And he turned himself about * h5437 h8735 from them, and wept * h1058 h8799; and returned to them again * h7725 h8799, and communed * h1696 h8762 with them, and took * h3947 h8799 from them Simeon * h8095, and bound * h631 h8799 him before their eyes * h5869.
25 Then Joseph * h3130 commanded * h6680 h8762 to fill * h4390 h8762 their sacks * h3627 with corn * h1250, and to restore * h7725 h8687 every man's * h376 money * h3701 into his sack * h8242, and to give * h5414 h8800 them provision * h6720 for the way * h1870: and thus * h3651 did he * h6213 h8799 unto them.
26 And they laded * h5375 h8799 their asses * h2543 with the corn * h7668, and departed * h3212 h8799 thence.
27 And as one * h259 of them opened * h6605 h8799 his sack * h8242 to give * h5414 h8800 his ass * h2543 provender * h4554 in the inn * h4411, he espied * h7200 h8799 his money * h3701; for, behold, it was in his sack's * h572 mouth * h6310.
28 And he said * h559 h8799 unto his brethren * h251, My money * h3701 is restored * h7725 h8717; and, lo * h2009, it is even in my sack * h572: and their heart * h3820 failed * h3318 h8799 them , and they were afraid * h2729 h8799, saying * h559 h8800 one * h376 to another * h251, What is this that God * h430 hath done * h6213 h8804 unto us? failed...: Heb. went forth
29 And they came * h935 h8799 unto Jacob * h3290 their father * h1 unto the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667, and told * h5046 h8686 him all that befell * h7136 h8802 unto them; saying * h559 h8800,
30 The man * h376, who is the lord * h113 of the land * h776, spake * h1696 h8765 roughly * h7186 to us, and took * h5414 h8799 us for spies * h7270 h8764 of the country * h776. roughly...: Heb. with us hard things
31 And we said * h559 h8799 unto him, We are true * h3651 men ; we are no spies * h7270 h8764:
32 We be twelve * h6240 * h8147 brethren * h251, sons * h1121 of our father * h1; one * h259 is not, and the youngest * h6996 is this day * h3117 with our father * h1 in the land * h776 of Canaan * h3667.
33 And the man * h376, the lord * h113 of the country * h776, said * h559 h8799 unto us, Hereby shall I know * h3045 h8799 that ye are true * h3651 men ; leave * h3240 h8685 one * h259 of your brethren * h251 here with me, and take * h3947 h8798 food for the famine * h7459 of your households * h1004, and be gone * h3212 h8798:
34 And bring * h935 h8685 your youngest * h6996 brother * h251 unto me: then shall I know * h3045 h8799 that ye are no spies * h7270 h8764, but that ye are true * h3651 men: so will I deliver * h5414 h8799 you your brother * h251, and ye shall traffick * h5503 h8799 in the land * h776.
35 And it came to pass as they emptied * h7324 h8688 their sacks * h8242, that, behold, every man's * h376 bundle * h6872 of money * h3701 was in his sack * h8242: and when both they and their father * h1 saw * h7200 h8799 the bundles * h6872 of money * h3701, they were afraid * h3372 h8799.
36 And Jacob * h3290 their father * h1 said * h559 h8799 unto them, Me have ye bereaved * h7921 h8765 of my children : Joseph * h3130 is not, and Simeon * h8095 is not, and ye will take * h3947 h8799 Benjamin * h1144 away : all these things are against me.
37 And Reuben * h7205 spake * h559 h8799 unto his father * h1, saying * h559 h8800, Slay * h4191 h8686 my two * h8147 sons * h1121, if I bring * h935 h8686 him not to thee: deliver * h5414 h8798 him into my hand * h3027, and I will bring him to thee again * h7725 h8686.
38 And he said * h559 h8799, My son * h1121 shall not go down * h3381 h8799 with you; for his brother * h251 is dead * h4191 h8804, and he is left * h7604 h8738 alone: if mischief * h611 befall * h7122 h8804 him by the way * h1870 in the which ye go * h3212 h8799, then shall ye bring down * h3381 h8689 my gray hairs * h7872 with sorrow * h3015 to the grave * h7585.