Genesis 42

CHAPTER 42

Joseph's Brothers Seek Food in Egypt

1[³seeing ¹And ²Jacob] that there is grain for sale in Egypt, said to   his sons, Why are you lazy? 2Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy for us a small amount  of foods! that we should live, and not die. 3[⁵went down ¹And ²the ³brothers ⁴of Joseph], the ten, to buy grain from Egypt. 4  But Benjamin the brother of Joseph was not sent with   his brothers. For he said, Lest at any time should come to pass to him an infirmity. 5[⁵came ¹And ²the ³sons ⁴of Israel] to buy with the ones  coming; [⁴was ¹for ²the ³famine] in the land of Canaan. 6And Joseph was the ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. [⁵coming ¹And ²the ³brothers ⁴of Joseph] did obeisance to him upon their face upon the ground. 7[³seeing ¹And ²Joseph]   his brothers recognized and alienated himself from them, and he spoke to them hard. And he said to them, From what place have you come? And they said, From out of the land of Canaan, to buy foods. 8[³recognized ¹And ²Joseph]   his brothers, but they did not recognize him. 9And Joseph remembered   his dreams, of which he himself saw. And he said to them, You are spies to study the tracks of the place in which you have come. 10  And they said, Not so, O lord,   your servants came to buy foods. 11We are all sons of one man; we are peaceable. [²are not   ¹Your servants] spies. 12And he said to them, No, but [³the ⁴tracks ⁵of the ⁶land ¹you came ²to see]. 13  And they said, [³twelve ¹We are   ²your servants] brothers in the land of Canaan; and behold,   our younger brother  is with   our father today, and the other does not exist. 14[³said ¹And ⁴to them ²Joseph], This is it that I have said to you, saying that, You are spies. 15In this you shall appear exposed, by the health of Pharaoh, no way should you go forth from here, if [⁴should not   ³brother ¹your   ²younger] come here. 16You send [²from ³you ¹one], and take   your brother! But you shall be taken away until   [³apparent ²become   ¹your sayings], if you be truthful, or not. But if not, by the health of Pharaoh, assuredly you are spies. 17And he put them in prison [²days ¹three]. 18And he said to them   [³day ¹on the ²third], You do this and you shall live!   [⁴God ¹For ²I ³fear]. 19If you are peaceable, [³of your brothers ¹let ⁴be held ²one] in the prison! but you yourselves proceed, and take back the purchase   of your provision! 20And   [⁴brother ²your   ³younger ¹you lead] to me! and I will trust   your sayings; but if not you shall die. And they did so. 21And said each to   his brother, Yes, [³in ⁴sins ¹for ²we are] on account of   our brother, for we overlooked the affliction   of his soul when he besought us, and we did not listen to him, and because of this [²came ³upon ⁴us   ¹this affliction]. 22[³answering ¹And ²Reuben] said to them, Did I not speak to you, saying, You should not wrong the lad, and you did not hearken to me? And behold,   his blood is required. 23And they did not know that Joseph heard, for the translator [²between ³them ¹was]. 24And turning from them, Joseph wept. And again he came forward to them, and spoke to them. And he took   Simeon from them, and he tied him before them. 25[³gave charge ¹And ²Joseph] to fill up   their containers of grain, and to give back   their silver to each in   his sackcloth, and to give them provisions for the journey. And it became to them so. 26And placing the grain upon   their donkeys, they went forth from there. 27[³untying ¹And ²one]   his bag, to give fodder to  his donkeys where they rested, and he saw   [²bundle   ³of silver ¹his], for it was upon the mouth of the bag. 28And he said   to his brothers, [³was given back ⁴to me ¹the ²silver], and behold, this is in   my bag. And it startled   their hearts, and they were disturbed with one another, saying, What is this God did to us?

Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan

29And they came to Jacob   their father in the land of Canaan. And they reported to him all the things  coming to pass to them, saying, 30[⁷spoke ¹The ²man ³the ⁴master ⁵of the ⁶land] to us hard, and put us in prison as spying out the land. 31And we said to him, We are peaceable, we are not spies. 32Twelve brothers we are, sons   of our father; the one does not exist, and the younger is with   our father today in the land of Canaan. 33[⁸said ¹And ⁹to us ²the ³man ⁴the ⁵master ⁶of the ⁷land], By this I will know that you are peaceable, [³of your brothers ¹you leave ²one] here with me! and the purchase of the provision   for your house having taken, you go forth! 34And you lead to me   [³brother ¹your   ²younger]! and I shall know that [²not ³spies ¹you are], but that you are peaceable, and   [³your brother ¹I will give back ²to you], and [²in the ³land ¹you can trade]! 35And it happened in   their emptying   their sackcloths, and there was [³in each   ¹a bundle   ²of silver] in   their sackcloth. And they saw the bundles   of their silver to them, and   their father, and they feared. 36[⁴said ¹And ⁵to them ²Jacob   ³their father], You are making me childless; Joseph is not, Simeon is not, and   will you take Benjamin? Upon me [³happened ²these things  ¹all]. 37[³said ¹And ²Reuben] to his father, saying, The two sons of mine you may kill if I do not lead him to you. You give him into   my hand, and I will lead him to you. 38  And he said, [²shall not ³go down   ¹My son] with you, for   his brother died, and he alone is left behind. And suppose it shall come to pass that he be infirm in the way which ever you go, and you will lead me   in old age with distress into Hades.