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Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt
Now the famine was severe in the land.
Now the famine was severe in the land.
The Return to Egypt with Benjamin
And the famine was grievous in the land.
And the famine was grievous in the land.
And when they had eaten the grain that they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go again, buy us a little food.”
And it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.
But Judah said to him, “The man solemnly warned us, saying, ‘You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did positively testify to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food;
But if you will not send him, we will not go down, for the man said to us, ‘You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you.’”
but if thou do not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, unless your brother be with you.
Israel said, “Why did you treat me so badly as to tell the man that you had another brother?”
And Israel said, Why did ye deal [so] ill with me [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
They replied, “The man questioned us carefully about ourselves and our kindred, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ What we told him was in answer to these questions. Could we in any way know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”
And they said, The man asked very closely after us, and after our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye a brother? And we told him according to the tenor of these words. Could we at all know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
And Judah said to Israel his father, “Send the boy with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, both we and you and also our little ones.
And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we and thou and our little ones.
I will be a pledge of his safety. From my hand you shall require him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever.
I will be surety for him: of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thy face, then shall I be guilty toward thee for ever.
If we had not delayed, we would now have returned twice.”
For had we not lingered, we should now certainly have returned already twice.
Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: take some of the choice fruits of the land in your bags, and carry a present down to the man, a little balm and a little honey, gum, myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
And their father Israel said to them, If it is then so, do this: take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a gift: a little balsam and a little honey, tragacanth and ladanum, pistacia-nuts and almonds.
Take double the money with you. Carry back with you the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
And take other money in your hand, and the money that was returned to you in the mouth of your sacks, carry back in your hand: perhaps it is an oversight.
Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man.
And take your brother, and arise, go again to the man.
And the Almighty God give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother and Benjamin! And I, if I be bereaved of children, am bereaved.
So the men took this present, and they took double the money with them, and Benjamin. They arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
And the men took that gift, and took double money in their hand, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal and make ready, for the men are to dine with me at noon.”
Joseph's Hospitality to his Brothers
And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the [man] who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.
And Joseph saw Benjamin with them, and said to the [man] who was over his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter cattle, and make ready; for the men shall eat with me at noon.
The man did as Joseph told him and brought the men to Joseph’s house.
And the man did as Joseph had said; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
And the men were afraid because they were brought to Joseph’s house, and they said, “It is because of the money, which was replaced in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may assault us and fall upon us to make us servants and seize our donkeys.”
And the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house, and said, Because of the money that was returned to us in our sacks at the beginning are we brought in, that he may turn against us, and fall upon us and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
So they went up to the steward of Joseph’s house and spoke with him at the door of the house,
And they came up to the man that was over Joseph's house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,
and said, “Oh, my lord, we came down the first time to buy food.
and said, Ah! my lord, we came indeed down at the first to buy food.
And when we came to the lodging place we opened our sacks, and there was each man’s money in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us,
And it came to pass when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and behold, [every] man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money according to its weight; and we have brought it again in our hand.
and we have brought other money down with us to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”
And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.
He replied, “Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; your money came to me. And he brought Simeon out to them.
And when the man had brought the men into Joseph’s house and given them water, and they had washed their feet, and when he had given their donkeys fodder,
And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses food.
they prepared the present for Joseph’s coming at noon, for they heard that they should eat bread there.
And they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they should eat bread there.
When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present that they had with them and bowed down to him to the ground.
When Joseph came home, they brought him the gift that was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.
And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well -- the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?
They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
And they said, Thy servant our father is well; he is yet alive. And they bowed, and made obeisance.
And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? God be gracious to you, my son!”
And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son!
Then Joseph hurried out, for his compassion grew warm for his brother, and he sought a place to weep. And he entered his chamber and wept there.
And Joseph made haste, for his bowels burned for his brother; and he sought [a place] to weep, and he went into the chamber, and wept there.
Then he washed his face and came out. And controlling himself he said, “Serve the food.”
And he washed his face, and came out, and controlled himself, and said, Set on bread.
They served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because the Egyptians could not eat with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another in amazement.
And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one at another.
And he had portions carried to them from before him. And Benjamin's portion was five times greater than the portions of them all. And they drank, and made merry with him.