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Joseph’s Brothers Sent to Egypt
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why are you staring at one another?”
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die.”
And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.
Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.
And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “I am afraid that harm may befall him.”
But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
And Joseph, he was the governor over the land -- he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, “Where have you come from?” And they said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.
And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, “You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land.”
And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
Then they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
“We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies.”
We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
Yet he said to them, “No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!”
And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
But they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive.”
And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you, you are spies;
And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!
By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
“Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”
Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.
Now Joseph said to them on the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:
And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,
If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die.” And they did so.
and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
Then they said to one another, “Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not tell you, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood.”
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.
They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.
Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan
And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.
And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.
So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.
And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
Then he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack.” And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that] God has done to us?
Simeon Is Held Hostage
When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
“But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
‘We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’
we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
“The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.
And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,
‘But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’”
and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.
Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.
And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.
Their father Jacob said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.”
And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.
Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you.”
And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
But Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.