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Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
When Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
And he said, “Indeed I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down to that place and buy for us there, that we may live and not die.”
And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”
So Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, “Lest some calamity befall him.”
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.
And the sons of Israel went to buy grain among those who journeyed, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
Now Joseph was governor over the land; and it was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the earth.
Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
So Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
And they said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.
We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men; your servants are not spies.”
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”
But he said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.”
And they said, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and in fact, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more.”
And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”
But Joseph said to them, “It is as I spoke to you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies.
In this manner you shall be tested: By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”
And he put them all together in custody for three days.
Then Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this and live, for I fear God:
On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
If you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined to your prison house; but you, go and carry grain for the famine of your houses.
if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,
And bring your youngest brother to me; so your words will be verified, and you shall not die.”
And they did so.
And they did so.
and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.
Then they said to one another, “We are truly guilty concerning our brother, for we saw the anguish of his soul when he pleaded with us, and we would not hear; therefore this distress has come upon us.”
Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”
And Reuben answered them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy’; and you would not listen? Therefore behold, his blood is now required of us.”
And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”
But they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.
They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
And he turned himself away from them and wept. Then he returned to them again, and talked with them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
The Brothers Return to Canaan
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.
Then Joseph gave a command to fill their sacks with grain, to restore every man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. Thus he did for them.
And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.
So they loaded their donkeys with the grain and departed from there.
Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.
But as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the encampment, he saw his money; and there it was, in the mouth of his sack.
And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.
He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
Then they went to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying:
When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.
But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is with our father this day in the land of Canaan.’
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’
Then the man, the lord of the country, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, take food for the famine of your households, and be gone.
Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.
And bring your youngest brother to me; so I shall know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. I will grant your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.’ ”
Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
Then it happened as they emptied their sacks, that surprisingly each man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin. All these things are against me.”
And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”
Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”
Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”
But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone. If any calamity should befall him along the way in which you go, then you would bring down my gray hair with sorrow to the grave.”
But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”