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Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt 1 Now 1Jacob saw that there was gra…
Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt
1 Now 1Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?"
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He said, "Behold, 2I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, 3so that we may live and not die."
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Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother 4Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "5I am afraid that harm may befall him."
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So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, 6for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
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Now 7Joseph 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 8bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
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When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and 9spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."
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But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although 10they did not recognize him.
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Joseph 11remembered 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."
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Then they said to him, "No, 12my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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"We are all sons of one man; we are 13honest men, your servants are not spies."
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Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!"
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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 14our father today, and 15one is no longer alive."
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Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies;
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by this you will be tested: 16by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless * your youngest brother comes here!
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"Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is 17truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."
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So he put them all together in 18prison for three days.
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Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for 19I fear God:
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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,
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and 20bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so.
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Then they said to one another, "21Truly 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."
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Reuben answered them, saying, "22Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy '; and you would not listen? 23Now * comes the reckoning for his blood."
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They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
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He turned away from them and 24wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he 25took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
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26Then 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.
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So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his 27money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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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, "28What is this that God has done to us?"
Simeon Is Held Hostage
29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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"The man, the lord of the land, 29spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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"But we said to him, 'We are 30honest men; we are not spies.
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'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.'
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"The man, the lord of the land, said to us, '31By 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.
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'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 32trade in the land.' "
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Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, 33every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.
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Their father Jacob said to them, "You have 34bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me."
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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."
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But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his 35brother is dead, and he alone is left. 36If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will 37bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."