ASV_Strong : Genesis 42
1. Now Jacob[H3290] saw[H7200] that there was[H3426] grain[H7668] in Egypt[H4714], and Jacob[H3290] said[H559] unto his sons[H1121], Why do ye look one upon another[H7200]?
2. And he said[H559], Behold[H8085], I have heard that there is[H3426] grain[H7668] in Egypt[H4714]: get you down[H3381] thither[H7666], and buy for us from thence[H2421]; that we may live, and not die[H4191].
3. And Joseph[H3130]'s ten[H6235] brethren[H251] went down[H3381] to buy[H7666] grain[H1250] from Egypt[H4714].
4. But Benjamin[H1144], Joseph[H3130]'s brother[H251], Jacob[H3290] sent[H7971] not with his brethren[H251]; for he said[H559], Lest peradventure[H6435] harm[H611] befall him[H7122].
5. And the sons[H1121] of Israel[H3478] came[H935] to buy[H7666] among[H8432] those that came[H935]: for the famine[H7458] was in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
6. And Joseph[H3130] was the governor[H7989] over the land[H776]; he it was that sold[H7666] to all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]. And Joseph[H3130]'s brethren[H251] came[H935], and bowed down[H7812] themselves to him with their faces[H639] to the earth[H776].
7. And Joseph[H3130] saw[H7200] his brethren[H251], and he knew[H5234] them[H5234], but made himself strange unto them[H1696], and spake roughly[H7186] with them[H559]; and he said unto them[H370], Whence come[H935] ye[H559]? And they said, From the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] to buy[H7666] food[H400].
8. And Joseph[H3130] knew[H5234] his brethren[H251], but they knew not him[H5234].
9. And Joseph[H3130] remembered[H2142] the dreams[H2472] which he dreamed[H2492] of them[H559], and said unto them[H7270], Ye are spies; to see[H7200] the nakedness[H6172] of the land[H776] ye are come[H935].
10. And they said[H559] unto him[H113], Nay, my lord, but to buy[H7666] food[H400] are thy servants[H5650] come[H935].
11. We[H5168] are all one[H259] man[H376]'s sons[H1121]; we are true[H3651] men[H5650], thy servants are no spies[H7270].
12. And he said[H559] unto them[H7200], Nay, but to see the nakedness[H6172] of the land[H776] ye are come[H935].
13. And they said[H559], We thy servants[H5650] are twelve[H8147] brethren[H251], the sons[H1121] of one[H259] man[H376] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]; and[H6996], behold, the youngest is this day[H3117] with our father[H1], and one is not[H259].
14. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto them[H1696], That is it that I spake unto you[H559], saying, Ye are spies[H7270]:
15. hereby[H2063] ye shall be proved[H974]: by the life[H2416] of Pharaoh[H6547] ye shall not go forth[H3318] hence[H6996], except your youngest brother[H251] come hither[H935].
16. Send[H7971] one[H259] of you[H3947], and let him fetch your brother[H251], and ye shall be bound[H631], that your words[H1697] may be proved[H974], whether there be truth[H571] in[H854] you[H3808]: or else by the life[H2416] of Pharaoh[H6547] surely ye are spies[H7270].
17. And he put them all together[H622] into ward[H4929] three[H7969] days[H3117].
18. And Joseph[H3130] said[H559] unto them the third[H7992] day[H3117], This do[H6213], and live[H2421]; for I fear[H3373] God[H430]:
19. if ye be true[H3651] men[H259], let one of your brethren[H251] be bound[H631] in your[H1004] prison-house[H4929]; but go[H3212] ye[H935], carry grain[H7668] for the famine[H7459] of your houses[H1004]:
20. and bring[H935] your youngest[H6996] brother[H251] unto me[H1697]; so shall your words be verified[H539], and ye shall not die[H4191]. And they did so[H6213].
21. And they said[H559] one[H376] to another[H251], We are verily[H61] guilty[H818] concerning our brother[H251], in that[H834] we saw[H7200] the distress[H6869] of his soul[H5315], when he besought[H2603] us[H8085], and we would not hear; therefore is this distress[H6869] come upon us[H935].
22. And Reuben[H7205] answered[H6030] them[H559], saying, Spake I[H559] not unto you[H559], saying, Do not sin[H2398] against the child[H3206]; and ye would not hear[H8085]? therefore also[H1818], behold, his blood is required[H1875].
23. And they knew[H3045] not that Joseph[H3130] understood[H8085] them[H3887]; for there was an interpreter between them.
24. And he turned himself about[H5437] from them[H1058], and wept; and he returned[H7725] to them[H1696], and spake to them[H3947], and took Simeon[H8095] from among them[H631], and bound him before their eyes[H5869].
25. Then Joseph[H3130] commanded[H6680] to fill[H4390] their vessels[H3627] with grain[H1250], and to restore[H7725] every man[H376]'s money[H3701] into his sack[H8242], and to give[H5414] them provisions[H6720] for the way[H1870]: and thus[H3651] was it done unto them[H6213].
26. And they laded[H5375] their asses[H2543] with their grain[H7668], and departed thence[H3212].
27. And as one[H259] of them opened[H6605] his sack[H8242] to give[H5414] his ass[H2543] provender[H4554] in the lodging-place[H4411], he espied[H7200] his money[H3701]; and[H6310], behold, it was in the mouth of his sack[H572].
28. And he said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], My money[H3701] is restored[H7725]; and[H2009], lo, it is even in my sack[H572]: and their heart[H3820] failed[H3318] them[H2729], and they turned trembling one[H376] to another[H251], saying[H559], What is this that God[H430] hath done unto us[H6213]?
29. And they came[H935] unto Jacob[H3290] their father[H1] unto the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and told[H5046] him all that had befallen[H7136] them[H559], saying,
30. The man[H376], the lord[H113] of the land[H776], spake[H1696] roughly[H7186] with us[H5414], and took us for spies[H7270] of the country[H776].
31. And we said[H559] unto him[H3651], We are true men[H7270]; we are no spies:
32. we are twelve[H6240] brethren[H251], sons[H1121] of our father[H1]; one[H259] is not[H6996], and the youngest is this day[H3117] with our father[H1] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
33. And the man[H376], the lord[H113] of the land[H776], said[H559] unto us[H3045], Hereby shall I know that ye are true[H3651] men[H3240]: leave one[H259] of your brethren[H251] with me[H3947], and take grain for the famine[H7459] of your houses[H1004], and go your way[H3212];
34. and bring[H935] your youngest[H6996] brother[H251] unto me[H3045]: then shall I know that ye are no spies[H7270], but that ye are true[H3651] men[H5414]: so will I deliver you your brother[H251], and ye shall traffic[H5503] in the land[H776].
35. And it came to pass as they emptied[H7324] their sacks[H8242], that[H376], behold, every man's bundle[H6872] of money[H3701] was in his sack[H8242]: and when they and their father[H1] saw[H7200] their bundles[H6872] of money[H3701], they were afraid[H3372].
36. And Jacob[H3290] their father[H1] said[H559] unto them[H7921], Me have ye bereaved of my children[H3130]: Joseph is not[H8095], and Simeon is not[H3947], and ye will take Benjamin away[H1144]: all these things are against me.
37. And Reuben[H7205] spake[H559] unto his father[H1], saying[H559], Slay[H4191] my two[H8147] sons[H1121], if I bring[H935] him not to thee[H5414]: deliver him into my hand[H3027], and I will bring him to thee again[H7725].
38. And he said[H559], My son[H1121] shall not go down[H3381] with you[H251]; for his brother is dead[H4191], and he only is left[H7604]: if harm[H611] befall[H7122] him by the way[H1870] in which ye go[H3212], then will ye bring down[H3381] my gray hairs[H7872] with sorrow[H3015] to Sheol[H7585].
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