Genesis 42:1-28

Genesis 42:1-28

[1] Now when Jacob  saw  that there was  corn  in Egypt,  Jacob  said  unto his sons,  Why do ye look  [2] And he said,  Behold, I have heard  that there is  corn  in Egypt:  get you down  thither, and buy  for us from thence; that we may live,  and not die.  [3] And Joseph's  ten  brethren  went down  to buy  corn  in Egypt.  [4] But Benjamin,  Joseph's  brother,  Jacob  sent  not with his brethren;  for he said,  Lest peradventure  mischief  befall him.  [5] And the sons  of Israel  came  to buy  corn among  those that came:  for the famine  was in the land  of Canaan.  [6] And Joseph  was the governor  over the land,  and he it was that sold  to all the people  of the land:  and Joseph's  brethren  came,  and bowed down  themselves before him with their faces  to the earth.  [7] And Joseph  saw  his brethren,  and he knew  unto them, and spake  roughly  unto them; and he said  unto them, Whence  come  ye? And they said,  From the land  of Canaan  to buy  food.  [8] And Joseph  knew  his brethren,  but they knew  [9] And Joseph  remembered  the dreams  which he dreamed  of them, and said  unto them, Ye are spies;  to see  the nakedness  of the land  ye are come.  [10] And they said  unto him, Nay, my lord,  but to buy  food  are thy servants  come.  [11] We  are all one  man's  sons;  we are true  men, thy servants  are no spies.  [12] And he said  unto them, Nay, but to see  the nakedness  of the land  ye are come.  [13] And they said,  Thy servants  are twelve  brethren,  the sons  of one  man  in the land  of Canaan;  and, behold, the youngest  is this day  with our father,  and one  [14] And Joseph  said  unto them, That is it that I spake  unto you, saying,  Ye are spies:  [15] Hereby  ye shall be proved:  By the life  of Pharaoh  ye shall not go forth  hence, except your youngest  brother  come  [16] Send  one  of you, and let him fetch  your brother,  and ye shall be kept in prison,  that your words  may be proved,  whether there be any truth  in  you: or else  by the life  of Pharaoh  surely ye are spies.  [17] And he put them all together  into ward  three  days.  [18] And Joseph  said  unto them the third  day,  This do,  and live;  God:  [19] If ye be true  men, let one  of your brethren  be bound  in the house  of your prison:  ye, carry  corn  for the famine  of your houses:  [20] But bring  your youngest  brother  unto me; so shall your words  be verified,  and ye shall not die.  And they did  [21] And they said  one  to another,  We are verily  guilty  concerning our brother,  in that  we saw  the anguish  of his soul,  when he besought  us, and we would not hear;  therefore is this distress  come  [22] And Reuben  answered  them, saying,  Do not sin  against the child;  and ye would not hear?  therefore, behold, also his blood  is required.  [23] And they knew  not that Joseph  understood  them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.  [24] And he turned himself about  from them, and wept;  and returned to them again,  and communed  with them, and took  from them Simeon,  and bound  him before their eyes.  [25] Then Joseph  commanded  to fill  their sacks  with corn,  and to restore  every man's  money  into his sack,  and to give  them provision  for the way:  and thus  did he  unto them. [26] And they laded  their asses  with the corn,  [27] And as one  of them opened  his sack  to give  his ass  provender  in the inn,  he espied  his money;  for, behold, it was in his sack's  mouth.  [28] And he said  unto his brethren,  My money  is restored;  and, lo,  it is even in my sack:  and their heart  failed  them, and they were afraid,  saying  one  to another,  What is this that God  hath done  unto us?