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GE-43:1 And the famine [was] sore in the land.
GE-43:2 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn
which
they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go
again,
buy us a little food.
GE-43:3 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly
protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your
brother
[be] with you.
GE-43:4 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down
and
buy thee food:
GE-43:5 But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go down:
for the
man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother
[be]
with you.
GE-43:6 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me,
[as] to
tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
GE-43:7 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state,
and of
our kindred, saying, [Is] your father yet alive? have ye
[another]
brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words:
could
we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?
GE-43:8 And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad
with me,
and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we,
and
thou, [and] also our little ones.
GE-43:9 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require
him:
if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let
me
bear the blame for ever:
GE-43:10 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned
this
second time.
GE-43:11 And their father Israel said unto them, If [it must
be] so
now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your
vessels, and
carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey,
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
GE-43:12 And take double money in your hand; and the money that
was
brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in
your
hand; peradventure it [was] an oversight:
GE-43:13 Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the
man:
GE-43:14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that
he may
send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved [of
my
children], I am bereaved.
GE-43:15 And the men took that present, and they took double
money in
their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt,
and
stood before Joseph.
GE-43:16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the
ruler
of his house, Bring [these] men home, and slay, and make ready;
for
[these] men shall dine with me at noon.
GE-43:17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought
the men
into Joseph's house.
GE-43:18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into
Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was
returned
in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may
seek
occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen,
and
our asses.
GE-43:19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house,
and
they communed with him at the door of the house,
GE-43:20 And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time
to
buy food:
GE-43:21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we
opened
our sacks, and, behold, [every] man's money [was] in the mouth
of his
sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in
our
hand.
GE-43:22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to
buy
food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
GE-43:23 And he said, Peace [be] to you, fear not: your God,
and the
God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had
your
money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
GE-43:24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and
gave
[them] water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses
provender.
GE-43:25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at
noon:
for they heard that they should eat bread there.
GE-43:26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present
which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves
to him
to the earth.
GE-43:27 And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is]
your
father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive?
GE-43:28 And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good
health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and
made
obeisance.
GE-43:29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother
Benjamin, his
mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom
ye
spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
GE-43:30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon
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