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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
his brother:
and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber,
and wept
there.
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