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.

GE-43:31  And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained

himself, and

said, Set on bread.

GE-43:32  And they set on for him by himself, and for them by

themselves, and

for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves:

because the

Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an

abomination

unto the Egyptians.

GE-43:33  And they sat before him, the firstborn according to

his birthright,

and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled

one at another.

GE-43:34  And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before

him: but

Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And

they drank, and

were merry with him.

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