Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? (42:1)

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. (42:2)

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. (42:3)

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. (42:4)

And the sons of Israel came to buy [corn] among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. (42:5)

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. (42:6)

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange 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. (42:7)

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. (42:8)

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. (42:9)

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. (42:10)

We [are] all one man's sons; we [are] true [men], thy servants are no spies. (42:11)

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. (42:12)

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 [is] not. (42:13)

And Joseph said unto them, That [is it] that I spake unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies: (42:14)

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. (42:15)

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. (42:16)

And he put them all together into ward three days. (42:17)

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; [for] I fear God: (42:18)

If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: (42:19)

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so. (42:20)

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 upon us. (42:21)

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required. (42:22)

And they knew not that Joseph understood [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. (42:23)

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. (42:24)

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. (42:25)

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. (42:26)

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. (42:27)

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? (42:28)

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, (42:29)

The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. (42:30)

And we said unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies: (42:31)

We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan. (42:32)

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye [are] true [men]; leave one of your brethren [here] with me, and take [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone: (42:33)

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye [are] no spies, but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land. (42:34)

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money [was] in his sack: and when [both] they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid. (42:35)

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved [of my children]: Joseph [is] not, and Simeon [is] not, and ye will take Benjamin [away]: all these things are against me. (42:36)

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. (42:37)

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (42:38)

And the famine [was] sore in the land. (43:1)

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. (43:2)

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. (43:3)

If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: (43:4)

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. (43:5)

And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? (43:6)

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? (43:7)

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. (43:8)

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: (43:9)

For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. (43:10)

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: (43:11)

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: (43:12)

Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: (43:13)

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. (43:14)

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. (43:15)

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. (43:16)

And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. (43:17)

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. (43:18)

And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, (43:19)

And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food: (43:20)

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. (43:21)

And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. (43:22)

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. (43:23)

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. (43:24)

And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. (43:25)

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. (43:26)

And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive? (43:27)

And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. (43:28)

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. (43:29)

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. (43:30)

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. (43:31)

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. (43:32)

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. (43:33)

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. (43:34)

And he commanded the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks [with] food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. (44:1)

And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. (44:2)

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. (44:3)

[And] when they were gone out of the city, [and] not [yet] far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? (44:4)

[Is] not this [it] in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. (44:5)

And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words. (44:6)

And they said unto him, Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this thing: (44:7)

Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? (44:8)

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. (44:9)

And he said, Now also [let] it [be] according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless. (44:10)

Then they speedily took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. (44:11)

And he searched, [and] began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. (44:12)

Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. (44:13)

And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for he [was] yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. (44:14)

And Joseph said unto them, What deed [is] this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? (44:15)

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we [are] my lord's servants, both we, and [he] also with whom the cup is found. (44:16)

And he said, God forbid that I should do so: [but] the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. (44:17)

Then Judah came near unto him, and said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant: for thou [art] even as Pharaoh. (44:18)

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother? (44:19)

And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. (44:20)

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. (44:21)

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father: for [if] he should leave his father, [his father] would die. (44:22)

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. (44:23)

And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. (44:24)

And our father said, Go again, [and] buy us a little food. (44:25)

And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother [be] with us. (44:26)

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife bare me two [sons]: (44:27)

And the one went out from me, and I said, Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: (44:28)

And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (44:29)

Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad [be] not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life; (44:30)

It shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad [is] not [with us], that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. (44:31)

For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring him not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. (44:32)

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. (44:33)

For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad [be] not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father. (44:34)