Genesis 42

1 Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt. And Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Get you down there, and buy for us from there, that we may live, and not die.

I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

3 And Joseph's ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers, for he said, Lest perhaps harm befall him.

Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

6 And Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,

7 And Joseph saw his brothers, and he knew them, but made himself foreign to them, and spoke roughly with them. And he said to them. From where come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

8 And Joseph knew his brothers, but they did not know him.

And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.

9 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them. And said to them, Ye are spies; ye have come to see the nakedness of the land.

And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

10 And they said to him, No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food.

But they said: It is not so, my lord, but thy servants are come to buy food.

11 We are all one man's sons. We are true men. Thy servants are no spies.

We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

12 And he said to them, No, but ye have come to see the nakedness of the land.

And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

13 And they said, We thy servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. And, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.

14 And Joseph said to them, This is that which I spoke to you, saying, Ye are spies.

He saith: This is it that I said: You are spies.

15 By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

16 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother. And ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.

17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

So he put them in prison three days.

18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live, for I fear God:

And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.

19 If ye be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison house, but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses,

If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.

20 and bring your youngest brother to me. So shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.

21 And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear. Therefore this distress has come upon us.

And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Sin not against the child, and ye would not hear? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

23 And they did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.

And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24 And he turned himself around from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.

25 Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way. And thus it was done to them.

And taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man’s money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.

26 And they loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way.

27 And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey provender in the lodging place, he saw his money, and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack’s mouth;

28 And he said to his brothers, My money is restored, and, lo, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God has done to us?

And said to his brethren: My money is given me again, behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?

29 And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

30 The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

31 And we said to him, We are true men, and we are no spies.

And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

32 We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

33 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this I shall know that ye are true men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way,

And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways.

34 and bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and ye shall trade in the land.

And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.

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

When they had told this, they poured out their corn and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together,

36 And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of my sons. Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.

Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.

37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Kill my two sons if I do not bring him to thee. Deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.

38 And he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm befalls him by the way in which ye go, then ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell. (Sheol h7585)