Genesis 42

1 And he saw Jacob that there [was] grain in Egypt and he said Jacob to sons his why? are you looking at one another.

And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says to his sons, “Why do you look at each other?”

2 And he said here! I have heard that there [is] grain in Egypt go down there towards and buy grain for us from there so we may live and not we will die.

He also says, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt, go down there, and buy for us from there, and we live and do not die”;

3 And they went down [the] brothers of Joseph ten to buy grain grain from Egypt.

and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,

4 And Benjamin [the] brother of Joseph not he sent Jacob with brothers his for he said lest it should happen to him harm.

and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm meet him.”

5 And they came [the] sons of Israel to buy grain in among those coming for it was the famine in [the] land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine has been in the land of Canaan,

6 And Joseph he [was] the ruler over the land he [was] the [one who] sold grain to all [the] people of the land and they came [the] brothers of Joseph and they bowed down to him face [the] ground towards.

and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph’s brothers come and bow themselves to him—face to the earth.

7 And he saw Joseph brothers his and he recognized them and he acted as a stranger to them and he spoke with them harsh and he said to them from where? have you come and they said from [the] land of Canaan to buy food.

And Joseph sees his brothers, and discerns them, and makes himself strange to them, and speaks sharp things with them, and says to them, “From where have you come?” And they say, “From the land of Canaan—to buy food.”

8 And he recognized Joseph brothers his and they not they recognized him.

And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,

9 And he remembered Joseph the dreams which he had dreamed of them and he said to them [are] spies you to see [the] nakedness of the land you have come.

and Joseph remembers the dreams which he dreamed of them and says to them, “You [are] spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

10 And they said to him no O lord my and servants your they have come to buy food.

And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;

11 All of us [are] sons of a man one we [are] honest we not they are servants your spies.

we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;

12 And he said to them In-deed [the] nakedness of the land you have come to see.

and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;

13 And they said [are] two [plus] ten servants your brothers - we sons of a man one in [the] land of Canaan and there! the young [brother] [is] with father our this day and the one not [is] he.

and they say, “Your servants [are] twelve brothers; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the young one [is] with our father today, and one is not.”

14 And he said to them Joseph it [is that] which I said to you saying [are] spies you.

And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,

15 By this you will be tested [by] [the] life of Pharaoh if you will go out from here that except when comes brother your young here.

by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;

16 Send of yourselves one so he may fetch brother your and you be imprisoned so they may be tested words your ¿ [is] truth with you and if not [by] [the] life of Pharaoh for [are] spies you.

send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and you, remain bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not, [as] Pharaoh lives, surely you [are] spies”;

17 And he removed them to custody three days.

and he gathers them into confinement [for] three days.

18 And he said to them Joseph on the day third this do and live God I [am] fearing.

And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!

19 If [are] honest you brother your one let him be imprisoned in [the] house of custody your and you go take [the] grain of [the] hunger of households your.

If you [are] right men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your confinement, and you, go, carry in grain [for] the famine of your houses,

20 And brother your young you will bring to me so they may be verified words your and not you will die and they did so.

and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do so.

21 And they said each to brother his indeed [are] guilty - we on brother our who we saw [the] distress of self his when sought favor he to us and not we listened there-fore it has come to us the distress this.

And they say to one another, “Truly we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication to us, and we did not listen: therefore this distress has come on us.”

22 And he answered Reuben them saying ¿ not did I say to you - saying may not you sin against the boy and not you listened and also blood his here! [is] being required.

And Reuben answers them, saying, “Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the boy? And you did not listen; and his blood also, behold, it is required.”

23 And they not they knew that [was] hearing Joseph for the interpreter [was] between them.

And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;

24 And he turned away from with them and he wept and he returned to them and he spoke to them and he took from with them Simeon and he bound him to eyes their.

and he turns around from them, and weeps, and turns back to them, and speaks to them, and takes Simeon from them, and binds him before their eyes.

25 And he commanded Joseph and people filled vessels their grain and to return silver their each to sack his and to give to them provision[s] for the journey and someone did for them thus.

And Joseph commands, and they fill their vessels [with] grain, also to put back the money of each of them into his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one does to them so.

26 And they lifted grain their on donkeys their and they went from there.

And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,

27 And he opened the one sack his to give fodder to donkey his at the lodging place and he saw silver his and there! it [was] in [the] mouth of sack his.

and the one opens his sack to give provender to his donkey at a lodging-place, and he sees his money, and behold, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,

28 And he said to brothers his it has been returned silver my and also here! in sack my and it went out heart their and they trembled each to brother his saying what? this has he done God to us.

and he says to his brothers, “My money has been put back, and also, behold, in my bag”: and their heart goes out, and they tremble, to one another saying, “What [is] this God has done to us!”

29 And they came to Jacob father their [the] land of towards Canaan and they told to him all the [things which] had happened to them saying.

And they come to their father Jacob, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

30 He spoke the man [the] lord of the land with us harsh and he made us like [those who] spy out the land.

“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;

31 And we said to him [are] honest we not we are spies.

and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

32 [are] two [plus] Ten we brothers sons of father our the one not [is] he and the young [brother] this day [is] with father our in [the] land of Canaan.

we [are] twelve brothers, sons of our father, one is not, and the young one [is] today with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 And he said to us the man [the] lord of the land by this I will know that [are] honest you brother your one leave with me and [the] hunger of households your take and go.

And the man, the lord of the land, says to us, By this I know that you [are] right men—leave one of your brothers with me, and take [for] the famine of your houses and go,

34 And bring brother your young to me so let me know that not [are] spies you that [are] honest you brother your I will give to you and the land you will go about in.

and bring your young brother to me, and I know that you [are] not spies, but you [are] right men; I give your brother to you, and you trade with the land.”

35 And it was they [were] emptying sacks their and there! each man [the] bag of silver his [was] in sack his and they saw [the] bags of silver their they and father their and they were afraid.

And it comes to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and behold, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

36 And he said to them Jacob father their me you are making childless Joseph not [is] he and Simeon not [is] he and Benjamin you will take on me they are all of them.

and their father Jacob says to them, “You have bereaved me; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin you take—all these [things] have been against me.”

37 And he said Reuben to father his saying two of sons my you will kill if not I will bring him to you put! him on hand my and I I will bring back him to you.

And Reuben speaks to his father, saying, “You put to death my two sons, if I do not bring him to you; give him into my hand, and I bring him back to you”;

38 And he said not he will go down son my with you for brother his he has died and he to only him [is] remaining and it will happen to him harm on the journey which you will go on it and you will cause to go down gray hair my in sorrow Sheol towards. (Sheol h7585)

and he says, “My son does not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when harm has met him in the way in which you go, then you have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to Sheol.” (Sheol h7585)