Genesis 42

1 Audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Ægypto, dixit filiis suis: Quare negligitis?

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you look one on another?

2 Audivi quod triticum venundetur in Ægypto: descendite, et emite nobis necessaria, ut possimus vivere, et non consumamur inopia.

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from there; that we may live, and not die.

3 Descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem, ut emerent frumenta in Ægypto,

And Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4 Beniamin domi retento a Iacob, qui dixerat fratribus eius: Ne forte in itinere quidquam patiatur mali:

But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brothers; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

5 ingressi sunt terram Ægypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum. Erat autem fames in terra Chanaan.

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 Et Ioseph erat princeps in terra Ægypti, atque ad eius nutum frumenta populis vendebantur. Cumque adorassent eum fratres sui,

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 et agnovisset eos, quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur, interrogans eos: Unde venistis? Qui responderunt: De terra Chanaan, ut emamus victui necessaria.

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

8 Et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens, non est cognitus ab eis.

And Joseph knew his brothers, but they knew not him.

9 Recordatusque somniorum, quæ aliquando viderat, ait ad eos: Exploratores estis: ut videatis infirmiora terræ venistis.

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, You are spies; to see the nakedness of the land you are come.

10 Qui dixerunt: Non est ita, domine, sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos.

And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food are your servants come.

11 Omnes filii unius viri sumus: pacifici venimus, nec quidquam famuli tui machinantur mali.

We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, your servants are no spies.

12 Quibus ille respondit: Aliter est: immunita terræ huius considerare venistis.

And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land you are come.

13 At illi: Duodecim, inquiunt, servi tui, fratres sumus, filii viri unius in terra Chanaan: minimus cum patre nostro est, alius non est super.

And they said, Your 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.

14 Hoc est, ait, quod locutus sum: Exploratores estis.

And Joseph said to them, That is it that I spoke to you, saying, You are spies:

15 Iam nunc experimentum vestri capiam: per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc, donec veniat frater vester minimus.

Hereby you shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come here.

16 Mittite ex vobis unum, et adducat eum: vos autem eritis in vinculis, donec probentur quæ dixistis utrum vera an falsa sint: alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis.

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and you 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 you are spies.

17 Tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus.

And he put them all together into ward three days.

18 Die autem tertio eductis de carcere, ait: Facite quæ dixi, et vivetis: Deum enim timeo.

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

19 Si pacifici estis, frater vester unus ligetur in carcere: vos autem abite, et ferte frumenta quæ emistis, in domos vestras,

If you be true men, let one of your brothers be bound in the house of your prison: go you, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20 et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite, ut possim vestros probare sermones, et non moriamini. Fecerunt ut dixerat,

But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and you shall not die. And they did so.

21 et locuti sunt ad invicem: Merito hæc patimur, quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, videntes angustiam animæ illius, dum deprecaretur nos, et non audivimus: idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio.

And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he sought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come on us.

22 E quibus unus Ruben, ait: Numquid non dixi vobis: Nolite peccare in puerum: et non audistis me? en sanguis eius exquiritur.

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spoke I not to you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and you would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

23 Nesciebant autem quod intelligeret Ioseph: eo quod per interpretem loqueretur ad eos.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24 Avertitque se parumper, et flevit: et reversus locutus est ad eos.

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.

25 Tollensque Simeon, et ligans illis præsentibus, iussit ministris ut implerent eorum saccos tritico, et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis, datis supra cibariis in viam: qui fecerunt ita.

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 to them.

26 At illi portantes frumenta in asinis suis, profecti sunt.

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed there.

27 Apertoque unus sacco, ut daret iumento pabulum in diversorio, contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi,

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.

28 dixit fratribus suis: Reddita est mihi pecunia, en habetur in sacco. Et obstupefacti, turbatique mutuo dixerunt: Quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus?

And he said to his brothers, My money is restored; and, see, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?

29 Veneruntque ad Iacob patrem suum in terram Chanaan, et narraverunt ei omnia quæ accidissent sibi, dicentes:

And they came to Jacob their father to the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell to them; saying,

30 Locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciæ.

The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

31 Cui respondimus: Pacifici sumus, nec ullas molimur insidias.

And we said to him, We are true men; we are no spies:

32 Duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus: unus non est super, minimus cum patre nostro est in terra Chanaan.

We be twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 Qui ait nobis: Sic probabo quod pacifici sitis: Fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me, et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite, et abite,

And the man, the lord of the country, said to us, Hereby shall I know that you are true men; leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

34 fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me, ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores: et istum, qui tenetur in vinculis, recipere possitis: ac deinceps quæ vultis, emendi habeatis licentiam.

And bring your youngest brother to me: then shall I know that you are no spies, but that you are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and you shall traffic in the land.

35 His dictis, cum frumenta effunderent, singuli repererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias, exterritisque simul omnibus,

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.

36 dixit pater Iacob: Absque liberis me esse fecistis, Ioseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Beniamin auferetis: in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt.

And Jacob their father said to them, Me have you bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

37 Cui respondit Ruben: Duos filios meos interfice, si non reduxero illum tibi: trade illum in manu mea, et ego eum tibi restituam.

And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to you: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again.

38 At ille: Non descendet, inquit, filius meus vobiscum: frater eius mortuus est, et ipse solus remansit: si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis, deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos. (Sheol h7585)

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 you go, then shall you bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. (Sheol h7585)