Genesis 42

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

And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, 'Why do you look at each other?'

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

he saith also, 'Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

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

and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

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

and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, 'Lest mischief meet him.'

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

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

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

and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him — face 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 seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, 'From whence have ye come?' and they say, 'From the land of Canaan — to buy food.'

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

And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

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

and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, 'Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

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

And they say unto him, 'No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

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

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

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

and he saith unto them, 'No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

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 say, 'Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

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

And Joseph saith unto them, 'This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,

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

by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither;

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

send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not — Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;'

17 Tradidit ergo illos custodiae tribus diebus.

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

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

And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, 'This do and live; God I fear!

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

if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in 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,

and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

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

And they say one unto another, 'Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon 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 answereth them, saying, 'Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

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

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

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

and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

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

And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

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

And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

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

and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,

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 saith unto his brethren, 'My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, 'What [is] this God hath done to us!'

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

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

30 Locutus est nobis dominus terrae dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciae.

'The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

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

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

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

we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-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 land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men — one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go,

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

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

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

And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, 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 dixit pater Iacob: Absque liberis me esse fecistis, Ioseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Beniamin auferetis: in me haec omnia mala reciderunt.

and Jacob their father saith unto them, 'Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take — against me have been all these.'

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 speaketh unto his father, saying, 'My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I — I bring him back unto thee;'

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 saith, 'My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.' (Sheol h7585)