Genesis 42
1 audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Aegypto dixit filiis suis quare neglegitis
And Jacob sees that there is grain in Egypt, and Jacob says 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 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 descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem ut emerent frumenta in Aegypto
and the ten brothers of Joseph go down to buy grain in Egypt,
4 Beniamin domi retento ab Iacob qui dixerat fratribus eius ne forte in itinere quicquam patiatur mali
and Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob has not sent with his brothers, for he said, “Lest harm 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 has been in the land of Canaan,
6 et Ioseph princeps Aegypti atque ad illius 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 brothers 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 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 et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens non est agnitus ab eis
And Joseph discerns his brothers, but they have not discerned him,
9 recordatusque somniorum quae aliquando viderat ait exploratores estis ut videatis infirmiora terrae venistis
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 qui dixerunt non est ita domine sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos
And they say to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food;
11 omnes filii unius viri sumus pacifici venimus nec quicquam famuli tui machinantur mali
we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; your servants have not been spies”;
12 quibus ille respondit aliter est inmunita terrae huius considerare venistis
and he says to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land”;
13 et 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, “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 hoc est ait quod locutus sum exploratores estis
And Joseph says to them, “This [is] that which I have spoken to you, saying, You [are] spies,
15 iam nunc experimentum vestri capiam per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc donec veniat frater vester minimus
by this you are proved: [as] Pharaoh lives, if you go out from this—except by your young brother coming here;
16 mittite e vobis unum et adducat eum vos autem eritis in vinculis donec probentur quae dixistis utrum falsa an vera sint alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis
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 tradidit ergo eos custodiae tribus diebus
and he gathers them into confinement [for] three days.
18 die autem tertio eductis de carcere ait facite quod dixi et vivetis Deum enim timeo
And Joseph says to them on the third day, “Do this and live; I fear God!
19 si pacifici estis frater vester unus ligetur in carcere vos autem abite et ferte frumenta quae emistis in domos vestras
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 et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite ut possim vestros probare sermones et non moriamini fecerunt ut dixerat
and you bring your young brother to me, and your words are established, and you do not die”; and they do so.
21 et locuti sunt invicem merito haec patimur quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum videntes angustiam animae illius cum deprecaretur nos et non audivimus idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio
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 e quibus unus Ruben ait numquid non dixi vobis nolite peccare in puerum et non audistis me en sanguis eius exquiritur
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 nesciebant autem quod intellegeret Ioseph eo quod per interpretem loquebatur ad eos
And they have not known that Joseph understands, for the interpreter [is] between them;
24 avertitque se parumper et flevit et reversus locutus est ad eos
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 tollens Symeon et ligans illis praesentibus iussitque ministris ut implerent saccos eorum tritico et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis datis supra cibariis in via qui fecerunt ita
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 at illi portantes frumenta in asinis profecti sunt
And they lift up their grain on their donkeys, and go from there,
27 apertoque unus sacco ut daret iumento pabulum in diversorio contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi
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 dixit fratribus suis reddita est mihi pecunia en habetur in sacco et obstupefacti turbatique dixerunt mutuo quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus
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 veneruntque ad Iacob patrem suum in terra Chanaan et narraverunt ei omnia quae accidissent sibi dicentes
And they come to their father Jacob, 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 provinciae
“The man, the lord of the land, has spoken with us sharp things, and makes us as spies of the land;
31 cui respondimus pacifici sumus nec ullas molimur insidias
and we say to him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,
32 duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus unus non est super minimus cum patre versatur in terra Chanaan
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 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, 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 fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores et istum qui tenetur in vinculis recipere possitis ac deinceps emendi quae vultis habeatis licentiam
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 his dictis cum frumenta effunderent singuli reppererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias exterritisque simul omnibus
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 dixit pater Iacob absque liberis me esse fecistis Ioseph non est super Symeon tenetur in vinculis Beniamin auferetis in me haec mala omnia reciderunt
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 cui respondit Ruben duos filios meos interfice si non reduxero illum tibi trade in manu mea et ego eum restituam
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 at ille non descendet inquit filius meus vobiscum frater eius mortuus est ipse solus remansit si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos (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)
