Genesis 42

1Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

1And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

2And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

2he 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;'

3So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

3and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

4But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

4and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'

5And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

5And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

6Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

6and 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.

7And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

7And 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.'

8Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

8And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

9Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

9and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye <FI>are<Fi> spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

10And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

10And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

11We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

11we <FI>are<Fi> all of us sons of one man, we <FI>are<Fi> right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

12And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

12and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

13Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

13and they say, `Thy servants <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren; we <FI>are<Fi> sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one <FI>is<Fi> with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

14And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

14And Joseph saith unto them, `This <FI>is<Fi> that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye <FI>are<Fi> spies,

15But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

15by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this--except by your young brother coming hither;

16Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

16send 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 <FI>are<Fi> spies;'

17So he put them in prison for three days.

17and he removeth them unto charge three days.

18And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

18And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

19If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

19if ye <FI>are<Fi> right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn <FI>for<Fi> the famine of your houses,

20And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

20and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

21And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

21And they say one unto another, `Verily we <FI>are<Fi> 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.'

22And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

22And 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.'

23They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

23And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter <FI>is<Fi> between them;

24And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

24and 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.

25Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

25And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels <FI>with<Fi> 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.

26Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

26And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

27Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

27and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it <FI>is<Fi> in the mouth of his bag,

28And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

28and 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 <FI>is<Fi> this God hath done to us!'

29So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

29And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

30The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

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

31And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

31and we say unto him, We <FI>are<Fi> right men, we have not been spies,

32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

32we <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one <FI>is<Fi> to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

33`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye <FI>are<Fi> right men--one of your brethren leave with me, and <FI>for<Fi> the famine of your houses take ye and go,

34And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

34and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye <FI>are<Fi> not spies, but ye <FI>are<Fi> right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

35And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

35And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver <FI>is<Fi> in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

36And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

36and 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.'

37And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

37And 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;'

38And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

38and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother <FI>is<Fi> 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.'