Genesis 42

1Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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

1And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

2And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

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.

2I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: Go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

3And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

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

3So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

4But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.

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

4Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

5And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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 they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brethren came, and bowed down themselves to him with their faces to the earth.

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 was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,

7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly with them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

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 he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers, somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

8And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

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

8And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.

9And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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 remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

10And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

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

10But they said: It is not so, my lord; but thy servants are come to buy food.

11We are all one man’s sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

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

11We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

12And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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

12And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

13And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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.

13But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.

14And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

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

14He saith, This is it that I said: You are spies.

15hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

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.

15I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao, you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

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 to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.

17And he put them all together into ward three days.

17So he put them in prison for three days.

17So he put them in prison three days.

18And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

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 the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.

19if ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison-house; but go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses:

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 you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways, and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.

20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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 bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.

21And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

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 talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.

22And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required.

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 Ruben, one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy; and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

23And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

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 knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

24And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and he returned to them, and spake to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

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 turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning, he spoke to them.

25Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man’s money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

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 taking Simeon, and binding him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man's money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.

26And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

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

26But they having loaded their asses with the corn went their way.

27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

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 one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth,

28And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us?

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 said to his brethren: My money is given me again; behold it is in the sack. And they were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?

29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

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 came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

30The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

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.

30The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

31And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

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

31And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

32we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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 are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

33And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way;

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;

33And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways,

34and bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

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 youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.

35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

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.

35When they had told this, they poured out their corn, and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together,

36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

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.

36Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.

37And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

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 Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons, if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will restore him to thee.

38And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left: if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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.

38But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to hell.