Genesis 42

1 ♥ 📝 N ow Jacob^H3290 saw^H7200 that there was^H3426 grain^H7668 in Egypt,^H4714 and Jacob^H3290 said^H559 unto his sons,^H1121 Why do ye look^H7200 one upon another?

2 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 Behold, I have heard^H8085 that there is^H3426 grain^H7668 in Egypt:^H4714 get you down^H3381 thither, and buy^H7666 for us from thence; that we may live,^H2421 and not die.^H4191

3 ♥ 📝 And Joseph's^H3130 ten^H6235 brethren^H251 went down^H3381 to buy^H7666 grain^H1250 from Egypt.^H4714

4 ♥ 📝 But Benjamin,^H1144 Joseph's^H3130 brother,^H251 Jacob^H3290 sent^H7971 not with his brethren;^H251 for he said,^H559 Lest peradventure^H6435 harm^H611 befall him.^H7122

5 ♥ 📝 And the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 to buy^H7666 among^H8432 those that came:^H935 for the famine^H7458 was in the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667

6 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 was the governor^H7989 over the land;^H776 he it was that sold^H7666 to all the people^H5971 of the land.^H776 And Joseph's^H3130 brethren^H251 came,^H935 and bowed down^H7812 themselves to him with their faces^H639 to the earth.^H776

7 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 his brethren,^H251 and he knew^H5234 them, but made himself strange^H5234 unto them, and spake^H1696 roughly^H7186 with them; and he said^H559 unto them, Whence^H370 come^H935 ye? And they said,^H559 From the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 to buy^H7666 food.^H400

8 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 knew^H5234 his brethren,^H251 but they knew^H5234 not him.

9 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 remembered^H2142 the dreams^H2472 which he dreamed^H2492 of them, and said^H559 unto them, Ye are spies;^H7270 to see^H7200 the nakedness^H6172 of the land^H776 ye are come.^H935

10 ♥ 📝 And they said^H559 unto him, Nay, my lord,^H113 but to buy^H7666 food^H400 are thy servants^H5650 come.^H935

11 ♥ 📝 We^H5168 are all one^H259 man's^H376 sons;^H1121 we are true^H3651 men, thy servants^H5650 are no spies.^H7270

12 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto them, Nay, but to see^H7200 the nakedness^H6172 of the land^H776 ye are come.^H935

13 ♥ 📝 And they said,^H559 We thy servants^H5650 are twelve^H8147 brethren,^H251 the sons^H1121 of one^H259 man^H376 in the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and, behold, the youngest^H6996 is this day^H3117 with our father,^H1 and one^H259 is not.

14 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto them, That is it that I spake^H1696 unto you, saying,^H559 Ye are spies:^H7270

15 ♥ 📝 hereby^H2063 ye shall be proved:^H974 by the life^H2416 of Pharaoh^H6547 ye shall not go forth^H3318 hence, except your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 come^H935 hither.

16 ♥ 📝 Send^H7971 one^H259 of you, and let him fetch^H3947 your brother,^H251 and ye shall be bound,^H631 that your words^H1697 may be proved,^H974 whether there be truth^H571 in^H854 you: or else^H3808 by the life^H2416 of Pharaoh^H6547 surely ye are spies.^H7270

17 ♥ 📝 And he put them all together^H622 into ward^H4929 three^H7969 days.^H3117

18 ♥ 📝 And Joseph^H3130 said^H559 unto them the third^H7992 day,^H3117 This do,^H6213 and live;^H2421 for I fear^H3373 God:^H430

19 ♥ 📝 if ye be true^H3651 men, let one^H259 of your brethren^H251 be bound^H631 in your^H1004 prison-house;^H4929 but go^H3212 ye, carry^H935 grain^H7668 for the famine^H7459 of your houses:^H1004

20 ♥ 📝 and bring^H935 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 unto me; so shall your words^H1697 be verified,^H539 and ye shall not die.^H4191 And they did^H6213 so.

21 ♥ 📝 And they said^H559 one^H376 to another,^H251 We are verily^H61 guilty^H818 concerning our brother,^H251 in that^H834 we saw^H7200 the distress^H6869 of his soul,^H5315 when he besought^H2603 us, and we would not hear;^H8085 therefore is this distress^H6869 come^H935 upon us.

22 ♥ 📝 And Reuben^H7205 answered^H6030 them, saying,^H559 Spake I^H559 not unto you, saying,^H559 Do not sin^H2398 against the child;^H3206 and ye would not hear?^H8085 therefore also, behold, his blood^H1818 is required.^H1875

23 ♥ 📝 And they knew^H3045 not that Joseph^H3130 understood^H8085 them; for there was an interpreter^H3887 between them.

24 ♥ 📝 And he turned himself about^H5437 from them, and wept;^H1058 and he returned^H7725 to them, and spake^H1696 to them, and took^H3947 Simeon^H8095 from among them, and bound^H631 him before their eyes.^H5869

25 ♥ 📝 Then Joseph^H3130 commanded^H6680 to fill^H4390 their vessels^H3627 with grain,^H1250 and to restore^H7725 every man's^H376 money^H3701 into his sack,^H8242 and to give^H5414 them provisions^H6720 for the way:^H1870 and thus^H3651 was it^H6213 done unto them.

26 ♥ 📝 And they laded^H5375 their asses^H2543 with their grain,^H7668 and departed^H3212 thence.

27 ♥ 📝 And as one^H259 of them opened^H6605 his sack^H8242 to give^H5414 his ass^H2543 provender^H4554 in the lodging-place,^H4411 he espied^H7200 his money;^H3701 and, behold, it was in the mouth^H6310 of his sack.^H572

28 ♥ 📝 And he said^H559 unto his brethren,^H251 My money^H3701 is restored;^H7725 and, lo,^H2009 it is even in my sack:^H572 and their heart^H3820 failed^H3318 them, and they turned trembling^H2729 one^H376 to another,^H251 saying,^H559 What is this that God^H430 hath done^H6213 unto us?

29 ♥ 📝 And they came^H935 unto Jacob^H3290 their father^H1 unto the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 and told^H5046 him all that had befallen^H7136 them, saying,^H559

30 ♥ 📝 The man,^H376 the lord^H113 of the land,^H776 spake^H1696 roughly^H7186 with us, and took^H5414 us for spies^H7270 of the country.^H776

31 ♥ 📝 And we said^H559 unto him, We are true^H3651 men; we are no spies:^H7270

32 ♥ 📝 we are twelve^H6240 brethren,^H251 sons^H1121 of our father;^H1 one^H259 is not, and the youngest^H6996 is this day^H3117 with our father^H1 in the land^H776 of Canaan.^H3667

33 ♥ 📝 And the man,^H376 the lord^H113 of the land,^H776 said^H559 unto us, Hereby shall I know^H3045 that ye are true^H3651 men: leave^H3240 one^H259 of your brethren^H251 with me, and take^H3947 [grain for] the famine^H7459 of your houses,^H1004 and go your way;^H3212

34 ♥ 📝 and bring^H935 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 unto me: then shall I know^H3045 that ye are no spies,^H7270 but that ye are true^H3651 men: so will I deliver^H5414 you your brother,^H251 and ye shall traffic^H5503 in the land.^H776

35 ♥ 📝 And it came to pass as they emptied^H7324 their sacks,^H8242 that, behold, every man's^H376 bundle^H6872 of money^H3701 was in his sack:^H8242 and when they and their father^H1 saw^H7200 their bundles^H6872 of money,^H3701 they were afraid.^H3372

36 ♥ 📝 And Jacob^H3290 their father^H1 said^H559 unto them, Me have ye bereaved^H7921 of my children: Joseph^H3130 is not, and Simeon^H8095 is not, and ye will take^H3947 Benjamin^H1144 away: all these things are against me.

37 ♥ 📝 And Reuben^H7205 spake^H559 unto his father,^H1 saying,^H559 Slay^H4191 my two^H8147 sons,^H1121 if I bring^H935 him not to thee: deliver^H5414 him into my hand,^H3027 and I will bring him to thee again.^H7725

38 ♥ 📝 And he said,^H559 My son^H1121 shall not go down^H3381 with you; for his brother^H251 is dead,^H4191 and he only is left:^H7604 if harm^H611 befall^H7122 him by the way^H1870 in which ye go,^H3212 then will ye bring down^H3381 my gray hairs^H7872 with sorrow^H3015 to Sheol.^H7585