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Chapter 42
Now
when
Jacob
saw
that
there
was
corn
in
Egypt,
Jacob
said
unto
his
sons,
Why
do
ye
look
one
upon
another?
2
And
he
said,
Behold,
I
have
heard
that
there
is
corn
in
Egypt:
get
you
down
thither,
and
buy
for
us
from
thence;
that
we
may
live,
and
not
die.
3
And
Joseph’s
ten
brethren
went
down
to
buy
corn
in
Egypt.
4
But
Benjamin,
Joseph’s
brother,
Jacob
sent
not
with
his
brethren;
for
he
said,
Lest
peradventure
mischief
befall
him.
5
And
the
sons
of
Israel
came
to
buy
corn
among
those
that
came:
for
the
famine
was
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
6
And
Joseph
was
the
governor
over
the
land,
and
he
it
was
that
sold
to
all
the
people
of
the
land:
and
Joseph’s
brethren
came,
and
bowed
down
themselves
before
him
with
their
faces
to
the
earth.
7
And
Joseph
saw
his
brethren,
and
he
knew
them,
but
made
himself
strange
unto
them,
and
spake
roughly
unto
them;
and
he
said
unto
them,
Whence
come
ye?
And
they
said,
From
the
land
of
Canaan
to
buy
food.
8
And
Joseph
knew
his
brethren,
but
they
knew
not
him.
9
And
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.
10
And
they
said
unto
him,
Nay,
my
lord,
but
to
buy
food
are
thy
servants
come.
11
We
are
all
one
man’s
sons;
we
are
true
men,
thy
servants
are
no
spies.
12
And
he
said
unto
them,
Nay,
but
to
see
the
nakedness
of
the
land
ye
are
come.
13
And
they
said,
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.
14
And
Joseph
said
unto
them,
That
is
it
that
I
spake
unto
you,
saying,
Ye
are
spies:
15
Hereby
ye
shall
be
proved:
By
the
life
of
Pharaoh
ye
shall
not
go
forth
hence,
except
your
youngest
brother
come
hither.
16
Send
one
of
you,
and
let
him
fetch
your
brother,
and
ye
shall
be
kept
in
prison,
that
your
words
may
be
proved,
whether
there
be
any
truth
in
you:
or
else
by
the
life
of
Pharaoh
surely
ye
are
spies.
17
And
he
put
them
all
together
into
ward
three
days.
18
And
Joseph
said
unto
them
the
third
day,
This
do,
and
live;
for
I
fear
God:
19
If
ye
be
true
men,
let
one
of
your
brethren
be
bound
in
the
house
of
your
prison:
go
ye,
carry
corn
for
the
famine
of
your
houses:
20
But
bring
your
youngest
brother
unto
me;
so
shall
your
words
be
verified,
and
ye
shall
not
die.
And
they
did
so.
21
And
they
said
one
to
another,
We
are
verily
guilty
concerning
our
brother,
in
that
we
saw
the
anguish
of
his
soul,
when
he
besought
us,
and
we
would
not
hear;
therefore
is
this
distress
come
upon
us.
22
And
Reuben
answered
them,
saying,
Spake
I
not
unto
you,
saying,
Do
not
sin
against
the
child;
and
ye
would
not
hear?
therefore,
behold,
also
his
blood
is
required.
23
And
they
knew
not
that
Joseph
understood
them;
for
he
spake
unto
them
by
an
interpreter.
24
And
he
turned
himself
about
from
them,
and
wept;
and
returned
to
them
again,
and
communed
with
them,
and
took
from
them
Simeon,
and
bound
him
before
their
eyes.
25
Then
Joseph
commanded
to
fill
their
sacks
with
corn,
and
to
restore
every
man’s
money
into
his
sack,
and
to
give
them
provision
for
the
way:
and
thus
did
he
unto
them.
26
And
they
laded
their
asses
with
the
corn,
and
departed
thence.
27
And
as
one
of
them
opened
his
sack
to
give
his
ass
provender
in
the
inn,
he
espied
his
money;
for,
behold,
it
was
in
his
sack’s
mouth.
28
And
he
said
unto
his
brethren,
My
money
is
restored;
and,
lo,
it
is
even
in
my
sack:
and
their
heart
failed
them,
and
they
were
afraid,
saying
one
to
another,
What
is
this
that
God
hath
done
unto
us?
29
And
they
came
unto
Jacob
their
father
unto
the
land
of
Canaan,
and
told
him
all
that
befell
unto
them;
saying,
30
The
man,
who
is
the
lord
of
the
land,
spake
roughly
to
us,
and
took
us
for
spies
of
the
country.
31
And
we
said
unto
him,
We
are
true
men;
we
are
no
spies:
32
We
be
twelve
brethren,
sons
of
our
father;
one
is
not,
and
the
youngest
is
this
day
with
our
father
in
the
land
of
Canaan.
33
And
the
man,
the
lord
of
the
country,
said
unto
us,
Hereby
shall
I
know
that
ye
are
true
men;
leave
one
of
your
brethren
here
with
me,
and
take
food
for
the
famine
of
your
households,
and
be
gone:
34
And
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
traffick
in
the
land.
35
And
it
came
to
pass
as
they
emptied
their
sacks,
that,
behold,
every
man’s
bundle
of
money
was
in
his
sack:
and
when
both
they
and
their
father
saw
the
bundles
of
money,
they
were
afraid.
36
And
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.
37
And
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.
38
And
he
said,
My
son
shall
not
go
down
with
you;
for
his
brother
is
dead,
and
he
is
left
alone:
if
mischief
befall
him
by
the
way
in
the
which
ye
go,
then
shall
ye
bring
down
my
gray
hairs
with
sorrow
to
the
grave.
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