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 42:1 ¶ Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

 42:1 ¶ Now when Jacobº sawºº thatº there wasº cornº in Egypt,º Jacobº saidºº unto his sons,º Whyº do ye lookºº one upon another?º

 42:2 And 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.

 42:2 And he said,ºº Behold,º I have heardºº thatº there isº cornº in Egypt:º get you downºº thither,º and buyºº for us from thence;ºº that we may live,ºº and notº die.ºº

 42:3 ¶ And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

 42:3 ¶ And Joseph'sº tenº brethrenº went downºº to buyºº cornº in Egypt.ºº

 42:4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure harm befall him.

 42:4 But Benjamin,º Joseph'sº brother,º Jacobº sentºº notº withº his brethren;º forº he said,ºº Lest peradventureº mischiefº befallº him.ºº

 42:5 And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

 42:5 And the sonsº of Israelº cameºº to buyºº [corn] amongº those that came:ºº forº the famineº wasº in the landº of Canaan.º

 42:6 And 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.

 42:6 And Josephº [was] the governorº overº the land,º [and] heº [it was] that soldºº to allº the peopleº of the land:º and Joseph'sº brethrenº came,ºº and bowed downºº themselvesº before him [with] their facesº to the earth.º

 42:7 And 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.

 42:7 And Josephº sawººº his brethren,º and he knewºº them, but made himself strangeºº untoº them, and spakeºº roughlyº untoº them; and he saidºº untoº them, Whenceºº comeºº ye? And they said,ºº From the landºº of Canaanº to buyºº food.º

 42:8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

 42:8 And Josephº knewººº his brethren,º but theyº knewºº notº him.

 42:9 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.

 42:9 And Josephº rememberedººº the dreamsº whichº he dreamedºº of them, and saidºº untoº them, Yeº [are] spies;ºº to seeººº the nakednessº of the landº ye are come.ºº

 42:10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

 42:10 And they saidºº untoº him, Nay,º my lord,º but to buyºº foodº are thy servantsº come.ºº

 42:11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

 42:11 Weº [are] allº oneº man'sº sons;º weº [are] trueº [men], thy servantsº areº noº spies.ºº

 42:12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

 42:12 And he saidºº untoº them, Nay,º butº to seeºº the nakednessº of the landº ye are come.ºº

 42:13 And 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.

 42:13 And they said,ºº Thy servantsº [are] twelveºº brethren,º the sonsº of oneº manº in the landº of Canaan;º and, behold,º the youngestº [is] this dayº withº our father,º and oneº [is] not.º

 42:14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

 42:14 And Josephº saidºº untoº them, Thatº [is it] thatº I spakeºº untoº you, saying,ºº Yeº [are] spies:ºº

 42:15 hereby ye shall be proved: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

 42:15 Herebyº ye shall be proved:ºº By the lifeº of Pharaohº ye shall not go forthºº hence,ºº exceptºº your youngestº brotherº comeºº hither.º

 42:16 Send 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.

 42:16 Sendºº oneº ofº you, and let him fetchººº your brother,º and yeº shall be kept in prison,ºº that your wordsº may be proved,ºº whether [there be any] truthº inº you: or elseºº by the lifeº of Pharaohº surelyº yeº [are] spies.ºº

 42:17 And he put them all together into ward three days.

 42:17 And he put them all togetherººº intoº wardº threeº days.º

 42:18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God:

 42:18 And Josephº saidºº untoº them the thirdº day,º Thisº do,ºº and live;ºº [for] Iº fearºº God:º

 42:19 if 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:

 42:19 Ifº yeº [be] trueº [men], let oneº of your brethrenº be boundºº in the houseº of your prison:º goººº ye,º carryºº cornº for the famineº of your houses:º

 42:20 and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

 42:20 But bringºº your youngestº brotherº untoº me; so shall your wordsº be verified,ºº and ye shall notº die.ºº And they didºº so.º

 42:21 ¶ And 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.

 42:21 ¶ And they saidºº oneº toº another,º Weº [are] verilyº guiltyº concerningº our brother,º in thatº we sawºº the anguishº of his soul,º when he besoughtººº us, and we would notº hear;ºº thereforeºº is thisº distressº comeºº uponº us.

 42:22 And 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.

 42:22 And Reubenº answeredºº them, saying,ºº Spakeº Iºº notº untoº you, saying,ºº Do notº sinºº against the child;º and ye would notº hear?ºº therefore, behold,º alsoº his bloodº is required.ºº

 42:23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

 42:23 And theyº knewºº notº thatº Josephº understoodºº [them]; forº he spake untoº them by an interpreter.ºº

 42:24 And 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.

 42:24 And he turned himself aboutºº fromºº them, and wept;ºº and returnedº toº them again,ºº and communedºº withº them, and tookºº fromºº themº Simeon,º and boundºº him before their eyes.º

 42:25 ¶ Then Joseph commanded to fill their vessels with grain, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provisions for the way: and thus was it done unto them.

 42:25 ¶ Then Josephº commandedºº to fillººº their sacksº with corn,º and to restoreºº every man'sº moneyº intoº his sack,º and to giveºº them provisionº for the way:º and thusº didº heºº unto them.

 42:26 And they laded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

 42:26 And they ladedººº their assesº withº the corn,º and departedººº thence.ºº

 42:27 And 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.

 42:27 And as oneº of them openedººº his sackº to giveºº his assº provenderº in the inn,º he espiedººº his money;º for, behold,º itº [was] in his sack'sº mouth.º

 42:28 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 turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God hath done unto us?

 42:28 And he saidºº untoº his brethren,º My moneyº is restored;ºº and, lo,º [it is] evenº in my sack:º and their heartº failedºº [them], and they were afraid,ºº sayingºº oneº toº another,º Whatº [is] thisº [that] Godº hath doneºº unto us?

 42:29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

 42:29 ¶ And they cameºº untoº Jacobº their fatherº unto the landº of Canaan,º and toldºº himº allº that befellºº unto them; saying,ºº

 42:30 The man, the lord of the land, spake roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

 42:30 The man,º [who is] the lordº of the land,º spakeºº roughlyº toº us, and tookºº us for spiesºº ofº the country.º

 42:31 And we said unto him, We are true men; and we are no spies:

 42:31 And we saidºº untoº him, Weº [are] trueº [men]; we areº noº spies:ºº

 42:32 we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

 42:32 Weº [be] twelveºº brethren,º sonsº of our father;º oneº [is] not,º and the youngestº [is] this dayº withº our fatherº in the landº of Canaan.º

 42:33 And 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;

 42:33 And the man,º the lordº of the country,º saidºº untoº us, Herebyº shall I knowºº thatº yeº [are] trueº [men]; leaveººº oneº of your brethrenº [here] withº me, and takeºº [food for] the famineº of your households,º and be gone:ººº

 42:34 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 traffic in the land.

 42:34 And bringººº your youngestº brotherº untoº me: then shall I knowºº thatº yeº [are] noº spies,ºº butº [that] yeº [are] trueº [men: so] will I deliverºº youº your brother,º and ye shall traffickºº in the land.º

 42:35 ¶ And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

 42:35 ¶ And it came to passº as theyº emptiedºº their sacks,º that, behold,º every man'sº bundleº of moneyº [was] in his sack:º and when [both] theyº and their fatherº sawººº the bundlesº of money,º they were afraid.ºº

 42:36 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.

 42:36 And Jacobº their fatherº saidºº untoº them, Me have ye bereavedºº [of my children]: Josephº [is] not,º and Simeonº [is] not,º and ye will takeºº Benjaminº [away]: allº these things areº againstº me.

 42:37 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.

 42:37 And Reubenº spakeºº untoº his father,º saying,ºº Slayººº my twoº sons,º ifº I bringºº him notº toº thee: deliverºº him intoº my hand,º and Iº will bringº him toº thee again.ºº

 42:38 And 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.

 42:38 And he said,ºº My sonº shall notº go downºº withº you; forº his brotherº is dead,ºº and heº is leftºº alone:º if mischiefº befallºº him by the wayº in the whichº ye go,ººº then shall ye bring downººº my gray hairsº with sorrowº to the grave.º