01_GEN_43_01 And the famine [ was] sore in the land.
01_GEN_43_02 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their Father said unto them, go again, buy us A little food.
01_GEN_43_03 And Judah spake unto him, saying, the man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, ye shall not see my face, except your brother [ be] with you.
01_GEN_43_04 if thou Wilt send our brother with us, we will go down And buy thee food:
01_GEN_43_05 but if thou Wilt not send [ him], we will not go down: for the man said unto us, ye shall not see my face, except your brother [ be] with you.
01_GEN_43_06 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye [ So] ill with me, [ as] to tell the man whether ye had yet A brother?
01_GEN_43_07 And they said, the man asked us straitly of our state, And of our kindred, saying, [ Is] your Father yet alive? have ye [ another] brother? And we told him according to the tenor of These words: could we certainly know that he would say, bring your brother down?
01_GEN_43_08 And Judah said unto Israel his Father, send the lad with me, And we will Arise And go; that we may live, And not die, Both we, And thou, [ And] also our little ones.
01_GEN_43_09 I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, And set him before thee, Then let me bear the blame for ever:
01_GEN_43_10 for except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
01_GEN_43_11 And their Father Israel said unto them, if [ it must be] So now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, And carry down the man A present, A little balm, And A little honey, spices, And myrrh, nuts, And almonds:
01_GEN_43_12 And take double money in your hand; And the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry [ it] again in your hand; Peradventure it [ was] an oversight:
01_GEN_43_13 take also your brother, And Arise, go again unto the man:
01_GEN_43_14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, And Benjamin. if I be bereaved [ of my children], I am bereaved.
01_GEN_43_15 And the men took that present, And they took double money in their hand, And Benjamin; And rose up, And went down to Egypt, And stood before Joseph.
01_GEN_43_16 And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, bring [ These] men home, And slay, And make ready; for [ These] men shall dine with me at noon.
01_GEN_43_17 And the man did as Joseph bade; And the man brought the men into Joseph's house.
01_GEN_43_18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; And they said, because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, And fall upon us, And take us for bondmen, And our asses.
01_GEN_43_19 And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, And they communed with him at the door of the house,
01_GEN_43_20 And said, O Sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
01_GEN_43_21 And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, And, behold, [ every] man's money [ was] in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: And we have brought it again in our hand.
01_GEN_43_22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
01_GEN_43_23 And he said, peace [ be] to you, Fear not: your God, And the God of your Father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them.
01_GEN_43_24 And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, And gave [ them] water, And they washed their feet; And he gave their asses provender.
01_GEN_43_25 And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.
01_GEN_43_26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which [ was] in their hand into the house, And bowed themselves to him to the earth.
01_GEN_43_27 And he asked them of [ their] welfare, And said, [ Is] your Father Well, the old man of whom ye spake? [ Is] he yet alive?
01_GEN_43_28 And they answered, thy servant our Father [ Is] in good health, he [ Is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, And made obeisance.
01_GEN_43_29 And he lifted up his eyes, And saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, And said, [ Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.
01_GEN_43_30 And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: And he sought [ where] to weep; And he entered into [ his] chamber, And wept there.
01_GEN_43_31 And he washed his face, And went out, And refrained himself, And said, set on bread.
01_GEN_43_32 And they set on for him by himself, And for them by themselves, And for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [ Is] an abomination unto the Egyptians.
01_GEN_43_33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, And the youngest according to his youth: And the men marvelled one at another.
01_GEN_43_34 And he took [ And sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times So much as any of theirs. And they drank, And were merry with him.