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1 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.