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Genesis 42:1

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?

And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?`

And Jacob hearing that food was sold in Egypt, said to his sons: Why are ye careless?

Genesis 42:2

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.

And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.

he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;`

I have heard that wheat is sold in Egypt: go ye down, and buy us necessaries, that we may live, and not be consumed with want.

Genesis 42:3

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.

and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

So the ten brethren of Joseph went down, to buy corn in Egypt:

Genesis 42:4

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

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.

and Benjamin, Joseph`s brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.`

Whilst Benjamin was kept at home by Jacob, who said to his brethren: Lest perhaps he take any harm in the journey.

Genesis 42:5

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

And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

And they entered into the land of Egypt with others that went to buy. For the famine was in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 42:6

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.

Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.

and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph`s brethren come and bow themselves to him face to the earth.

And Joseph was governor in the land of Egypt, and corn was sold by his direction to the people. And when his brethren had bowed down to him,

Genesis 42:7

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.

And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.

And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?` and they say, `From the land of Canaan to buy food.`

And he knew them, he spoke as it were to strangers somewhat roughly, asking them: Whence came you? They answered: From the land of Chanaan, to buy necessaries of life.

Genesis 42:8

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.

And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

And though he knew his brethren, he was not known by them.

Genesis 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.

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye [are] spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.`

And remembering the dreams, which formerly he had dreamed, he said to them: You are spies. You are come to view the weaker parts of the land.

Genesis 42:10

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

And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.

And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

But they said: It is not so, my lord, but thy servants are come to buy food.

Genesis 42:11

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

We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.

we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;`

We are all the sons of one man: we are come as peaceable men, neither do thy servants go about any evil.

Genesis 42:12

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

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;`

And he answered them: It is otherwise: you are come to consider the unfenced parts of this land.

Genesis 42:13

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.

Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.

and they say, `Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.`

But they said: We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Chanaan: the youngest is with our father, the other is not living.

Genesis 42:14

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

And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;

And Joseph saith unto them, `This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies,

He saith: This is it that I said: You are spies.

Genesis 42:15

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.

by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this except by your young brother coming hither;

I shall now presently try what you are: by the health of Pharao you shall not depart hence, until your youngest brother come.

Genesis 42:16

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.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not Pharaoh liveth! surely ye [are] spies;`

Send one of you to fetch him: and you shall be in prison, till what you have said be proved, whether it be true or false: or else by the health of Pharao you are spies.

Genesis 42:17

And he put them all together into ward three days.

So he put them in prison for three days.

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

So he put them in prison three days.

Genesis 42:18

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

And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:

And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

And the third day he brought them out of prison, and said: Do as I have said, and you shall live: for I fear God.

Genesis 42:19

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:

If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses,

If you be peaceable men, let one of your brethren be bound in prison: and go ye your ways and carry the corn that you have bought, unto your houses.

Genesis 42:20

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

And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.

and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;` and they do so.

And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may find your words to be true, and you may not die. They did as he had said.

Genesis 42:21

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.

And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.

And they say one unto another, `Verily we [are] guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.`

And they talked one to another: We deserve to suffer these things, because we have sinned against our brother, seeing the anguished of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear: therefore is this affliction come upon us.

Genesis 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, behold, also his blood is required.

And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.

And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.`

And Ruben one of them, said: Did not I say to you: Do not sin against the boy: and you would not hear me? Behold his blood is required.

Genesis 42:23

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them;

And they knew not that Joseph understood, because he spoke to them by an interpreter.

Genesis 42:24

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.

And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.

and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

And he turned himself away a little while, and wept: and returning he spoke to them.

Genesis 42:25

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.

Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.

And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

And taking Simeon, and binking him in their presence, he commanded his servants to fill their sacks with wheat, and to put every man's money again in their sacks, and to give them besides provisions for the way: and they did so.

Genesis 42:26

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.

And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

But they having loaded their asses with the corn, went their way.

Genesis 42:27

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.

Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.

and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag,

And one of them opening his sack, to give his beast provender in the inn, saw the money in the sack's mouth;

Genesis 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 were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?

and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:` and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What [is] this God hath done to us!`

And said to his brethren: My money is given me again, hehold it is in the sack. And thye were astonished, and troubled, and said to one another: What is this that God hath done unto us?

Genesis 42:29

And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,

And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Chanaan, and they told him all things that had befallen them, saying:

Genesis 42:30

The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.

`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

The lord of the land spoke roughly to us, and took us to be spies of the country.

Genesis 42:31

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

And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;

and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies,

And we answered him: We are peaceable men, and we mean no plot.

Genesis 42:32

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.

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

We are twelve brethren born of one father: one is not living, the youngest is with our father in the land of Chanaan.

Genesis 42:33

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:

And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;

`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go,

And he said to us: Hereby shall I know that you are peaceable men: Leave one of your brethren with me, and take ye necessary provision for your houses, and go your ways.

Genesis 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 traffick in the land.

And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.

and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.`

And bring your youngest brother to me, that I may know you are not spies: and you may receive this man again, that is kept in prison: and afterwards may have leave to buy what you will.

Genesis 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 both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.

And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man`s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

When they had told this, they poured out their corn and every man found his money tied in the mouth of his sack: and all being astonished together,

Genesis 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.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take against me have been all these.`

Their father Jacob said: You have made me to be without children: Joseph is not living, Simeon is kept in bonds, and Benjamin you will take away: all these evils are fallen upon me.

Genesis 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.

And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.

And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I I bring him back unto thee;`

And Ruben answered him: Kill my two sons if I bring him not again to thee: deliver him unto my hand, and I will restore him to thee.

Genesis 42:38

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.

And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.

and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.`

But he said: My son shall not go down with you: his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any mischief befall him in the land to which you go, you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to hell.

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