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Genesis 42:1

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

And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

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

Genesis 42:2

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.

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.

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;`

Genesis 42:3

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

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.

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

Genesis 42:4

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

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

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

Genesis 42:5

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.

So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was 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,

Genesis 42:6

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, he was the governor over the land he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face 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.

Genesis 42:7

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 saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy 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.`

Genesis 42:8

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

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

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

Genesis 42:9

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 remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.

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.`

Genesis 42:10

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

And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.

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

Genesis 42:11

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

We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.

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

Genesis 42:12

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

And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.

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

Genesis 42:13

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 said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

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.`

Genesis 42:14

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

And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.

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

Genesis 42:15

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 shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!

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

Genesis 42:16

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, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.

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;`

Genesis 42:17

So he put them in prison for three days.

And he put them in custody three days.

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

Genesis 42:18

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 said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.

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

Genesis 42:19

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 honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;

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,

Genesis 42:20

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 bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.

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

Genesis 42:21

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.

Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon 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.`

Genesis 42:22

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 answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.

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.`

Genesis 42:23

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 did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.

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

Genesis 42:24

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 turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound 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.

Genesis 42:25

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 gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.

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.

Genesis 42:26

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

And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.

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

Genesis 42:27

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 one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

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,

Genesis 42:28

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 said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that] 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!`

Genesis 42:29

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 came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, 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,

Genesis 42:30

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, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.

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

Genesis 42:31

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

And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:

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

Genesis 42:32

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; one is not, and the youngest is this day 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.

Genesis 42:33

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, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,

`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,

Genesis 42:34

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 youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may 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.`

Genesis 42:35

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 came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.

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;

Genesis 42:36

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 said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against 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.`

Genesis 42:37

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 spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

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;`

Genesis 42:38

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.

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

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.`

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