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Genesis 42:1

Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, "Why do you look at one another?"

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

Genesis 42:2

He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die."

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.

Genesis 42:3

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

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain from Egypt.

Genesis 42:4

But Jacob didn't send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with his brothers; for he said, "Lest perhaps harm befall him."

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

Genesis 42:5

The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

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

Genesis 42:6

Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph's brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

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.

Genesis 42:7

Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, "Where did you come from?" They said, "From the land of Canaan to buy food."

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.

Genesis 42:8

Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn't recognize him.

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

Genesis 42:9

Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land."

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.

Genesis 42:10

They said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

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

Genesis 42:11

We are all one man's sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies."

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

Genesis 42:12

He said to them, "No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land."

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

Genesis 42:13

They said, "We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more."

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.

Genesis 42:14

Joseph said to them, "It is like I told you, saying, 'You are spies.'

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

Genesis 42:15

Hereby you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh you shall not go forth from here, unless your youngest brother come here.

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

Genesis 42:16

Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies."

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.

Genesis 42:17

He put them all together into custody three days.

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Genesis 42:18

Joseph said to them the third day, "Do this, and live, for I fear God.

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

Genesis 42:19

If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison-house; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

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:

Genesis 42:20

Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won't die." They did so.

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

Genesis 42:21

They said one to another, "We are most assuredly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn't listen. Therefore this distress has come on us."

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.

Genesis 42:22

Reuben answered them, saying, "Didn't I tell you, saying, 'Don't sin against the child,' and you wouldn't listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required."

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.

Genesis 42:23

They didn't know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

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

Genesis 42:24

He turned himself about 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 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.

Genesis 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. Thus was it done to them.

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.

Genesis 42:26

They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

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

Genesis 42:27

As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging-place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

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.

Genesis 42:28

He said to his brothers, "My money is restored! Behold, it is even in my sack." Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

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?

Genesis 42:29

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

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

Genesis 42:30

"The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

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

Genesis 42:31

We said to him, 'We are honest men. We are no spies.

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

Genesis 42:32

We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day 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.

Genesis 42:33

The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'Hereby will I know that you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

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;

Genesis 42:34

Bring your youngest brother to me. Then will I know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So will I deliver you your brother, and you shall trade in the land.'"

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.

Genesis 42:35

It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

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.

Genesis 42:36

Jacob, their father, said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me."

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.

Genesis 42:37

Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "Kill my two sons, if I don't bring him to you. Deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to you again."

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.

Genesis 42:38

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 you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."

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.

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