whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies. And he put them all together into ward 17 three days. And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, 18 and live; for I fear God: if ye be true men, let one of your 19 brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses: but bring your youngest brother 20 unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die, And they did so. And they said one to another, We are verily 21 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 Reuben answered them, 22 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 they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 23 he spake unto them by an interpreter. And he turned himself 24 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. Then Joseph commanded to fill their 25 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.

AND they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 26 And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in 27 the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth. And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; 28 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 they came unto Jacob their father unto 23 the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them, saying, 'The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, 20 and took us for spies of the country. And we said unto him, We 31 are true men; we are no spies: we be twelve brethren, sons of 32 our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. And the man, the lord of the 33 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 bring your young- 34 est 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. And it came to pass as they emptied 35 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 Jacob their father said unto them, 36 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 Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay 37 my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again. And he said, My son 38 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 the man did as Joseph bade; and the man 17 brought the men into Joseph's house. And the men were afraid, 18 because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, And 19 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. they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house, 'and said. O sir, we 20 came indeed down at the first time to buy food: and it came to 21 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. And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy 22 food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks. And he 23 said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your

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father, hath given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out unto them. And the man brought 21 the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender. And 25 they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. And when Joseph 25 came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth. And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father 27 well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive? they answered, Thy servant our father is in good health, he is yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance. And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, 29 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. And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon 30 his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. And he washed his face, and 31 went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread. And 32 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. And they sat before 33 him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another. And he took and sent messes unto them from before him: but 31 Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with him. And he commanded the44 steward of his house, saying, Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. And put my cup, the silver cup, in the sack's mouth of 2 the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken.

As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, 3 they and their asses. And when they were gone out of the city, 4 and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? Is not this it in 5 which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in so doing. And he overtook them, and he 6 spake unto them these same words. And they said unto him, 7 Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy ser vants should do according to this thing: behold, the money, 8 which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? With whomsoever of thy ser- 9 van's it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen. And he said, Now also let it be according unto your 10 word he with whom it is found shall be my servant; and ye shall be blameless, Then they speedily took down every man 11 his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. And 12

he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. Then they rent 13 their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house; for 14 he was yet there: and they fell before him on the ground. And 15 Joseph said unto them, What deed is this that ye have done? wot ye not that such a man as I can certainly divine? And 16 Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's servants, both we, and he also with whom the cup is found. And he said, 17 God forbid that I should do so: but the man in whose hand the cup is found, he shall be my servant; and as for you, get you up in peace unto your father. Then Judah came near unto him, and 18 said, Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in iny lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant : for thou art even as Pharaoh. My lord asked his servants, say- 19 ing, Have ye a father, or a brother? And we said unto my lord, 20 We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. And thou saidst unto thy servants, 21 Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot leave his father, for 22 if he should leave his father, his father would die. And thon 23 saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. And it came to 24 pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. And our father said, Go again, and buy 25 us a little food. And we said, We cannot go down: if our 26 youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife 27 bare me two sons: and the one went out from me, and I said, 28 Surely he is torn in pieces; and I saw him not since: and if ye 29 take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. Now therefore 30 when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad be not with us; seeing that his life is bound up in the iad's life; 'it shall come 31 to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die: and thy servants shall bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. For thy servant 32 became surety for the lad unto my father, saying, If I bring hira not unto thee, then I shall bear the blame to my father for ever. Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the 33 lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. For how shall I go up to my father, and the lad be 34 not with me? lest peradventure I see the evil that shall come on my father.

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himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud: and the Egyptians and the house of Pharaoh heard. And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land: and yet there are five years, in the which there shall neither be caring nor harvest. And God sent me before you to preserve you a posterity in the earth, and to save your lives by a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God: and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt. Haste ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Thus saith thy son Joseph, God hath made me lord of all Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not: 'and thou 10 shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast: and there will I 11 nourish thee; for yet there are five years of famine; lest thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast, come to poverty. And, 12 behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. And ye shall tell my 13 father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen: and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither. fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. Moreover he kissed all his brethren, and 15 wept upon them: and after that his brethren talked with him. And the fame thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Jo- 16 seph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Say unto thy brethren, 17 This do ye; lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; and take your father and your households, and come 18 unto me: and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. Now thou art commanded, this 19 do ye; take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. Also regard not your stuff; for the good of all the land of Egypt 20 is your's. And the children of Israel did so: and Joseph gave 21 them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. To all of them he gave ench 22 man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver, and five changes of raiment. And to his 23 father he sent after this manner; ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father by the way. So he sent his brethren 24 away, and they departed: and he said unto them, See that ye fall not out by the way.

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