the sons of one man; we are upright; and thy servants have never been spies.

And he said unto them: Nay, but ye are come to see where the land is open.

And they said unto him, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and the youngest is yet with our father; but the one is no more.

And Joseph said unto them: This is it that I said unto you: Ye are spies.

By this I will try you: by the life of Pharaoh ye shall not come hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

Send one of you to fetch your brother, and ye shall be taken captive. So will I try your words, whether ye deal in truth, or not. For if not, by the life of Pharaoh ye are spies.

And he kept them together three days.

And the third day he said unto them: If ye would live, do so: for I fear GOD.

If ye be upright, let one of your brethren lie bound in your prison: but go ye, bring home that which ye have bought for hunger,

And bring your youngest brother unto me, and I will believe your words, that ye die not. And they did so.

And they said among themselves: This we did unto our brother, that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hearken unto him: therefore is this tribulation come upon us.

And Reuben answered them, and said, Did I not tell you, saying, Sin not against the lad, and ye would not hear? Now his blood is required.

And they knew not that Joseph understood: for he spake unto them through an interpreter.

And he turned from them, and wept. And when he turned again unto them, and spake unto them, he took of them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes;

And Joseph commanded that they should fill their sacks with corn, and return their money, every man into his sack, and victuals for the way. And they did so unto them.

And they loaded their merchandise upon their asses, and departed thence.

And when a man had opened his sack to feed his ass in the inn, he perceived his money that was in the top of the sack.

And he said unto his brethren: My money is restored unto me; behold, it is in my sack. Then their hearts fell from them, and they were afraid among themselves, and said: Why hath God done this unto us?

And when they were come home to Jacob their father into the land of Canaan, they told him all that they had met with, saying:

The man that is master in the land spake hard unto us, and took us for spies of the land.

And when we answered him: We are honest, and have never been spies, 32. But twelve brethren the sons of our father: one is left, and the youngest is yet with our father in the land of Canaan:

And the LORD said unto us in the land, By this I will know whether ye are upright: leave one of your brethren with me, and take the necessaries of your house, and go; 34. And bring your youngest brother unto me, and I will know that ye are not spies, but that ye are upright: and I will give you your brother also, and ye shall go forth into the land.

And when they had poured out the sacks, they found every man his little bundle of money in his sack. And when they saw that they were bundles of their money, they were afraid, they and their father.

And Jacob their father said unto them: Ye rob me of my children: Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, Benjamin will ye take away; it is all gone over me.

And Reuben answered his father, and said, If I bring him not again unto thee, slay my two sons: only deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him again unto thee.

And he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if any accident should befall him in the way as ye go up, ye would bring my gray hairs into the pit with sorrow of heart.
(Genesis)
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Journey of the sons of Jacob to Egypt with Benjamin.

but the dearth pressed the land.

And when they had eaten up all the corn that they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them: Go again, and buy us a little meat.

Then Judah answered him, and said: And the man bound us hard, and said: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.

If then thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for thee; 5. But if thou send him not, we will not go down. For the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, but your brother shall be with you.

And Israel said, Why have ye done so evil unto me, as to tell the man how ye have another brother?

And they answered: The man inquired so closely of us and of our friendship, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have ye also any brother? Then we told him as he asked us. How could we know just now that he would say: Bring your brother down with you?

And Judah said unto Israel his father, Let the lad go with me, that we may arise and journey, and live, and not die, both we, and thou, and our little ones.

I will be surety for him; thou shalt require him at my hand. If I bring him not again unto thee, and set him before thine eyes, I will bear the iniquity all the days of my life.

For if we had not gone away, we should have returned twice.

And Israel their father said unto them: If it be so, do it, and take of the best fruits of the land into your sacks, and bring down gifts unto the man, a little balm, and honey, and spices, and myrrh, and dates, and almonds.

Take ye also other money with you; and the money that is returned unto you above in your sacks, bring ye also again with you. Perhaps there has been a mistake.

Therefore take your brother, arise, and come again to the man.

But may God Almighty have mercy upon you in the sight of the man, that he leave you your other brother and Benjamin. But I am like one who is deprived of his children.

And they took these presents and the money double with them, and Benjamin, and rose up, and went into Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

And Joseph saw them with Benjamin, and said unto his steward, Bring these men home, and slay, and prepare: for they shall eat with me at noon.

And the man did as Joseph had told him, and brought the men into Joseph’s house.

And they were afraid when they were brought into Joseph’s house, and said: We are brought
in for the money which we found in our sacks aforetime, that he may bring it upon us, and execute judgment upon us, that he may take us for his own servants, and our asses with him.

Therefore they came to Joseph’s steward, and spake unto him at the door of the house.

And said: My lord, we came down a little while ago to buy food.

And when we were come into the inn, and had opened our sacks, behold, every man’s money was in the top of his sack with full weight: therefore we brought it again with us, 22. have also brought down other money with us to buy meat: but we know not who hath put our money into our sacks.

And he said, Be at ease, fear not. Your God and your father’s God hath given you treasure in your sacks. Your money is become mine. And he brought Simeon out unto them.

And he brought them into Joseph’s house, and gave them water to wash their feet, and fed their asses.

And they made ready the present until Joseph came at noon: for they had heard that they should eat bread there.

And when Joseph was come into the house, they brought him home the present in their hands, and fell down to the ground before him.

And he greeted them kindly, and said, Is your father well, the old man, of whom ye told me?
is he yet alive?

And they answered: Thy servant our father is well, and yet liveth. And they bowed themselves, and fell down before him.

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said: Is this your youngest brother, since you told me of him? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son.

And Joseph made haste, because his heart burned against his brother, and sought where he wept; and went into his chamber, and wept there.

And when he had washed his face, he went out, and held himself, and said, Put on bread.

And they charged him specially, and them also specially, and the Egyptians also specially that did eat with him. For the Egyptians must not eat bread with the Ebrams, for it is an abomination in their sight.

And they set them against him, the firstborn according to his firstborn, and the youngest according to his youth. And they wondered among themselves.

And they set meat before them of his table: but Benjamin had five times more than the rest.
And they drank, and were drunken with him.
(Genesis)
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Joseph’s brothers are being hard-pressed.

And Joseph commanded his steward, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with