meat, as much as they may carry, and put every man’s money in the top of his sack.

And put my silver cup in the top of the young man’s sack with the money for the corn. And he did as Joseph had said unto him.

And it came to pass in the morning, when it was light, that they sent the men away with their asses.

And when they were gone out of the city, and were not far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Go, pursue after the men, and when thou seest them, speak unto them: Why have ye requited good with evil?

Is not this that my lord drinketh of, and that he may know? Ye have done evil.

And when he had taken hold of them, he spake unto them these words.

And they said unto him, Why saith my lord these words? Far be it from thy servants to do such a thing.

Behold, the money that we found in the top of our sacks we have brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan. How then should we have stolen silver or gold out of the house of thy lord?

With whomsoever he be found among thy servants, let him be put to death: and we also will
be my lord’s servants.

And he said, Yea, it shall be as ye have spoken. With whomsoever he be found, let him be my servant: but ye shall be free.

And they hasted, and laid every man his sackcloth upon the earth, and opened every man his sackcloth.

And he searched, and began at the greatest unto the last: and the cup was found in Benjamin’s sack.

And they rent their clothes, and loaded every man upon his ass, and returned into the city.

And Judah went with his brethren into Joseph’s house, because he was yet there: and they fell down to the ground before him.

And Joseph said unto them: How have ye been able to do this? Know ye not that such a man as I am might guess?

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord, or how shall we speak, and what shall we justify ourselves? God hath found the iniquity of thy servants. Behold, we and he with whom the cup is found are my lord’s servants.

And he said, Far be it from me to do this thing. The man with whom the cup is found shall be my servant: but go ye up in peace unto your father.

And Judah came to him, and said, My lord, let thy servant speak a word in thine ears, my lord; and let not thine anger be kindled against thy servant: for thou art as Pharaoh.

And my lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye also a father, or a brother?

Then answered we: We have a father that is old, and a young lad born in his old age; and his brother is dead, and he is left alone of his mother, and his father loveth him.

Then saidst thou unto thy servants: Bring him down unto me, and I will shew him mercy.

And we said unto my lord, The lad cannot come from his father: if he came from him, he would die.

Then saidst thou unto thy servants: Where your youngest brother cometh not hither with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Then we went up unto thy servant my father, and told him my lord’s speech.

And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little meat.

And we said: We cannot go down, except our youngest brother be with us, and we will go down: for we cannot see the man’s face, where our youngest brother is not with us.

And thy servant my father said unto us, Ye know that my wife hath borne me two sons.

One went out from me, and was said to be torn: and have not seen him hitherto.

If ye also take this man from me, and an accident befall him, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow into the pit.

Now if I came home to thy servant my father, and the lad were not with us, because his soul clave unto this soul,

And it shall come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not there, that he shall die: then shall we thy servants bring the gray hairs of thy servant, our father, into the pit with sorrow of heart:

For I thy servant became surety for the lad against my father, saying, If I bring him not again unto thee, I will bear the iniquity all my life.

Therefore let thy servant abide here in the lad’s stead, the servant of my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? I would have to see the wretchedness that would meet my father.
(Genesis)
Chapter 45
Joseph makes himself known to his brothers.

And Joseph could no longer refrain himself from all that stood about him: and he cried, Let every man go out from me. And there stood no man with him, when Joseph confessed with his brethren.

And he cried with a loud voice, and the Egyptians and Pharaoh’s servants heard it.

And said unto his brethren: I am Joseph. Is my father yet alive? And his brethren could not answer him; so they were afraid before his face.

And he said unto his brethren: Come near me. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold in Egypt.

And now be not grieved, neither think that I am angry because ye have sold me hither: for for your life’s sake God hath sent me before you.

For these are two years, that it is dear in the land; and there are yet five years, that there shall be no plowing nor reaping.

But God hath sent me before you, to preserve you in the earth, and to save your lives by a great salvation.

And now, ye sent me not hither, but God, who hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord over all his house, and a ruler in all the land of Egypt.

Make haste therefore, and go up to my father, and say unto him, Joseph thy son saith unto thee, God hath made me lord of all the land of Egypt: come down unto me, tarry not.

Thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and shalt be nigh unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children’s children, and thy cattle great and small, and all that thou hast.

I will provide for thee there: for there are yet five years of tribulation: lest thou perish with thy house, and with all that thou hast.

Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that I speak unto you by word of mouth.

Declare unto my Father all my glory in Egypt, and all that ye have seen; make haste, and come down hither with my Father.

And he fell on the neck of Benjamin his brother, and wept: and Benjamin also wept on his neck.

And he kissed all his brethren, and wept over them. Afterward his brethren talked with him.

And when the cry came into Pharaoh’s house, that Joseph’s brethren were come, it pleased Pharaoh well, and all his servants.

And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, Tell thy brethren: Do thus unto him, load your beasts, go, 18. And when ye are come into the land of Canaan, take your father and your household, and come unto me; and I will give you goods in the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the marrow of the land.

And give them charge: Do so unto him, take unto you out of the land of Egypt chariots for your children and your wives, and lead your father, and come.

And see not your household goods: for the goods of all the land of Egypt shall be yours.

And the children of Israel did so. And Joseph gave them chariots according to Pharaoh’s commandment, and victuals for the way.

And gave unto them all, every one, one ceremonial garment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred pieces of silver and five ceremonial garments.

And he sent unto his father ten asses laden with goods out of Egypt, and ten asses laden with corn and bread and meat for his father’s journey.

So he left his brethren, and they went, and said unto them: Quarrel not in the way.

So they went up from Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father.

And they told him, saying: Joseph is yet alive, and is a ruler in all the land of Egypt. But his heart thought much otherwise, because he believed them not.

And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had spoken unto them. And when he saw the chariots which Joseph had sent him to bring him, the spirit of Jacob their father was quickened.

And Israel said: I am satisfied that my son Joseph is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.
(Genesis)
Chapter 46
Jacob’s journey to Egypt to his son Joseph.

And Israel went with all that he had. And when he was come to Beer-saba, he offered
sacrifices unto the God of Isaac his father.

And God said unto him in the night in his vision, Jacob, Jacob. And he said, Here am I.

And he said: I am GOD, the GOD of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt, for there will I make thee a great nation.

I will go down with thee into Egypt, and will bring thee up also: and Joseph shall put his hands upon thine eyes.

And Jacob arose from Beer-saba; and the children of Israel brought