The Latter Days - Genesis Chapter 42

Gen 42:1 Now when Jacob [03290] saw [07200] (8799) that there was [03426] corn [07668] in Egypt [04714], Jacob [03290] said [0559] (8799) unto his sons [01121], Why do ye look [07200] (8691) one upon another?
Gen 42:2 And he said [0559] (8799), Behold, I have heard [08085] (8804) that there is [03426] corn [07668] in Egypt [04714]: get you down [03381] (8798) thither, and buy [07666] (8798) for us from thence; that we may live [02421] (8799), and not die [04191] (8799).
Gen 42:3 And Joseph's [03130] ten [06235] brethren [0251] went down [03381] (8799) to buy [07666] (8800) corn [01250] in Egypt [04714].
Gen 42:4 But Benjamin [01144], Joseph's [03130] brother [0251], Jacob [03290] sent [07971] (8804) not with his brethren [0251]; for he said [0559] (8804), Lest peradventure [06435] mischief [0611] befall him [07122] (8799).
Gen 42:5 And the sons [01121] of Israel [03478] came [0935] (8799) to buy [07666] (8800) [corn] among [08432] those that came [0935] (8802): for the famine [07458] was in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
Gen 42:6 And Joseph [03130] was the governor [07989] over the land [0776], and he it was that sold [07666] (8688) to all the people [05971] of the land [0776]: and Joseph's [03130] brethren [0251] came [0935] (8799), and bowed down [07812] (8691) themselves before him [with] their faces [0639] to the earth [0776].
Gen 42:7 And Joseph [03130] saw [07200] (8799) his brethren [0251], and he knew [05234] (8686) them, but made himself strange [05234] (8691) unto them, and spake [01696] (8762) roughly [07186] unto them; and he said [0559] (8799) unto them, Whence [0370] come [0935] (8804) ye? And they said [0559] (8799), From the land [0776] of Canaan [03667] to buy [07666] (8800) food [0400].
Gen 42:8 And Joseph [03130] knew [05234] (8686) his brethren [0251], but they knew [05234] (8689) not him.
Gen 42:9 And Joseph [03130] remembered [02142] (8799) the dreams [02472] which he dreamed [02492] (8804) of them, and said [0559] (8799) unto them, Ye are spies [07270] (8764); to see [07200] (8800) the nakedness [06172] of the land [0776] ye are come [0935] (8804).
Gen 42:10 And they said [0559] (8799) unto him, Nay, my lord [0113], but to buy [07666] (8800) food [0400] are thy servants [05650] come [0935] (8804).
Gen 42:11 We [05168] are all one [0259] man's [0376] sons [01121]; we are true [03651] [men], thy servants [05650] are no spies [07270] (8764).
Gen 42:12 And he said [0559] (8799) unto them, Nay, but to see [07200] (8800) the nakedness [06172] of the land [0776] ye are come [0935] (8804).
Gen 42:13 And they said [0559] (8799), Thy servants [05650] are twelve [08147] [06240] brethren [0251], the sons [01121] of one [0259] man [0376] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667]; and, behold, the youngest [06996] is this day [03117] with our father [01], and one [0259] is not.
Gen 42:14 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799) unto them, That [is it] that I spake [01696] (8765) unto you, saying [0559] (8800), Ye are spies [07270] (8764):
Gen 42:15 Hereby [02063] ye shall be proved [0974] (8735): By the life [02416] of Pharaoh [06547] ye shall not go forth [03318] (8799) hence, except your youngest [06996] brother [0251] come [0935] (8800) hither.
Gen 42:16 Send [07971] (8798) one [0259] of you, and let him fetch [03947] (8799) your brother [0251], and ye shall be kept in prison [0631] (8734), that your words [01697] may be proved [0974] (8735), whether [there be any] truth [0571] in [0854] you: or else [03808] by the life [02416] of Pharaoh [06547] surely ye are spies [07270] (8764).
Gen 42:17 And he put them all together [0622] (8799) into ward [04929] three [07969] days [03117].
Gen 42:18 And Joseph [03130] said [0559] (8799) unto them the third [07992] day [03117], This do [06213] (8798), and live [02421] (8798); [for] I fear [03373] God [0430]:
Gen 42:19 If ye [be] true [03651] [men], let one [0259] of your brethren [0251] be bound [0631] (8735) in the house [01004] of your prison [04929]: go [03212] (8798) ye, carry [0935] (8685) corn [07668] for the famine [07459] of your houses [01004]:
Gen 42:20 But bring [0935] (8686) your youngest [06996] brother [0251] unto me; so shall your words [01697] be verified [0539] (8735), and ye shall not die [04191] (8799). And they did [06213] (8799) so.
Gen 42:21 And they said [0559] (8799) one [0376] to another [0251], We are verily [061] guilty [0818] concerning our brother [0251], in that [0834] we saw [07200] (8804) the anguish [06869] of his soul [05315], when he besought [02603] (8692) us, and we would not hear [08085] (8804); therefore is this distress [06869] come [0935] (8804) upon us.
Gen 42:22 And Reuben [07205] answered [06030] (8799) them, saying [0559] (8800), Spake I [0559] (8804) not unto you, saying [0559] (8800), Do not sin [02398] (8799) against the child [03206]; and ye would not hear [08085] (8804)? therefore, behold, also his blood [01818] is required [01875] (8738).
Gen 42:23 And they knew [03045] (8804) not that Joseph [03130] understood [08085] (8802) them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter [03887] (8688).
Gen 42:24 And he turned himself about [05437] (8735) from them, and wept [01058] (8799); and returned to them again [07725] (8799), and communed [01696] (8762) with them, and took [03947] (8799) from them Simeon [08095], and bound [0631] (8799) him before their eyes [05869].
Gen 42:25 Then Joseph [03130] commanded [06680] (8762) to fill [04390] (8762) their sacks [03627] with corn [01250], and to restore [07725] (8687) every man's [0376] money [03701] into his sack [08242], and to give [05414] (8800) them provision [06720] for the way [01870]: and thus [03651] did he [06213] (8799) unto them.
Gen 42:26 And they laded [05375] (8799) their asses [02543] with the corn [07668], and departed [03212] (8799) thence.
Gen 42:27 And as one [0259] of them opened [06605] (8799) his sack [08242] to give [05414] (8800) his ass [02543] provender [04554] in the inn [04411], he espied [07200] (8799) his money [03701]; for, behold, it was in his sack's [0572] mouth [06310].
Gen 42:28 And he said [0559] (8799) unto his brethren [0251], My money [03701] is restored [07725] (8717); and, lo [02009], it is even in my sack [0572]: and their heart [03820] failed [03318] (8799) them, and they were afraid [02729] (8799), saying [0559] (8800) one [0376] to another [0251], What is this that God [0430] hath done [06213] (8804) unto us?
Gen 42:29 And they came [0935] (8799) unto Jacob [03290] their father [01] unto the land [0776] of Canaan [03667], and told [05046] (8686) him all that befell [07136] (8802) unto them; saying [0559] (8800),
Gen 42:30 The man [0376], [who is] the lord [0113] of the land [0776], spake [01696] (8765) roughly [07186] to us, and took [05414] (8799) us for spies [07270] (8764) of the country [0776].
Gen 42:31 And we said [0559] (8799) unto him, We are true [03651] [men]; we are no spies [07270] (8764):
Gen 42:32 We [be] twelve [06240] [08147] brethren [0251], sons [01121] of our father [01]; one [0259] is not, and the youngest [06996] is this day [03117] with our father [01] in the land [0776] of Canaan [03667].
Gen 42:33 And the man [0376], the lord [0113] of the country [0776], said [0559] (8799) unto us, Hereby shall I know [03045] (8799) that ye are true [03651] [men]; leave [03240] (8685) one [0259] of your brethren [0251] [here] with me, and take [03947] (8798) [food for] the famine [07459] of your households [01004], and be gone [03212] (8798):
Gen 42:34 And bring [0935] (8685) your youngest [06996] brother [0251] unto me: then shall I know [03045] (8799) that ye are no spies [07270] (8764), but that ye are true [03651] [men: so] will I deliver [05414] (8799) you your brother [0251], and ye shall traffick [05503] (8799) in the land [0776].
Gen 42:35 And it came to pass as they emptied [07324] (8688) their sacks [08242], that, behold, every man's [0376] bundle [06872] of money [03701] was in his sack [08242]: and when [both] they and their father [01] saw [07200] (8799) the bundles [06872] of money [03701], they were afraid [03372] (8799).
Gen 42:36 And Jacob [03290] their father [01] said [0559] (8799) unto them, Me have ye bereaved [07921] (8765) [of my children]: Joseph [03130] is not, and Simeon [08095] is not, and ye will take [03947] (8799) Benjamin [01144] [away]: all these things are against me.
Gen 42:37 And Reuben [07205] spake [0559] (8799) unto his father [01], saying [0559] (8800), Slay [04191] (8686) my two [08147] sons [01121], if I bring [0935] (8686) him not to thee: deliver [05414] (8798) him into my hand [03027], and I will bring him to thee again [07725] (8686).
Gen 42:38 And he said [0559] (8799), My son [01121] shall not go down [03381] (8799) with you; for his brother [0251] is dead [04191] (8804), and he is left [07604] (8738) alone: if mischief [0611] befall [07122] (8804) him by the way [01870] in the which ye go [03212] (8799), then shall ye bring down [03381] (8689) my gray hairs [07872] with sorrow [03015] to the grave [07585].

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