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HOLY BIBLE
BOOK OF GENESIS
GENESIS 43
1Now the famine was severe in the land.
2When they had eaten the grain which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again and buy us a little more food.
3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.
4If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food;
5But if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.
6Israel said, Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?
7They replied, The man questioned us thoroughly about ourselves and our family, saying, Is your father still alive? Have you another brother? We answered him accordingly. How could we have known that he would say, Bring your brother here?
8Then Judah said to his father Israel, Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die—both we and you, and also our little ones.
9I will be surety for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back and set him before you, then let me bear the blame for ever.
10For had we had not delayed, we could have travelled there and back twice by now.
11Then their father Israel said to them, If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best produce of the land in your bags, and take the man a present; a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachio nuts, and almonds.
12Take double the money with you, you must take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.
13Take your brother also, and go back at once to the man.
14And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man, so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.
15So the men took the gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Take these men to my home. Slaughter an animal and make ready; for these men shall dine with me at noon.
17And the man did as Joseph said; and brought the men into Joseph's house.
18Now the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house. They said, We are brought in because of the money that was returned to our sacks last time. He wants to seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.
19So they went to the steward of Joseph's house and spoke with him at the entrance of the house,
20Saying, My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food.
21But when we came to the encampment where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have returned it.
22We have other money we've brought down to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks.
23He replied, Everything is fine, fear not. Your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your money. Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24Then the steward brought the men into Joseph's house. He gave them water to wash their feet, then provided food for their donkeys.
25They prepared their gifts for Joseph's arrival at noon, as they had heard that they would dine there.
26When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts which they had brought inside, and bowed themselves to the ground before him.
27He greeted them, and said, Is your father well, the old man you spoke of? Is he still alive?
28They answered, Your servant our father is well; he is still in good health. And they bowed their heads and made obeisance.
29When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he asked, Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke? Then he said, May God be gracious to you, my son.
30With that, Joseph hurried out; for his heart yearned for his brother, and he was about to weep. So he went to his room and wept there.
31Then he washed his face and came out, and restraining himself said, Serve the bread.
32They set a place for Joseph by himself, a seperate place for his brethren, and another for the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves; because Egyptians could not dine with Hebrews, for that is an abomination to the Egyptians.
33And they sat before him in order by age, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. And the men marvelled one at another.
34Then he took and sent servings to them from his table, but Benjamin's serving was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank and were merry with him.
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