Now Jacob{H3290} saw{H7200} that there was{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt,{H4714} and Jacob{H3290} said{H559} unto his sons,{H1121} Why do ye look{H7200} one upon another?

And he said,{H559} Behold, I have heard{H8085} that there is{H3426} grain{H7668} in Egypt:{H4714} get you down{H3381} thither, and buy{H7666} for us from thence; that we may live,{H2421} and not die.{H4191}

And Joseph's{H3130} ten{H6235} brethren{H251} went down{H3381} to buy{H7666} grain{H1250} from Egypt.{H4714}

But Benjamin,{H1144} Joseph's{H3130} brother,{H251} Jacob{H3290} sent{H7971} not with his brethren;{H251} for he said,{H559} Lest peradventure{H6435} harm{H611} befall him.{H7122}

And the sons{H1121} of Israel{H3478} came{H935} to buy{H7666} among{H8432} those that came:{H935} for the famine{H7458} was in the land{H776} of Canaan.{H3667}

And Joseph{H3130} was the governor{H7989} over the land;{H776} he it was that sold{H7666} to all the people{H5971} of the land.{H776} And Joseph's{H3130} brethren{H251} came,{H935} and bowed down{H7812} themselves to him with their faces{H639} to the earth.{H776}

And Joseph{H3130} saw{H7200} his brethren,{H251} and he knew{H5234} them, but made himself strange{H5234} unto them, and spake{H1696} roughly{H7186} with them; and he said{H559} unto them, Whence{H370} come{H935} ye? And they said,{H559} From the land{H776} of Canaan{H3667} to buy{H7666} food.{H400}

And Joseph{H3130} knew{H5234} his brethren,{H251} but they knew{H5234} not him.

And Joseph{H3130} remembered{H2142} the dreams{H2472} which he dreamed{H2492} of them, and said{H559} unto them, Ye are spies;{H7270} to see{H7200} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come.{H935}

And they said{H559} unto him, Nay, my lord,{H113} but to buy{H7666} food{H400} are thy servants{H5650} come.{H935}

We{H5168} are all one{H259} man's{H376} sons;{H1121} we are true{H3651} men, thy servants{H5650} are no spies.{H7270}

And he said{H559} unto them, Nay, but to see{H7200} the nakedness{H6172} of the land{H776} ye are come.{H935}

And they said,{H559} We thy servants{H5650} are twelve{H8147} brethren,{H251} the sons{H1121} of one{H259} man{H376} in the land{H776} of Canaan;{H3667} and, behold, the youngest{H6996} is this day{H3117} with our father,{H1} and one{H259} is not.

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them, That is it that I spake{H1696} unto you, saying,{H559} Ye are spies:{H7270}

hereby{H2063} ye shall be proved:{H974} by the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} ye shall not go forth{H3318} hence, except your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} come{H935} hither.

Send{H7971} one{H259} of you, and let him fetch{H3947} your brother,{H251} and ye shall be bound,{H631} that your words{H1697} may be proved,{H974} whether there be truth{H571} in{H854} you: or else{H3808} by the life{H2416} of Pharaoh{H6547} surely ye are spies.{H7270}

And he put them all together{H622} into ward{H4929} three{H7969} days.{H3117}

And Joseph{H3130} said{H559} unto them the third{H7992} day,{H3117} This do,{H6213} and live;{H2421} for I fear{H3373} God:{H430}

if ye be true{H3651} men, let one{H259} of your brethren{H251} be bound{H631} in your{H1004} prison-house;{H4929} but go{H3212} ye, carry{H935} grain{H7668} for the famine{H7459} of your houses:{H1004}

and bring{H935} your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} unto me; so shall your words{H1697} be verified,{H539} and ye shall not die.{H4191} And they did{H6213} so.

And they said{H559} one{H376} to another,{H251} We are verily{H61} guilty{H818} concerning our brother,{H251} in that{H834} we saw{H7200} the distress{H6869} of his soul,{H5315} when he besought{H2603} us, and we would not hear;{H8085} therefore is this distress{H6869} come{H935} upon us.

And Reuben{H7205} answered{H6030} them, saying,{H559} Spake I{H559} not unto you, saying,{H559} Do not sin{H2398} against the child;{H3206} and ye would not hear?{H8085} therefore also, behold, his blood{H1818} is required.{H1875}

And they knew{H3045} not that Joseph{H3130} understood{H8085} them; for there was an interpreter{H3887} between them.

And he turned himself about{H5437} from them, and wept;{H1058} and he returned{H7725} to them, and spake{H1696} to them, and took{H3947} Simeon{H8095} from among them, and bound{H631} him before their eyes.{H5869}

Then Joseph{H3130} commanded{H6680} to fill{H4390} their vessels{H3627} with grain,{H1250} and to restore{H7725} every man's{H376} money{H3701} into his sack,{H8242} and to give{H5414} them provisions{H6720} for the way:{H1870} and thus{H3651} was it{H6213} done unto them.

And they laded{H5375} their asses{H2543} with their grain,{H7668} and departed{H3212} thence.

And as one{H259} of them opened{H6605} his sack{H8242} to give{H5414} his ass{H2543} provender{H4554} in the lodging-place,{H4411} he espied{H7200} his money;{H3701} and, behold, it was in the mouth{H6310} of his sack.{H572}

And he said{H559} unto his brethren,{H251} My money{H3701} is restored;{H7725} and, lo,{H2009} it is even in my sack:{H572} and their heart{H3820} failed{H3318} them, and they turned trembling{H2729} one{H376} to another,{H251} saying,{H559} What is this that God{H430} hath done{H6213} unto us?

And they came{H935} unto Jacob{H3290} their father{H1} unto the land{H776} of Canaan,{H3667} and told{H5046} him all that had befallen{H7136} them, saying,{H559}

The man,{H376} the lord{H113} of the land,{H776} spake{H1696} roughly{H7186} with us, and took{H5414} us for spies{H7270} of the country.{H776}

And we said{H559} unto him, We are true{H3651} men; we are no spies:{H7270}

we are twelve{H6240} brethren,{H251} sons{H1121} of our father;{H1} one{H259} is not, and the youngest{H6996} is this day{H3117} with our father{H1} in the land{H776} of Canaan.{H3667}

And the man,{H376} the lord{H113} of the land,{H776} said{H559} unto us, Hereby shall I know{H3045} that ye are true{H3651} men: leave{H3240} one{H259} of your brethren{H251} with me, and take{H3947} [grain for] the famine{H7459} of your houses,{H1004} and go your way;{H3212}

and bring{H935} your youngest{H6996} brother{H251} unto me: then shall I know{H3045} that ye are no spies,{H7270} but that ye are true{H3651} men: so will I deliver{H5414} you your brother,{H251} and ye shall traffic{H5503} in the land.{H776}

And it came to pass as they emptied{H7324} their sacks,{H8242} that, behold, every man's{H376} bundle{H6872} of money{H3701} was in his sack:{H8242} and when they and their father{H1} saw{H7200} their bundles{H6872} of money,{H3701} they were afraid.{H3372}

And Jacob{H3290} their father{H1} said{H559} unto them, Me have ye bereaved{H7921} of my children: Joseph{H3130} is not, and Simeon{H8095} is not, and ye will take{H3947} Benjamin{H1144} away: all these things are against me.

And Reuben{H7205} spake{H559} unto his father,{H1} saying,{H559} Slay{H4191} my two{H8147} sons,{H1121} if I bring{H935} him not to thee: deliver{H5414} him into my hand,{H3027} and I will bring him to thee again.{H7725}

And he said,{H559} My son{H1121} shall not go down{H3381} with you; for his brother{H251} is dead,{H4191} and he only is left:{H7604} if harm{H611} befall{H7122} him by the way{H1870} in which ye go,{H3212} then will ye bring down{H3381} my gray hairs{H7872} with sorrow{H3015} to Sheol.{H7585}