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Joseph's
Brothers Sent to Egypt |
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Genesis 42:1
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Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt,
and Jacob said to his sons, "Why are you staring at one another?" |
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Genesis 42:2
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He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is
grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we
may live and not die." |
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Genesis 42:3
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Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy
grain from Egypt. |
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Genesis 42:4
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But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin
with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him." |
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Genesis 42:5
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So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among
those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also. |
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Genesis 42:6
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Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was
the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and
bowed down to him with their faces to the ground. |
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Genesis 42:7
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When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them,
but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them,
"Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food." |
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Genesis 42:8
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But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although
they did not recognize him. |
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Genesis 42:9
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Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about
them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended
parts of our land." |
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Genesis 42:10
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Then they said to him, "No, my lord, but your
servants have come to buy food. |
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Genesis 42:11
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"We are all sons of one man; we are honest men,
your servants are not spies." |
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Genesis 42:12
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Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come
to look at the undefended parts of our land!" |
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Genesis 42:13
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But they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers
in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is
with our father today, and one is no longer alive." |
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Genesis 42:14
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Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you,
you are spies; |
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Genesis 42:15
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by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh,
you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here! |
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Genesis 42:16
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"Send one of you that he may get your brother,
while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth
in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies." |
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Genesis 42:17
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So he put them all together in prison for three
days. |
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Genesis 42:18
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Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do
this and live, for I fear God: |
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Genesis 42:19
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if you are honest men, let one of your brothers
be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the
famine of your households, |
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Genesis 42:20
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and bring your youngest brother to me, so your
words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so. |
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Genesis 42:21
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Then they said to one another, "Truly we are
guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he
pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon
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Genesis 42:22
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Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell
you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning
for his blood." |
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Genesis 42:23
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They did not know, however, that Joseph understood,
for there was an interpreter between them. |
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Genesis 42:24
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He turned away from them and wept. But when
he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him
before their eyes. |
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Genesis 42:25
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Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with
grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions
for the journey. And thus it was done for them. |
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Genesis 42:26
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So they loaded their donkeys with their grain
and departed from there. |
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Genesis 42:27
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As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey
fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth
of his sack. |
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Genesis 42:28
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Then he said to his brothers, "My money has
been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and
they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done
to us?" |
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Simeon
Is Held Hostage |
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Genesis 42:29
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When they came to their father Jacob in the
land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, |
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Genesis 42:30
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"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly
with us, and took us for spies of the country. |
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Genesis 42:31
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"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we
are not spies. |
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Genesis 42:32
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'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father;
one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land
of Canaan.' |
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Genesis 42:33
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"The man, the lord of the land, said to us,
'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with
me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. |
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Genesis 42:34
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'But bring your youngest brother to me that
I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to
you, and you may trade in the land.'" |
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Genesis 42:35
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Now it came about as they were emptying their
sacks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they
and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. |
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Genesis 42:36
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Their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved
me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take
Benjamin; all these things are against me." |
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Genesis 42:37
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Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You
may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my
care, and I will return him to you." |
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Genesis 42:38
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But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with
you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him
on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol
in sorrow." |
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