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and in this house there is nothing above me, nor has anything been kept back from me, but thou, because thou art his wife�how then shall I do this wicked thing, and sin against God?

But remember me of thyself, when it shall be well with thee, and thou shalt deal mercifully with me, and thou shalt make mention of me to Pharao, and thou shalt bring me forth out of this dungeon.

For surely I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews, and here I have done nothing, but they have cast me into this pit.

Yet did not the chief cupbearer remember Joseph, but forgot him.

And Pharao said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard say concerning thee that thou didst hear dreams and interpret them.

But there shall come seven years of famine after these, and they shall forget the plenty that shall be in all Egypt, and the famine shall consume the land.

And the seven years of famine began to come, as Joseph said; and there was a famine in all the land; but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

But Jacob sent not Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befall him.

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;

And he said to them, Nay, but ye are come to observe the marks of the land.

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father to-day, but the other one is not.

Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharao, verily ye are spies.

If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.

And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.

But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that ye are not spies, but that ye are men of peace: and I will restore you your brother, and ye shall trade in the land.

But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and suppose it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.

But the famine prevailed in the land.

but if thou send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.