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Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is because of the money which was put back in our bags the first time; he is looking for something against us, so that he may come down on us and take us and our asses for his use.

So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,

And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: so that they were looking at one another in wonder.

And put my cup, my silver cup, in the youngest one's bag, with his money. So he did as Joseph said.

So he overtook them and said these words to them.

So Judah and his brothers came to Joseph's house; and he was still there: and they went down on their faces before him.

Then he said, Far be it from me to do so: but the man who had my cup will be my servant; and you may go back to your father in peace.

And you said to your servants, Let him come down to me with you, so that I may see him.

So now let me be my lord's servant here in place of the boy, and let him go back with his brothers.

And so loud was his weeping, that it came to the ears of the Egyptians and all Pharaoh's house.

God sent me before you to keep you and yours living on earth so that you might become a great nation.

So now it was not you who sent me here, but God: and he has made me as a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt.

And there I will take care of you, so that you and your family may not be in need, for there are still five bad years to come.

So they went up from Egypt and came to the land of Canaan, to their father Jacob.

Now he had sent Judah before him to Goshen, to get word from Joseph; and so they came to the land of Goshen.

And they said to Pharaoh, We have come to make a living in this land, because we have no grass for our flocks in the land of Canaan; so now let your servants make a place for themselves in the land of Goshen.

Now there was no food to be had in all the land, so that all Egypt and Canaan were wasted from need of food.

So they took their cattle to Joseph and he gave them bread in exchange for their horses and flocks and herds and asses, so all that year he gave them food in exchange for their cattle.

Are we to come to destruction before your eyes, we and our land? take us and our land and give us bread; and we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh; and give us seed so that we may have life and the land may not become waste.

So Joseph got all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh; for every Egyptian gave up his land in exchange for food, because of their great need; so all the land became Pharaoh's.