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And he said to him, Go now, and see if your brothers are well and how the flock is; then come back and give me word. So he sent him out of the valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.

Saying to one another, See, here comes this dreamer.

Let us now put him to death and put his body into one of these holes, and we will say, An evil beast has put him to death: then we will see what becomes of his dreams.

And Judah said, Let her keep the things, so that we may not be shamed; I sent the young goat, but you did not see the woman.

But he would not, and said to her, You see that my master keeps no account of what I do in his house, and has put all his property in my control;

She sent for the men of her house and said to them, See, he has let a Hebrew come here and make sport of us; he came to my bed, and I gave a loud cry;

And Pharaoh said to Joseph, See, I have put you over all the land of Egypt.

Then the memory of his dreams about them came back to Joseph, and he said to them, You have come secretly to see how poor the land is.

And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.

Send one of your number to get your brother, and the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are true; if not, by the life of Pharaoh, your purpose is certainly secret.

See, the money which was in the mouth of our bags we gave back to you when we came again from Canaan: how then might we take silver or gold from your lord's house?

And Joseph said, What is this thing which you have done? had you no thought that such a man as I would have power to see what is secret?

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

But you said to your servants, If your youngest brother does not come with you, you will not see my face again.

And we said, Only if our youngest brother goes with us will we go down; for we may not see the man's face again if our youngest brother is not with us.

For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?

Now truly, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin see, that it is my mouth which says these things to you.

And he sent his brothers on their way, and said to them, See that you have no argument on the road.

And Israel said, It is enough: Joseph my son is still living; I will go and see him before my death.

I will go down with you to Egypt, and I will see that you come back again, and at your death Joseph will put his hands on your eyes.