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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?"

Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

Then he said, "Look, 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."

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

So ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may happen to him."

But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, because the famine was also in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.

And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. He said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.

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

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and he said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land."

And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

"We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies."

We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!"

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

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."

And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

Yet Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies;

And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here!

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

"Send one of you and have him get your brother, while you remain confined, so that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, you are certainly spies!"

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

So he put them all together in prison for three days.

And he put them all together into ward three days.

Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

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,

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

and bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so.

But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

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; for that reason this distress has happened to us."

And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now justice for his blood is required."

And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

Then 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.

And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, but also to return every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And that is what was done for them.

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.

And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

But when one of them opened his sack to give his donkey feed at the overnight campsite, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the opening of his sack!

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

So he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and look, it is right in my sack!" Then their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?