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Genesis - Chapter 42

Gen 42:1	¶	Now when Jacob ³²⁹⁰ saw ⁷²⁰⁰ that there was ³⁴²⁶ corn ⁷⁶⁶⁸ in Egypt ⁴⁷¹⁴, Jacob ³²⁹⁰ said ⁵⁵⁹ unto his sons ¹¹²¹, Why do ye look ⁷²⁰⁰ one upon another?
Gen 42:2		And he said ⁵⁵⁹ , Behold, I have heard ⁸⁰⁸⁵ that there is ³⁴²⁶ corn ⁷⁶⁶⁸ in Egypt ⁴⁷¹⁴: get you down ³³⁸¹ thither, and buy ⁷⁶⁶⁶ for us from thence; that we may live ²⁴²¹ , and not die ⁴¹⁹¹ .
Gen 42:3		And Joseph's ³¹³⁰ ten ⁶²³⁵ brethren ²⁵¹ went down ³³⁸¹ to buy ⁷⁶⁶⁶ corn ¹²⁵⁰ in Egypt ⁴⁷¹⁴.
Gen 42:4		But Benjamin ¹¹⁴⁴, Joseph's ³¹³⁰ brother ²⁵¹, Jacob ³²⁹⁰ sent ⁷⁹⁷¹ not with his brethren ²⁵¹; for he said ⁵⁵⁹ , Lest peradventure ⁶⁴³⁵ mischief ⁶¹¹ befall him ⁷¹²² .
Gen 42:5		And the sons ¹¹²¹ of Israel ³⁴⁷⁸ came ⁹³⁵ to buy ⁷⁶⁶⁶ [corn] among ⁸⁴³² those that came ⁹³⁵ : for the famine ⁷⁴⁵⁸ was in the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan ³⁶⁶⁷.
Gen 42:6	¶	And Joseph ³¹³⁰ [was] the governor ⁷⁹⁸⁹ over the land ⁷⁷⁶, [and] he [it was] that sold ⁷⁶⁶⁶ to all the people ⁵⁹⁷¹ of the land ⁷⁷⁶: and Joseph's ³¹³⁰ brethren ²⁵¹ came ⁹³⁵ , and bowed down ⁷⁸¹² themselves before him [with] their faces ⁶³⁹ to the earth ⁷⁷⁶.
Gen 42:7		And Joseph ³¹³⁰ saw ⁷²⁰⁰ his brethren ²⁵¹, and he knew ⁵²³⁴ them, but made himself strange ⁵²³⁴ unto them, and spake ¹⁶⁹⁶ roughly ⁷¹⁸⁶ unto them; and he said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, Whence ³⁷⁰ come ⁹³⁵ ye? And they said ⁵⁵⁹ , From the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan ³⁶⁶⁷ to buy ⁷⁶⁶⁶ food ⁴⁰⁰.
Gen 42:8		And Joseph ³¹³⁰ knew ⁵²³⁴ his brethren ²⁵¹, but they knew ⁵²³⁴ not him.
Gen 42:9		And Joseph ³¹³⁰ remembered ²¹⁴² the dreams ²⁴⁷² which he dreamed ²⁴⁹² of them, and said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, Ye [are] spies ⁷²⁷⁰ ; to see ⁷²⁰⁰ the nakedness ⁶¹⁷² of the land ⁷⁷⁶ ye are come ⁹³⁵ .
Gen 42:10		And they said ⁵⁵⁹ unto him, Nay, my lord ¹¹³, but to buy ⁷⁶⁶⁶ food ⁴⁰⁰ are thy servants ⁵⁶⁵⁰ come ⁹³⁵ .
Gen 42:11		We ⁵¹⁶⁸ [are] all one ²⁵⁹ man's ³⁷⁶ sons ¹¹²¹; we [are] true ³⁶⁵¹ [men], thy servants ⁵⁶⁵⁰ are no spies ⁷²⁷⁰ .
Gen 42:12		And he said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, Nay, but to see ⁷²⁰⁰ the nakedness ⁶¹⁷² of the land ⁷⁷⁶ ye are come ⁹³⁵ .
Gen 42:13		And they said ⁵⁵⁹ , Thy servants ⁵⁶⁵⁰ [are] twelve ⁸¹⁴⁷ ⁶²⁴⁰ brethren ²⁵¹, the sons ¹¹²¹ of one ²⁵⁹ man ³⁷⁶ in the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan ³⁶⁶⁷; and, behold, the youngest ⁶⁹⁹⁶ [is] this day ³¹¹⁷ with our father ¹, and one ²⁵⁹ [is] not.
Gen 42:14		And Joseph ³¹³⁰ said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, That [is it] that I spake ¹⁶⁹⁶ unto you, saying ⁵⁵⁹ , Ye [are] spies ⁷²⁷⁰ :
Gen 42:15		Hereby ²⁰⁶³ ye shall be proved ⁹⁷⁴ : By the life ²⁴¹⁶ of Pharaoh ⁶⁵⁴⁷ ye shall not go forth ³³¹⁸ hence, except your youngest ⁶⁹⁹⁶ brother ²⁵¹ come ⁹³⁵ hither.
Gen 42:16		Send ⁷⁹⁷¹ one ²⁵⁹ of you, and let him fetch ³⁹⁴⁷ your brother ²⁵¹, and ye shall be kept in prison ⁶³¹ , that your words ¹⁶⁹⁷ may be proved ⁹⁷⁴ , whether [there be any] truth ⁵⁷¹ in ⁸⁵⁴ you: or else ³⁸⁰⁸ by the life ²⁴¹⁶ of Pharaoh ⁶⁵⁴⁷ surely ye [are] spies ⁷²⁷⁰ .
Gen 42:17		And he put them all together ⁶²² into ward ⁴⁹²⁹ three ⁷⁹⁶⁹ days ³¹¹⁷.
Gen 42:18	¶	And Joseph ³¹³⁰ said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them the third ⁷⁹⁹² day ³¹¹⁷, This do ⁶²¹³ , and live ²⁴²¹ ; [for] I fear ³³⁷³ God ⁴³⁰:
Gen 42:19		If ye [be] true ³⁶⁵¹ [men], let one ²⁵⁹ of your brethren ²⁵¹ be bound ⁶³¹ in the house ¹⁰⁰⁴ of your prison ⁴⁹²⁹: go ³²¹² ye, carry ⁹³⁵ corn ⁷⁶⁶⁸ for the famine ⁷⁴⁵⁹ of your houses ¹⁰⁰⁴:
Gen 42:20		But bring ⁹³⁵ your youngest ⁶⁹⁹⁶ brother ²⁵¹ unto me; so shall your words ¹⁶⁹⁷ be verified ⁵³⁹ , and ye shall not die ⁴¹⁹¹ . And they did ⁶²¹³ so.
Gen 42:21		And they said ⁵⁵⁹ one ³⁷⁶ to another ²⁵¹, We [are] verily ⁶¹ guilty ⁸¹⁸ concerning our brother ²⁵¹, in that ⁸³⁴ we saw ⁷²⁰⁰ the anguish ⁶⁸⁶⁹ of his soul ⁵³¹⁵, when he besought ²⁶⁰³ us, and we would not hear ⁸⁰⁸⁵ ; therefore is this distress ⁶⁸⁶⁹ come ⁹³⁵ upon us.
Gen 42:22		And Reuben ⁷²⁰⁵ answered ⁶⁰³⁰ them, saying ⁵⁵⁹ , Spake I ⁵⁵⁹ not unto you, saying ⁵⁵⁹ , Do not sin ²³⁹⁸ against the child ³²⁰⁶; and ye would not hear ⁸⁰⁸⁵ ? therefore, behold, also his blood ¹⁸¹⁸ is required ¹⁸⁷⁵ .
Gen 42:23		And they knew ³⁰⁴⁵ not that Joseph ³¹³⁰ understood ⁸⁰⁸⁵ [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter ³⁸⁸⁷ .
Gen 42:24		And he turned himself about ⁵⁴³⁷ from them, and wept ¹⁰⁵⁸ ; and returned to them again ⁷⁷²⁵ , and communed ¹⁶⁹⁶ with them, and took ³⁹⁴⁷ from them Simeon ⁸⁰⁹⁵, and bound ⁶³¹ him before their eyes ⁵⁸⁶⁹.
Gen 42:25	¶	Then Joseph ³¹³⁰ commanded ⁶⁶⁸⁰ to fill ⁴³⁹⁰ their sacks ³⁶²⁷ with corn ¹²⁵⁰, and to restore ⁷⁷²⁵ every man's ³⁷⁶ money ³⁷⁰¹ into his sack ⁸²⁴², and to give ⁵⁴¹⁴ them provision ⁶⁷²⁰ for the way ¹⁸⁷⁰: and thus ³⁶⁵¹ did he ⁶²¹³ unto them.
Gen 42:26		And they laded ⁵³⁷⁵ their asses ²⁵⁴³ with the corn ⁷⁶⁶⁸, and departed ³²¹² thence.
Gen 42:27		And as one ²⁵⁹ of them opened ⁶⁶⁰⁵ his sack ⁸²⁴² to give ⁵⁴¹⁴ his ass ²⁵⁴³ provender ⁴⁵⁵⁴ in the inn ⁴⁴¹¹, he espied ⁷²⁰⁰ his money ³⁷⁰¹; for, behold, it [was] in his sack's ⁵⁷² mouth ⁶³¹⁰.
Gen 42:28		And he said ⁵⁵⁹ unto his brethren ²⁵¹, My money ³⁷⁰¹ is restored ⁷⁷²⁵ ; and, lo ²⁰⁰⁹, [it is] even in my sack ⁵⁷²: and their heart ³⁸²⁰ failed ³³¹⁸ [them], and they were afraid ²⁷²⁹ , saying ⁵⁵⁹ one ³⁷⁶ to another ²⁵¹, What [is] this [that] God ⁴³⁰ hath done ⁶²¹³ unto us?
Gen 42:29	¶	And they came ⁹³⁵ unto Jacob ³²⁹⁰ their father ¹ unto the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan ³⁶⁶⁷, and told ⁵⁰⁴⁶ him all that befell ⁷¹³⁶ unto them; saying ⁵⁵⁹ ,
Gen 42:30		The man ³⁷⁶, [who is] the lord ¹¹³ of the land ⁷⁷⁶, spake ¹⁶⁹⁶ roughly ⁷¹⁸⁶ to us, and took ⁵⁴¹⁴ us for spies ⁷²⁷⁰ of the country ⁷⁷⁶.
Gen 42:31		And we said ⁵⁵⁹ unto him, We [are] true ³⁶⁵¹ [men]; we are no spies ⁷²⁷⁰ :
Gen 42:32		We [be] twelve ⁶²⁴⁰ ⁸¹⁴⁷ brethren ²⁵¹, sons ¹¹²¹ of our father ¹; one ²⁵⁹ [is] not, and the youngest ⁶⁹⁹⁶ [is] this day ³¹¹⁷ with our father ¹ in the land ⁷⁷⁶ of Canaan ³⁶⁶⁷.
Gen 42:33		And the man ³⁷⁶, the lord ¹¹³ of the country ⁷⁷⁶, said ⁵⁵⁹ unto us, Hereby shall I know ³⁰⁴⁵ that ye [are] true ³⁶⁵¹ [men]; leave ³²⁴⁰ one ²⁵⁹ of your brethren ²⁵¹ [here] with me, and take ³⁹⁴⁷ [food for] the famine ⁷⁴⁵⁹ of your households ¹⁰⁰⁴, and be gone ³²¹² :
Gen 42:34		And bring ⁹³⁵ your youngest ⁶⁹⁹⁶ brother ²⁵¹ unto me: then shall I know ³⁰⁴⁵ that ye [are] no spies ⁷²⁷⁰ , but [that] ye [are] true ³⁶⁵¹ [men: so] will I deliver ⁵⁴¹⁴ you your brother ²⁵¹, and ye shall traffick ⁵⁵⁰³ in the land ⁷⁷⁶.
Gen 42:35	¶	And it came to pass as they emptied ⁷³²⁴ their sacks ⁸²⁴², that, behold, every man's ³⁷⁶ bundle ⁶⁸⁷² of money ³⁷⁰¹ [was] in his sack ⁸²⁴²: and when [both] they and their father ¹ saw ⁷²⁰⁰ the bundles ⁶⁸⁷² of money ³⁷⁰¹, they were afraid ³³⁷² .
Gen 42:36		And Jacob ³²⁹⁰ their father ¹ said ⁵⁵⁹ unto them, Me have ye bereaved ⁷⁹²¹ [of my children]: Joseph ³¹³⁰ [is] not, and Simeon ⁸⁰⁹⁵ [is] not, and ye will take ³⁹⁴⁷ Benjamin ¹¹⁴⁴ [away]: all these things are against me.
Gen 42:37		And Reuben ⁷²⁰⁵ spake ⁵⁵⁹ unto his father ¹, saying ⁵⁵⁹ , Slay ⁴¹⁹¹ my two ⁸¹⁴⁷ sons ¹¹²¹, if I bring ⁹³⁵ him not to thee: deliver ⁵⁴¹⁴ him into my hand ³⁰²⁷, and I will bring him to thee again ⁷⁷²⁵ .
Gen 42:38		And he said ⁵⁵⁹ , My son ¹¹²¹ shall not go down ³³⁸¹ with you; for his brother ²⁵¹ is dead ⁴¹⁹¹ , and he is left ⁷⁶⁰⁴ alone: if mischief ⁶¹¹ befall ⁷¹²² him by the way ¹⁸⁷⁰ in the which ye go ³²¹² , then shall ye bring down ³³⁸¹ my gray hairs ⁷⁸⁷² with sorrow ³⁰¹⁵ to the grave ⁷⁵⁸⁵.

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