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Genesis 42
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)

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Joseph's Brothers Sent to Egypt

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Gen 42:1 - Now Jacob^H3290 saw^H7200 that there^H3426 was grain^H7668 in Egypt,^H4714 and Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to his sons,^H1121 “Why^H4100 are you staring^H7200 at one another?”

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Gen 42:2 - He said,^H559 “Behold,^H2009 I have heard^H8085 that there^H3426 is grain^H7668 in Egypt;^H4714 go^H3381 down^H3381 there^H8033 and buy^H7666 some for us [fn]from that place,^H8033 so that we may live^H2421 and not die.”^H4191

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Gen 42:3 - Then ten^H6235 brothers^H251 of Joseph^H3130 went^H3381 down^H3381 to buy^H7666 grain^H1250 from Egypt.^H4714

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Gen 42:4 - But Jacob^H3290 did not send^H7971 Joseph’s^H3130 brother^H251 Benjamin^H1144 with his brothers,^H251 for he said,^H559 “I am afraid that harm^H611 may befall^H7122 him.”

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Gen 42:5 - So the sons^H1121 of Israel^H3478 came^H935 to buy^H7666 grain^H7666 among^H8432 those who were coming,^H935 for the famine^H7458 was in the land^H776 of Canaan^H3667 also.

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Gen 42:6 - Now Joseph^H3130 was the ruler^H7989 over^H5921 the land;^H776 he was the one who sold^H7666 to all^H3605 the people^H5971 of the land.^H776 And Joseph’s^H3130 brothers^H251 came^H935 and bowed^H7812 down^H7812 to him with their faces^H639 to the ground.^H776

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Gen 42:7 - When Joseph^H3130 saw^H7200 his brothers^H251 he recognized^H5234 them, but he disguised^H5234 himself to them and spoke^H1696 to them harshly.^H7186 And he said^H559 to them, “Where^H370 have you come^H935 from?” And they said,^H559 “From the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 to buy^H7666 food.”^H400

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Gen 42:8 - But Joseph^H3130 had recognized^H5234 his brothers,^H251 although they did not recognize^H5234 him.

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Gen 42:9 - Joseph^H3130 remembered^H2142 the dreams^H2472 which^H834 he [fn]had^H2492 about them, and said^H559 to them, “You are spies;^H7270 you have come^H935 to look^H7200 at the [fn]undefended^H6172 parts^H6172 of our land.”^H776

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Gen 42:10 - Then they said^H559 to him, “No,^H3808 my lord,^H113 but your servants^H5650 have come^H935 to buy^H7666 food.^H400

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Gen 42:11 - “We are all^H3605 sons^H1121 of one^H259 man;^H376 we are honest^H3651 men,^H3651 your servants^H5650 are not spies.”^H7270

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Gen 42:12 - Yet he said^H559 to them, “No,^H3808 but you have come^H935 to look^H7200 at the [fn]undefended^H6172 parts^H6172 of our land!”^H776

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Gen 42:13 - But they said,^H559 “Your servants^H5650 are twelve^H8147^H6240 brothers^H251 in all, the sons^H1121 of one^H259 man^H376 in the land^H776 of Canaan;^H3667 and behold,^H2009 the youngest^H6996 is with our father^H1 today,^H3117 and one^H259 is no^H369 longer^H369 alive.”

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Gen 42:14 - Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to them, “It is as I said^H1696 [fn]to you, you are spies;^H7270

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Gen 42:15 - by this^H2088 you will be tested:^H974 by the life^H2416 of Pharaoh,^H6547 you shall not go^H3318 from this^H2088 place unless^H3588^H518 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 comes^H935 here!^H2008

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Gen 42:16 - “Send^H7971 one^H259 of you that he may get^H3947 your brother,^H251 while you remain confined,^H631 that your words^H1697 may be tested,^H974 whether there is truth^H571 in you. But if^H518 not, by the life^H2416 of Pharaoh,^H6547 surely^H3588 you are spies.”^H7270

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Gen 42:17 - So he put^H622 them all^H622 together^H622 in prison^H4929 for three^H7969 days.^H3117

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Gen 42:18 - Now Joseph^H3130 said^H559 to them on the third^H7992 day,^H3117 “Do^H6213 this^H2088 and live,^H2421 for I fear^H3372 God:^H430

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Gen 42:19 - if^H518 you are honest^H3651 men,^H3651 let one^H259 of your brothers^H251 be confined^H631 in [fn]your prison;^H1004^H4929 but as for the rest of you, go,^H1980 carry^H935 grain^H7668 for the famine^H7459 of your households,^H1004

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Gen 42:20 - and bring^H935 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 to me, so your words^H1697 may be verified,^H539 and you will not die.”^H4191 And they did^H6213 so.^H3651

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Gen 42:21 - Then they said^H559 to one^H376 another,^H251 “Truly^H61 we are guilty^H818 concerning^H5921 our brother,^H251 because^H834 we saw^H7200 the distress^H6869 of his soul^H5315 when he pleaded^H2603 with us, yet we would not listen;^H8085 therefore^H5921^H3651 this^H2088 distress^H6869 has come^H935 upon us.”

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Gen 42:22 - Reuben^H7205 answered^H6030 them, saying,^H559 “Did I not tell^H559 [fn]you, ‘Do not sin^H2398 against the boy’;^H3206 and you would not listen?^H8085 [fn]Now^H1571^H2009 comes^H1875 the reckoning^H1875 for his blood.”^H1818

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Gen 42:23 - They did not know,^H3045 however, that Joseph^H3130 understood,^H8085 for there was an interpreter^H3887 between^H996 them.

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Gen 42:24 - He turned^H5437 away^H5437 from them and wept.^H1058 But when he returned^H7725 to them and spoke^H1696 to them, he took^H3947 Simeon^H8095 from them and bound^H631 him before their eyes.^H5869

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Gen 42:25 - Then Joseph^H3130 gave^H6680 orders^H6680 to fill^H4390 their bags^H3627 with grain^H1250 and to restore^H7725 every^H376 man’s^H376 money^H3701 in his sack,^H8242 and to give^H5414 them provisions^H6720 for the journey.^H1870 And thus^H3651 it was done^H6213 for them.

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Gen 42:26 - So they loaded^H5375 their donkeys^H2543 with their grain^H7668 and departed^H1980 from there.^H8033

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Gen 42:27 - As one^H259 of them opened^H6605 his sack^H8242 to give^H5414 his donkey^H2543 fodder^H4554 at the lodging^H4411 place,^H4411 he saw^H7200 his money;^H3701 and behold,^H2009 it was in the mouth^H6310 of his sack.^H572

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Gen 42:28 - Then he said^H559 to his brothers,^H251 “My money^H3701 has been returned,^H7725 and behold,^H2009 it is even^H1571 in my sack.”^H572 And their hearts^H3820 [fn]sank,^H3318 and they turned [fn]trembling^H2729 to one^H376 another,^H251 saying,^H559 “What^H4100 is this^H2088 that God^H430 has done^H6213 to us?”

Simeon Is Held Hostage

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Gen 42:29 - When they came^H935 to their father^H1 Jacob^H3290 in the land^H776 of Canaan,^H3667 they told^H5046 him all^H3605 that had happened^H7136 to them, saying,^H559

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Gen 42:30 - “The man,^H376 the lord^H113 of the land,^H776 spoke^H1696 harshly^H7186 with us, and took^H5414 us for spies^H7270 of the country.^H776

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Gen 42:31 - “But we said^H559 to him, ‘We are honest^H3651 men;^H3651 we are not spies.^H7270

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Gen 42:32 - ‘We are twelve^H8147^H6240 brothers,^H251 sons^H1121 of our father;^H1 one^H259 is no^H369 longer^H369 alive, and the youngest^H6996 is with our father^H1 today^H3117 in the land^H776 of Canaan.’^H3667

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Gen 42:33 - “The man,^H376 the lord^H113 of the land,^H776 said^H559 to us, ‘By this^H2088 I will know^H3045 that you are honest^H3651 men:^H3651 leave^H5117 one^H259 of your brothers^H251 with me and take^H3947 grain for the famine^H7459 of your households,^H1004 and go.^H1980

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Gen 42:34 - ‘But bring^H935 your youngest^H6996 brother^H251 to me that I may know^H3045 that you are not spies,^H7270 but [fn]honest^H3651 men.^H3651 I will give^H5414 your brother^H251 to you, and you may trade^H5503 in the land.’”^H776

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Gen 42:35 - Now it came^H1961 about as they were emptying^H7324 their sacks,^H8242 that behold,^H2009 every^H376 man’s^H376 bundle^H6872 of money^H3701 was in his sack;^H8242 and when they and their father^H1 saw^H7200 their bundles^H6872 of money,^H3701 they were dismayed.^H3372

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Gen 42:36 - Their father^H1 Jacob^H3290 said^H559 to them, “You have bereaved^H7921 me of my children:^H7921 Joseph^H3130 is no^H369 more,^H369 and Simeon^H8095 is no^H369 more,^H369 and you would take^H3947 Benjamin;^H1144 all^H3605 these things are against^H5921 me.”

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Gen 42:37 - Then Reuben^H7205 spoke^H559 to his father,^H1 saying,^H559 “You may put^H4191 my two^H8147 sons^H1121 to death^H4191 if^H518 I do not bring^H935 him back to you; put^H5414 him in my [fn]care,^H3027 and I will return^H7725 him to you.”

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Gen 42:38 - But [fn]Jacob said,^H559 “My son^H1121 shall not go^H3381 down^H3381 with you; for his brother^H251 is dead,^H4191 and he alone^H905 is left.^H7604 If harm^H611 should befall^H7122 him on the journey^H1870 [fn]you are taking,^H1980 then you will bring^H3381 my gray^H7872 hair^H7872 down^H3381 to Sheol^H7585 in sorrow.”^H3015

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NASB95 Footnotes

(42:2)

Literally: from there

(42:9)

Literally: had dreamed

(42:9)

Literally: nakedness of the land

(42:12)

Literally: nakedness of the land

(42:14)

Literally: to you, saying

(42:19)

Literally: the house of your prison

(42:22)

Literally: you saying

(42:22)

Literally: And behold, his blood also is required

(42:28)

Literally: went out

(42:28)

Literally: trembled

(42:34)

Literally: you are honest

(42:37)

Literally: hand

(42:38)

Literally: he

(42:38)

Literally: on which you are going

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Genesis 42
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– New American Standard Bible 1995 (NASB95)