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Genesis 42:1 (show verse)
Now Jacob, hearing that there was grain in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are you looking at one another?
Genesis 42:2 (show verse)
And he said, I have had news that there is grain in Egypt: go down there and get grain for us, so that life and not death may be ours.
Genesis 42:3 (show verse)
So Joseph's ten brothers went down to get grain from Egypt.
Genesis 42:4 (show verse)
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with them, for fear, as he said, that some evil might come to him.
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Genesis 42:5 (show verse)
And the sons of Israel came with all the others to get grain: for they were very short of food in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:6 (show verse)
Now Joseph was ruler over all the land, and it was he who gave out the grain to all the people of the land; and Joseph's brothers came before him and went down on their faces to the earth.
Genesis 42:7 (show verse)
And when Joseph saw his brothers, it was clear to him who they were, but he made himself strange to them, and talking roughly to them, said, Where do you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to get food.
Genesis 42:8 (show verse)
Now though Joseph saw that these were his brothers, they had no idea who he was.
Genesis 42:9 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 42:10 (show verse)
And they said to him, Not so, my lord: your servants have come with money to get food.
Genesis 42:11 (show verse)
We are all one man's sons, we are true men; we have not come with any secret purpose.
Genesis 42:12 (show verse)
And he said to them, No, but you have come to see how poor the land is.
Genesis 42:13 (show verse)
Then they said, We your servants are twelve brothers, sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest of us is now with our father, and one is dead.
Genesis 42:14 (show verse)
And Joseph said, It is as I said; you have come with some secret purpose;
Genesis 42:15 (show verse)
But in this way will you be put to the test: by the life of Pharaoh, you will not go away from this place till your youngest brother comes here.
Genesis 42:16 (show verse)
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.
Genesis 42:17 (show verse)
So he put them in prison for three days.
Genesis 42:18 (show verse)
And on the third day Joseph said to them, Do this, if you would keep your lives: for I am a god-fearing man:
Genesis 42:19 (show verse)
If you are true men, let one of you be kept in prison, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
Genesis 42:20 (show verse)
And come back to me with your youngest brother, so that your words may be seen to be true, and you will not be put to death. This is what you are to do.
Genesis 42:21 (show verse)
And they said to one another, Truly, we did wrong to our brother, for we saw his grief of mind, and we did not give ear to his prayers; that is why this trouble has come on us.
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Genesis 42:22 (show verse)
And Reuben said to them, Did I not say to you, Do the child no wrong? but you gave no attention; so now, punishment has come on us for his blood.
Genesis 42:23 (show verse)
They were not conscious that the sense of their words was clear to Joseph, for he had been talking to them through one who had knowledge of their language.
Genesis 42:24 (show verse)
And turning away from them, he was overcome with weeping; then he went on talking to them again and took Simeon and put chains on him before their eyes.
Genesis 42:25 (show verse)
Then Joseph gave orders for their bags to be made full of grain, and for every man's money to be put back into his bag, and for food to be given them for the journey: which was done.
Genesis 42:26 (show verse)
Then they put the bags of grain on their asses and went away.
Genesis 42:27 (show verse)
Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.
Genesis 42:28 (show verse)
And he said to his brothers, My money has been given back: it is in my bag; then their hearts became full of fear, and turning to one another they said, What is this which God has done to us?
Genesis 42:29 (show verse)
So when they came to Jacob their father, in the land of Canaan, they gave him an account of all their experiences, saying,
Genesis 42:30 (show verse)
The man who is the ruler of the country was rough with us and put us in prison, saying that we had come with a secret evil purpose.
Genesis 42:31 (show verse)
And we said to him, We are true men, we have no evil designs;
Genesis 42:32 (show verse)
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is dead, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.
Genesis 42:33 (show verse)
And the ruler of the land said, In this way I may be certain that you are true men; let one of you be kept here with me, while you go and take grain for the needs of your families;
Genesis 42:34 (show verse)
And come back to me with your youngest brother: then I will be certain that you are true men, and I will give your brother back to you and let you do trade in the land.
Genesis 42:35 (show verse)
And when they took the grain out of their bags, it was seen that every man's parcel of money was in his bag; and when they and their father saw the money, they were full of fear.
Genesis 42:36 (show verse)
And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.
Genesis 42:37 (show verse)
And Reuben said, Put my two sons to death if I do not come back to you with him; let him be in my care and I will give him safely back to you.
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Genesis 42:38 (show verse)
And he said, I will not let my son go down with you; for his brother is dead and he is all I have: if evil overtakes him on the journey, then through you will my grey head go down to the underworld in sorrow.
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