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And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved
of my children:
Joseph
is
not, and
Simeon
is
not, and ye will take Benjamin
away:
all these things are against me.
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And Reuben
spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my
hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
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And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for
his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then
shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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And the famine
was
sore in the land.
2
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which
they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
3
And
Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my
face, except your brother
be
with you.
4
If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and
buy thee food:
5
But if thou wilt not send
him,
we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye
shall not see my face, except your brother
be
with you.
6
And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill
with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
7
And they said, The man asked us straitly
of our state, and of our kindred, saying,
Is
your father yet alive? have ye
another
brother? and we
told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring
your brother down?
8
And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise
and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou,
and
also our little ones.
9
I will be surety
for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee,
then let me bear the blame for ever:
10
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time.
11
And their father Israel said unto them, If
it must be
so now, do this; take of the best
fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey,
spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
12
And take double money in your hand; and the money that
was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry
it
again in your hand; peradventure it
was
an
oversight:
13
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
14
And God Almighty give
you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved
of my children,
I am bereaved.
15
And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and
rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.
16
And when Joseph saw Benjamin with
them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring
these
men home, and slay, and make ready; for
these
men shall dine with me at noon.
17
And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men
into Joseph’s house.
18
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph’s house;
and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought
in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
19
And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they communed with him at the door
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