1 N ow when Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, Why do you look at one another?

And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'

2 F or, he said, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; get down there and buy for us, that we may live and not die.

he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'

3 S o ten of Joseph’s brethren went to buy grain in Egypt.

and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,

4 B ut Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob did not send with his brothers; for he said, Lest perhaps some harm or injury should befall him.

and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'

5 S o the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who came, for there was hunger and general lack of food in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,

6 N ow Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was who sold to all the people of the land; and Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the ground.

and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him -- face to the earth.

7 J oseph saw his brethren and he recognized them, but he treated them as if he were a stranger to them and spoke roughly to them. He said, Where do you come from? And they replied, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan -- to buy food.'

8 J oseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.

And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,

9 A nd Joseph remembered the dreams he had dreamed about them and said to them, You are spies and with unfriendly purpose you have come to observe the nakedness of the land.

and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'

10 B ut they said to him, No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;

11 W e are all one man’s sons; we are true men; your servants are not spies.

we all of us sons of one man, we right men; thy servants have not been spies;'

12 A nd he said to them, No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.

and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'

13 B ut they said, Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; the youngest is today with our father, and one is not.

and they say, `Thy servants twelve brethren; we sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one with our father to-day, and the one is not.'

14 A nd Joseph said to them, It is as I said to you, You are spies.

And Joseph saith unto them, `This that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye spies,

15 Y ou shall be proved by this test: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go away from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this -- except by your young brother coming hither;

16 S end one of you and let him bring your brother, and you will be kept in prison, that your words may be proved whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh you certainly are spies.

send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not -- Pharaoh liveth! surely ye spies;'

17 T hen he put them all in custody for three days.

and he removeth them unto charge three days.

18 A nd Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live! I reverence and fear God.

And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!

19 I f you are true men, let one of your brothers be bound in your prison, but you go and carry grain for those weakened with hunger in your households.

if ye right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn the famine of your houses,

20 B ut bring your youngest brother to me, so your words will be verified and you shall live. And they did so.

and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.

21 A nd they said one to another, We are truly guilty about our brother, for we saw the distress and anguish of his soul when he begged us, and we would not hear. So this distress and difficulty has come upon us.

And they say one unto another, `Verily we guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'

22 R euben answered them, Did I not tell you, Do not sin against the boy, and you would not hear? Therefore, behold, his blood is required.

And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'

23 B ut they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke to them through an interpreter.

And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter between them;

24 A nd he turned away from them and wept; then he returned to them and talked with them, and took from them Simeon and bound him before their eyes.

and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.

25 T hen Joseph commanded that their sacks be filled with grain, every man’s money be restored to his sack, and provisions be given to them for the journey. And this was done for them.

And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.

26 T hey loaded their donkeys with grain and left.

And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,

27 A nd as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he caught sight of his money; for behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it in the mouth of his bag,

28 A nd he said to his brothers, My money is restored! Here it is in my sack! And their hearts failed them and they were afraid and turned trembling one to another, saying, What is this that God has done to us?

and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What this God hath done to us!'

29 W hen they came to Jacob their father in Canaan, they told him all that had befallen them, saying,

And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,

30 T he man who is the lord of the land spoke roughly to us and took us for spies of the country.

`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;

31 A nd we said to him, We are true men, not spies.

and we say unto him, We right men, we have not been spies,

32 W e are twelve brothers with the same father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.

we twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 A nd the man, the lord of the country, said to us, By this test I will know whether or not you are honest men: leave one of your brothers here with me and take grain for your famishing households and be gone.

`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye right men -- one of your brethren leave with me, and the famine of your houses take ye and go,

34 B ring your youngest brother to me; then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. And I will deliver to you your brother, and you may do business in the land.

and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye not spies, but ye right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'

35 W hen they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s parcel of money was in his sack! When both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;

36 A nd Jacob their father said to them, You have bereaved me! Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you would take Benjamin from me. All these things are against me!

and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take -- against me have been all these.'

37 A nd Reuben said to his father, Slay my two sons if I do not bring back to you. Deliver him into my keeping, and I will bring him back to you.

And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I -- I bring him back unto thee;'

38 B ut said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left; if harm or accident should befall him on the journey you are to take, you would bring my hoary head down to Sheol (the place of the dead) with grief.

and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'