1 N ow Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

¶ Now when Jacob saw that there was food in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why are ye looking upon one another?

2 H e said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is food in Egypt; go down there and buy for us from there that we may live, and not die.

3 J oseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy wheat in Egypt.

4 B ut Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure disaster befall him.

5 T he sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

And the sons of Israel came to buy among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

6 J oseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

And Joseph was the lord over the land, and he it was that sold the wheat to all the people of the land; and Joseph’s brethren came and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

7 J oseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

¶ And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, but made himself strange unto them and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Where have you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

8 J oseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

And Joseph knew his brethren but they did not know him.

9 J oseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

Then Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

10 T hey said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

And they said unto him, No, my lord, but to buy food are thy slaves come.

11 W e are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

We are all one man’s sons; we are men of the truth, thy slaves have never been spies.

12 H e said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

And he said unto them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

13 T hey said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”

And they said, Thy slaves are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

14 J oseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

And Joseph said unto them, That is it that which I spoke unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

15 B y this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth from here unless your youngest brother comes here.

16 S end one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”

Send one of you and let him bring your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison that your words may be proved, whether there is any truth in you; or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

17 H e put them all together into custody for three days.

And he put them all together into prison for three days.

18 J oseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

And Joseph said unto them the third day, Do this and live, for I fear God.

19 I f you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

If ye are men of the truth, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison; go ye, carry food for the famine of your houses

20 B ring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.

but bring your youngest brother unto me, so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

21 T hey said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

¶ And they said one to another, We are truly guilty concerning our brother in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

22 R euben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

Then Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak unto you, saying, Do not sin against the young man, and ye would not hear? Therefore, behold, his blood is also required.

23 T hey didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

And they did not know that Joseph understood them, for he spoke unto them by an interpreter.

24 H e turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

And he turned himself about from them and wept and returned to them again and spoke with them and took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.

25 T hen Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with wheat and to restore each man’s money into his sack and to give them provisions for the way; and thus it was done unto them.

26 T hey loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

And they laded their asses with the wheat and departed from there.

27 A s one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn, he saw his money; for, behold, it was in his sack’s mouth.

28 H e said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God has done unto us?

29 T hey came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

¶ And they came unto Jacob, their father, unto the land of Canaan and told him all that had befallen them, saying,

30 “ The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

The man, who is the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us for spies of the country.

31 W e said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

And we said unto him, We are men of the truth; we have never been spies.

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

We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

33 T he man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby I shall know that ye are men of the truth; leave one of your brethren here with me and take food for the famine of your households 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. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”

and bring your youngest brother unto me; then I shall know that ye are not spies, but that ye are men of the truth; thus I will deliver you your brother, and ye shall trade in the land.

35 A s they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

36 J acob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

And Jacob, their father, said unto them, Ye have bereaved me of my sons: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away; all these things are upon me.

37 R euben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I do not bring him to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

38 H e said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; if some disaster should befall him by the way in which ye go, then shall ye bring my gray hairs with sorrow down to Sheol.