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World English Bible

Genesis 42 (WEBP)

[1] Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
[2] He 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.”
[3] Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
[4] But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
[5] The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
[6] Joseph 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.
[7] Joseph 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.”
[8] Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
[9] Joseph 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.”
[10] They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
[11] We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
[12] He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
[13] They 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.”
[14] Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
[15] By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
[16] Send 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.”
[17] He put them all together into custody for three days.
[18] Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
[19] If 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.
[20] Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
[21] They 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.”
[22] Reuben 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.”
[23] They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
[24] He 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.
[25] Then 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.
[26] They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
[27] As 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.
[28] He 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?”
[29] They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
[30] “The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
[31] We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
[32] We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
[33] The 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.
[34] Bring 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.’ ”
[35] As 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.
[36] Jacob, 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.”
[37] Reuben 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.”
[38] He 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.”

Genesis 42:38 Sheol is the place of the dead.

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King James w/Strong’s #s

Genesis 42 (KJVS)

[1] Now when Jacob saw () that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said () unto his sons, Why do ye look () one upon another?
[2] And he said, () Behold, I have heard () that there is corn in Egypt: get you down () thither, and buy () for us from thence; that we may live, () and not die. ()
[3] And Joseph’s ten brethren went down () to buy () corn in Egypt.
[4] But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent () not with his brethren; for he said, () Lest peradventure mischief befall him. ()
[5] And the sons of Israel came () to buy () [corn] among those that came: () for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
[6] And Joseph [was] the governor over the land, [and] he [it was] that sold () 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] And Joseph saw () his brethren, and he knew () them, but made himself strange () unto them, and spake () roughly unto them; and he said () unto them, Whence come () ye? And they said, () From the land of Canaan to buy () food.
[8] And Joseph knew () his brethren, but they knew () not him.
[9] And 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] And they said () unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy () food are thy servants come. ()
[11] We [are] all one man’s sons; we [are] true [men], thy servants are no spies. ()
[12] And he said () unto them, Nay, but to see () the nakedness of the land ye are come. ()
[13] And they said, () Thy servants [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] And Joseph said () unto them, That [is it] that I spake () unto you, saying, () Ye [are] spies: ()
[15] Hereby ye shall be proved: () By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth () hence, except your youngest brother come () hither.
[16] Send () one of you, and let him fetch () your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, () that your words may be proved, () whether [there be any] truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye [are] spies. ()
[17] And he put them all together () into ward three days.
[18] And Joseph said () unto them the third day, This do, () and live; () [for] I fear God:
[19] If ye [be] true [men], let one of your brethren be bound () in the house of your prison: go () ye, carry () corn for the famine of your houses:
[20] But bring () your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, () and ye shall not die. () And they did () so.
[21] And they said () one to another, We [are] verily 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] And Reuben answered () them, saying, () Spake I () not unto you, saying, () Do not sin () against the child; and ye would not hear? () therefore, behold, also his blood is required. ()
[23] And they knew () not that Joseph understood () [them]; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. ()
[24] And he turned himself about () from them, and wept; () and returned to them again, () and communed () with them, and took () from them Simeon, and bound () him before their eyes.
[25] Then Joseph commanded () to fill () their sacks with corn, and to restore () every man’s money into his sack, and to give () them provision for the way: and thus did he () unto them.
[26] And they laded () their asses with the corn, and departed () thence.
[27] And as one of them opened () his sack to give () his ass provender in the inn, he espied () his money; for, behold, it [was] in his sack’s mouth.
[28] And he said () unto his brethren, My money is restored; () and, lo, [it is] even in my sack: and their heart failed () [them], and they were afraid, () saying () one to another, What [is] this [that] God hath done () unto us?
[29] And they came () unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told () him all that befell () unto them; saying, ()
[30] The man, [who is] the lord of the land, spake () roughly to us, and took () us for spies () of the country.
[31] And we said () unto him, We [are] true [men]; we are no spies: ()
[32] We [be] twelve brethren, sons of our father; one [is] not, and the youngest [is] this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
[33] And the man, the lord of the country, said () unto us, Hereby shall I know () that ye [are] true [men]; leave () one of your brethren [here] with me, and take () [food for] the famine of your households, and be gone: ()
[34] And bring () your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know () that ye [are] no spies, () but [that] ye [are] true [men: so] will I deliver () you your brother, and ye shall traffick () in the land.
[35] And it came to pass as they emptied () their sacks, that, behold, every 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] 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.
[37] 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. ()
[38] 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.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 42 (BYZ)

[1] ιδων δε ιακωβ οτι εστιν πρασις εν αιγυπτω ειπεν τοις υιοις αυτου ινα τι ραθυμειτε
[2] ιδου ακηκοα οτι εστιν σιτος εν αιγυπτω καταβητε εκει και πριασθε ημιν μικρα βρωματα ινα ζωμεν και μη αποθανωμεν
[3] κατεβησαν δε οι αδελφοι ιωσηφ οι δεκα πριασθαι σιτον εξ αιγυπτου
[4] τον δε βενιαμιν τον αδελφον ιωσηφ ουκ απεστειλεν μετα των αδελφων αυτου ειπεν γαρ μηποτε συμβη αυτω μαλακια
[5] ηλθον δε οι υιοι ισραηλ αγοραζειν μετα των ερχομενων ην γαρ ο λιμος εν γη χανααν
[6] ιωσηφ δε ην αρχων της γης ουτος επωλει παντι τω λαω της γης ελθοντες δε οι αδελφοι ιωσηφ προσεκυνησαν αυτω επι προσωπον επι την γην
[7] ιδων δε ιωσηφ τους αδελφους αυτου επεγνω και ηλλοτριουτο απ αυτων και ελαλησεν αυτοις σκληρα και ειπεν αυτοις ποθεν ηκατε οι δε ειπαν εκ γης χανααν αγορασαι βρωματα
[8] επεγνω δε ιωσηφ τους αδελφους αυτου αυτοι δε ουκ επεγνωσαν αυτον
[9] και εμνησθη ιωσηφ των ενυπνιων ων ειδεν αυτος και ειπεν αυτοις κατασκοποι εστε κατανοησαι τα ιχνη της χωρας ηκατε
[10] οι δε ειπαν ουχι κυριε οι παιδες σου ηλθομεν πριασθαι βρωματα
[11] παντες εσμεν υιοι ενος ανθρωπου ειρηνικοι εσμεν ουκ εισιν οι παιδες σου κατασκοποι
[12] ειπεν δε αυτοις ουχι αλλα τα ιχνη της γης ηλθατε ιδειν
[13] οι δε ειπαν δωδεκα εσμεν οι παιδες σου αδελφοι εν γη χανααν και ιδου ο νεωτερος μετα του πατρος ημων σημερον ο δε ετερος ουχ υπαρχει
[14] ειπεν δε αυτοις ιωσηφ τουτο εστιν ο ειρηκα υμιν λεγων οτι κατασκοποι εστε
[15] εν τουτω φανεισθε νη την υγιειαν φαραω ου μη εξελθητε εντευθεν εαν μη ο αδελφος υμων ο νεωτερος ελθη ωδε
[16] αποστειλατε εξ υμων ενα και λαβετε τον αδελφον υμων υμεις δε απαχθητε εως του φανερα γενεσθαι τα ρηματα υμων ει αληθευετε η ου ει δε μη νη την υγιειαν φαραω η μην κατασκοποι εστε
[17] και εθετο αυτους εν φυλακη ημερας τρεις
[18] ειπεν δε αυτοις τη ημερα τη τριτη τουτο ποιησατε και ζησεσθε τον θεον γαρ εγω φοβουμαι
[19] ει ειρηνικοι εστε αδελφος υμων εις κατασχεθητω εν τη φυλακη αυτοι δε βαδισατε και απαγαγετε τον αγορασμον της σιτοδοσιας υμων
[20] και τον αδελφον υμων τον νεωτερον αγαγετε προς με και πιστευθησονται τα ρηματα υμων ει δε μη αποθανεισθε εποιησαν δε ουτως
[21] και ειπεν εκαστος προς τον αδελφον αυτου ναι εν αμαρτια γαρ εσμεν περι του αδελφου ημων οτι υπερειδομεν την θλιψιν της ψυχης αυτου οτε κατεδεετο ημων και ουκ εισηκουσαμεν αυτου ενεκεν τουτου επηλθεν εφ ημας η θλιψις αυτη
[22] αποκριθεις δε ρουβην ειπεν αυτοις ουκ ελαλησα υμιν λεγων μη αδικησητε το παιδαριον και ουκ εισηκουσατε μου και ιδου το αιμα αυτου εκζητειται
[23] αυτοι δε ουκ ηδεισαν οτι ακουει ιωσηφ ο γαρ ερμηνευτης ανα μεσον αυτων ην
[24] αποστραφεις δε απ αυτων εκλαυσεν ιωσηφ και παλιν προσηλθεν προς αυτους και ειπεν αυτοις και ελαβεν τον συμεων απ αυτων και εδησεν αυτον εναντιον αυτων
[25] ενετειλατο δε ιωσηφ εμπλησαι τα αγγεια αυτων σιτου και αποδουναι το αργυριον εκαστου εις τον σακκον αυτου και δουναι αυτοις επισιτισμον εις την οδον και εγενηθη αυτοις ουτως
[26] και επιθεντες τον σιτον επι τους ονους αυτων απηλθον εκειθεν
[27] λυσας δε εις τον μαρσιππον αυτου δουναι χορτασματα τοις ονοις αυτου ου κατελυσαν ειδεν τον δεσμον του αργυριου αυτου και ην επανω του στοματος του μαρσιππου
[28] και ειπεν τοις αδελφοις αυτου απεδοθη μοι το αργυριον και ιδου τουτο εν τω μαρσιππω μου και εξεστη η καρδια αυτων και εταραχθησαν προς αλληλους λεγοντες τι τουτο εποιησεν ο θεος ημιν
[29] ηλθον δε προς ιακωβ τον πατερα αυτων εις γην χανααν και απηγγειλαν αυτω παντα τα συμβαντα αυτοις λεγοντες
[30] λελαληκεν ο ανθρωπος ο κυριος της γης προς ημας σκληρα και εθετο ημας εν φυλακη ως κατασκοπευοντας την γην
[31] ειπαμεν δε αυτω ειρηνικοι εσμεν ουκ εσμεν κατασκοποι
[32] δωδεκα αδελφοι εσμεν υιοι του πατρος ημων ο εις ουχ υπαρχει ο δε μικροτερος μετα του πατρος ημων σημερον εν γη χανααν
[33] ειπεν δε ημιν ο ανθρωπος ο κυριος της γης εν τουτω γνωσομαι οτι ειρηνικοι εστε αδελφον ενα αφετε ωδε μετ εμου τον δε αγορασμον της σιτοδοσιας του οικου υμων λαβοντες απελθατε
[34] και αγαγετε προς με τον αδελφον υμων τον νεωτερον και γνωσομαι οτι ου κατασκοποι εστε αλλ οτι ειρηνικοι εστε και τον αδελφον υμων αποδωσω υμιν και τη γη εμπορευεσθε
[35] εγενετο δε εν τω κατακενουν αυτους τους σακκους αυτων και ην εκαστου ο δεσμος του αργυριου εν τω σακκω αυτων και ειδον τους δεσμους του αργυριου αυτων αυτοι και ο πατηρ αυτων και εφοβηθησαν
[36] ειπεν δε αυτοις ιακωβ ο πατηρ αυτων εμε ητεκνωσατε ιωσηφ ουκ εστιν συμεων ουκ εστιν και τον βενιαμιν λημψεσθε επ εμε εγενετο παντα ταυτα
[37] ειπεν δε ρουβην τω πατρι αυτου λεγων τους δυο υιους μου αποκτεινον εαν μη αγαγω αυτον προς σε δος αυτον εις την χειρα μου καγω αναξω αυτον προς σε
[38] ο δε ειπεν ου καταβησεται ο υιος μου μεθ υμων οτι ο αδελφος αυτου απεθανεν και αυτος μονος καταλελειπται και συμβησεται αυτον μαλακισθηναι εν τη οδω η αν πορευησθε και καταξετε μου το γηρας μετα λυπης εις αδου