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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.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

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.

Genesis 42:7 Heb. hard things with them
Genesis 42:16 Heb. bound
Genesis 42:17 Heb. gathered
Genesis 42:23 Heb. an interpreter was between them
Genesis 42:28 Heb. went forth
Genesis 42:30 Heb. with us hard things

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Genesis 42 (BYZ)

[1] Ἰδὼν () δὲ () Ιακωβ () ὅτι () ἔστιν () πρᾶσις ἐν () Αἰγύπτῳ, () εἶπεν τοῖς () υἱοῖς () αὐτοῦ () Ἵνα () τί () ῥᾳθυμεῖτε;
[2] Ἰδοὺ () ἀκήκοα () ὅτι () ἔστιν () σῖτος () ἐν () Αἰγύπτῳ· () κατάβητε () ἐκεῖ () καὶ () πρίασθε ἡμῖν () μικρὰ () βρώματα, () ἵνα () ζῶμεν () καὶ () μὴ () ἀποθάνωμεν. ()
[3] Κατέβησαν () δὲ () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () Ιωσηφ () οἱ () δέκα () πρίασθαι σῖτον () ἐξ () Αἰγύπτου· ()
[4] τὸν () δὲ () Βενιαμιν () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () Ιωσηφ () οὐκ () ἀπέστειλεν () μετὰ () τῶν () ἀδελφῶν () αὐτοῦ· () εἶπεν γάρ () Μήποτε () συμβῇ () αὐτῷ () μαλακία. ()
[5] Ἦλθον () δὲ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἀγοράζειν () μετὰ () τῶν () ἐρχομένων· () ἦν () γὰρ () ὁ () λιμὸς () ἐν () γῇ () Χανααν. ()
[6] Ιωσηφ () δὲ () ἦν () ἄρχων () τῆς () γῆς, () οὗτος () ἐπώλει () παντὶ () τῷ () λαῷ () τῆς () γῆς· () ἐλθόντες () δὲ () οἱ () ἀδελφοὶ () Ιωσηφ () προσεκύνησαν () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () ἐπὶ () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[7] Ἰδὼν () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () τοὺς () ἀδελφοὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐπέγνω () καὶ () ἠλλοτριοῦτο ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐλάλησεν () αὐτοῖς () σκληρὰ () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () Πόθεν () ἥκατε; () Οἱ () δὲ () εἶπαν Ἐκ () γῆς () Χανααν () ἀγοράσαι () βρώματα. ()
[8] Ἐπέγνω () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () τοὺς () ἀδελφοὺς () αὐτοῦ, () αὐτοὶ () δὲ () οὐκ () ἐπέγνωσαν () αὐτόν. ()
[9] Καὶ () ἐμνήσθη () Ιωσηφ () τῶν () ἐνυπνίων, () ὧν () εἶδεν () αὐτός, () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () Κατάσκοποί () ἐστε· () κατανοῆσαι () τὰ () ἴχνη () τῆς () χώρας () ἥκατε. ()
[10] Οἱ () δὲ () εἶπαν Οὐχί, () κύριε· () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () ἤλθομεν () πρίασθαι βρώματα· ()
[11] πάντες () ἐσμὲν () υἱοὶ () ἑνὸς () ἀνθρώπου· () εἰρηνικοί () ἐσμεν, () οὐκ () εἰσὶν () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () κατάσκοποι. ()
[12] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτοῖς () Οὐχί, () ἀλλὰ () τὰ () ἴχνη () τῆς () γῆς () ἤλθατε () ἰδεῖν. ()
[13] Οἱ () δὲ () εἶπαν Δώδεκά () ἐσμεν () οἱ () παῖδές () σου () ἀδελφοὶ () ἐν () γῇ () Χανααν, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () ὁ () νεώτερος () μετὰ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ἡμῶν () σήμερον, () ὁ () δὲ () ἕτερος () οὐχ () ὑπάρχει. ()
[14] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτοῖς () Ιωσηφ () Τοῦτό () ἐστιν, () ὃ () εἴρηκα () ὑμῖν () λέγων () ὅτι () Κατάσκοποί () ἐστε· ()
[15] ἐν () τούτῳ () φανεῖσθε· () νὴ () τὴν () ὑγίειαν Φαραω, () οὐ () μὴ () ἐξέλθητε () ἐντεῦθεν, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () ὑμῶν () ὁ () νεώτερος () ἔλθῃ () ὧδε. ()
[16] Ἀποστείλατε () ἐξ () ὑμῶν () ἕνα () καὶ () λάβετε () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () ὑμῶν, () ὑμεῖς () δὲ () ἀπάχθητε () ἕως () τοῦ () φανερὰ () γενέσθαι () τὰ () ῥήματα () ὑμῶν, () εἰ () ἀληθεύετε () ἢ () οὔ· () εἰ () δὲ () μή, () νὴ () τὴν () ὑγίειαν Φαραω, () ἦ () μὴν () κατάσκοποί () ἐστε. ()
[17] Καὶ () ἔθετο () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () φυλακῇ () ἡμέρας () τρεῖς. ()
[18] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτοῖς () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () τῇ () τρίτῃ () Τοῦτο () ποιήσατε () καὶ () ζήσεσθε ()—τὸν () θεὸν () γὰρ () ἐγὼ () φοβοῦμαι—·
[19] εἰ () εἰρηνικοί () ἐστε, () ἀδελφὸς () ὑμῶν () εἷς () κατασχεθήτω () ἐν () τῇ () φυλακῇ, () αὐτοὶ () δὲ () βαδίσατε καὶ () ἀπαγάγετε () τὸν () ἀγορασμὸν τῆς () σιτοδοσίας ὑμῶν ()
[20] καὶ () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () ὑμῶν () τὸν () νεώτερον () ἀγάγετε () πρός () με, () καὶ () πιστευθήσονται () τὰ () ῥήματα () ὑμῶν· () εἰ () δὲ () μή, () ἀποθανεῖσθε. () Ἐποίησαν () δὲ () οὕτως. () —
[21] καὶ () εἶπεν ἕκαστος () πρὸς () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () αὐτοῦ () Ναί· () ἐν () ἁμαρτίᾳ () γάρ () ἐσμεν () περὶ () τοῦ () ἀδελφοῦ () ἡμῶν, () ὅτι () ὑπερείδομεν τὴν () θλῖψιν () τῆς () ψυχῆς () αὐτοῦ, () ὅτε () κατεδέετο () ἡμῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσηκούσαμεν () αὐτοῦ· () ἕνεκεν () τούτου () ἐπῆλθεν () ἐφ’ () ἡμᾶς () ἡ () θλῖψις () αὕτη. ()
[22] Ἀποκριθεὶς () δὲ () Ρουβην εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () Οὐκ () ἐλάλησα () ὑμῖν () λέγων () Μὴ () ἀδικήσητε () τὸ () παιδάριον; () Καὶ () οὐκ () εἰσηκούσατέ () μου· () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τὸ () αἷμα () αὐτοῦ () ἐκζητεῖται. ()
[23] Αὐτοὶ () δὲ () οὐκ () ᾔδεισαν () ὅτι () ἀκούει () Ιωσηφ· () ὁ () γὰρ () ἑρμηνευτὴς ἀνὰ () μέσον () αὐτῶν () ἦν. ()
[24] Ἀποστραφεὶς () δὲ () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () ἔκλαυσεν () Ιωσηφ. () — καὶ () πάλιν () προσῆλθεν () πρὸς () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () εἶπεν αὐτοῖς () καὶ () ἔλαβεν () τὸν () Συμεων () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἔδησεν () αὐτὸν () ἐναντίον () αὐτῶν. ()
[25] Ἐνετείλατο () δὲ () Ιωσηφ () ἐμπλῆσαι τὰ () ἀγγεῖα () αὐτῶν () σίτου () καὶ () ἀποδοῦναι () τὸ () ἀργύριον () ἑκάστου () εἰς () τὸν () σάκκον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () δοῦναι () αὐτοῖς () ἐπισιτισμὸν () εἰς () τὴν () ὁδόν. () Καὶ () ἐγενήθη () αὐτοῖς () οὕτως. ()
[26] Καὶ () ἐπιθέντες () τὸν () σῖτον () ἐπὶ () τοὺς () ὄνους () αὐτῶν () ἀπῆλθον () ἐκεῖθεν. () —
[27] λύσας () δὲ () εἷς () τὸν () μάρσιππον αὐτοῦ () δοῦναι () χορτάσματα () τοῖς () ὄνοις () αὐτοῦ, () οὗ () κατέλυσαν, () εἶδεν () τὸν () δεσμὸν () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () ἦν () ἐπάνω () τοῦ () στόματος () τοῦ () μαρσίππου·
[28] καὶ () εἶπεν τοῖς () ἀδελφοῖς () αὐτοῦ () Ἀπεδόθη () μοι () τὸ () ἀργύριον, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () τοῦτο () ἐν () τῷ () μαρσίππῳ μου. () Καὶ () ἐξέστη () ἡ () καρδία () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐταράχθησαν () πρὸς () ἀλλήλους () λέγοντες () Τί () τοῦτο () ἐποίησεν () ὁ () θεὸς () ἡμῖν; ()
[29] Ἦλθον () δὲ () πρὸς () Ιακωβ () τὸν () πατέρα () αὐτῶν () εἰς () γῆν () Χανααν () καὶ () ἀπήγγειλαν () αὐτῷ () πάντα () τὰ () συμβάντα () αὐτοῖς () λέγοντες ()
[30] Λελάληκεν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () κύριος () τῆς () γῆς () πρὸς () ἡμᾶς () σκληρὰ () καὶ () ἔθετο () ἡμᾶς () ἐν () φυλακῇ () ὡς () κατασκοπεύοντας () τὴν () γῆν. ()
[31] Εἴπαμεν δὲ () αὐτῷ () Εἰρηνικοί () ἐσμεν, () οὔκ () ἐσμεν () κατάσκοποι· ()
[32] δώδεκα () ἀδελφοί () ἐσμεν, () υἱοὶ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ἡμῶν· () ὁ () εἷς () οὐχ () ὑπάρχει, () ὁ () δὲ () μικρότερος () μετὰ () τοῦ () πατρὸς () ἡμῶν () σήμερον () ἐν () γῇ () Χανααν. ()
[33] Εἶπεν δὲ () ἡμῖν () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () κύριος () τῆς () γῆς () Ἐν () τούτῳ () γνώσομαι () ὅτι () εἰρηνικοί () ἐστε· () ἀδελφὸν () ἕνα () ἄφετε () ὧδε () μετ’ () ἐμοῦ, () τὸν () δὲ () ἀγορασμὸν τῆς () σιτοδοσίας τοῦ () οἴκου () ὑμῶν () λαβόντες () ἀπέλθατε ()
[34] καὶ () ἀγάγετε () πρός () με () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () ὑμῶν () τὸν () νεώτερον, () καὶ () γνώσομαι () ὅτι () οὐ () κατάσκοποί () ἐστε, () ἀλλ’ () ὅτι () εἰρηνικοί () ἐστε, () καὶ () τὸν () ἀδελφὸν () ὑμῶν () ἀποδώσω () ὑμῖν, () καὶ () τῇ () γῇ () ἐμπορεύεσθε. ()
[35] Ἐγένετο () δὲ () ἐν () τῷ () κατακενοῦν αὐτοὺς () τοὺς () σάκκους () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἦν () ἑκάστου () ὁ () δεσμὸς () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου () ἐν () τῷ () σάκκῳ () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () εἶδον () τοὺς () δεσμοὺς () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου () αὐτῶν, () αὐτοὶ () καὶ () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐφοβήθησαν.
[36] Εἶπεν δὲ () αὐτοῖς () Ιακωβ () ὁ () πατὴρ () αὐτῶν () Ἐμὲ () ἠτεκνώσατε· Ιωσηφ () οὐκ () ἔστιν, () Συμεων () οὐκ () ἔστιν, () καὶ () τὸν () Βενιαμιν () λήμψεσθε· () ἐπ’ () ἐμὲ () ἐγένετο () πάντα () ταῦτα. ()
[37] Εἶπεν δὲ () Ρουβην τῷ () πατρὶ () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Τοὺς () δύο () υἱούς () μου () ἀπόκτεινον, () ἐὰν () μὴ () ἀγάγω () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () σέ () δὸς () αὐτὸν () εἰς () τὴν () χεῖρά () μου, () κἀγὼ () ἀνάξω () αὐτὸν () πρὸς () σέ. ()
[38] Ὁ () δὲ () εἶπεν Οὐ () καταβήσεται () ὁ () υἱός () μου () μεθ’ () ὑμῶν, () ὅτι () ὁ () ἀδελφὸς () αὐτοῦ () ἀπέθανεν () καὶ () αὐτὸς () μόνος () καταλέλειπται· () καὶ () συμβήσεται () αὐτὸν () μαλακισθῆναι ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ, () ᾗ () ἂν () πορεύησθε, () καὶ () κατάξετέ () μου () τὸ () γῆρας () μετὰ () λύπης () εἰς () ᾅδου. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.