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Genesis 43
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43Now the famine was still severe in the land.H7458H3515H776
2So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back and buy us a little more food."H3615H398H7668H935H4714H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400
3But Judah said to him, "The man warned us solemnly, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.'H3063H559H559H376H5749H5749H559H7200H6440H1115H251
4If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you.H3426H7971H251H3381H7666H400
5But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.' "H7971H3381H376H559H7200H6440H251
6Israel asked, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?"H3478H559H7489H5046H376H251
7They replied, "The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. 'Is your father still living?' he asked us. 'Do you have another brother?' We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, 'Bring your brother down here'?"H559H376H7592H7592H4138H559H1H2416H3426H251H5046H5921H6310H1697H3045H3045H559H3381H251H3381
8Then Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die.H3063H559H3478H1H7971H5288H6965H3212H2421H4191H2945
9I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life.H6148H3027H1245H518H935H518H3322H6440H2398H3117
10As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice."H3884H4102H7725H6471
11Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds.H1H3478H559H645H6213H3947H2173H776H3627H3381H376H4503H4592H6875H4592H1706H5219H3910H992H8247
12Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.H3947H4932H3701H3027H3701H7725H6310H572H7725H3027H4870
13Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.H3947H251H6965H7725H376
14And may God Almighty grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved."H410H7706H5414H7356H6440H376H7971H312H251H1144H834H7921H7921
15So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph.H582H3947H2063H4503H3947H4932H3701H3027H1144H6965H3381H4714H5975H6440H3130
16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, "Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon."H3130H7200H1144H854H559H1004H935H582H1004H2873H2874H3559H582H398H6672
17The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph's house.H376H6213H3130H559H376H935H582H3130H1004
18Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, "We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys."H582H3372H935H3130H1004H559H1697H3701H7725H572H8462H935H1556H5307H3947H5650H2543
19So they went up to Joseph's steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house.H5066H376H3130H1004H1696H6607H1004
20"We beg your pardon, our lord," they said, "we came down here the first time to buy food.H559H994H113H3381H3381H8462H7666H400
21But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.H935H4411H6605H572H376H3701H6310H572H3701H4948H7725H3027
22We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don't know who put our silver in our sacks."H312H3701H3381H3027H7666H400H3045H7760H3701H572
23"It's all right," he said. "Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver." Then he brought Simeon out to them.H559H7965H3372H430H430H1H5414H4301H572H935H3701H3318H8095
24The steward took the men into Joseph's house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys.H376H935H582H3130H1004H5414H4325H7364H7272H5414H2543H4554
25They prepared their gifts for Joseph's arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.H3559H4503H5704H3130H935H6672H8085H398H3899
26When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground.H3130H935H1004H935H4503H3027H1004H7812H776
27He asked them how they were, and then he said, "How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?"H7592H7965H559H1H7965H2205H559H2416
28They replied, "Your servant our father is still alive and well." And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.H559H5650H1H7965H2416H6915H7812
29As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother's son, he asked, "Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?" And he said, "God be gracious to you, my son."H5375H5869H7200H251H1144H517H1121H559H6996H251H559H559H430H2603H1121
30Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.H3130H4116H7356H3648H251H1245H1058H935H2315H1058
31After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, "Serve the food."H7364H6440H3318H662H559H7760H3899
32They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians.H7760H4713H398H4713H3201H398H3899H5680H8441H4714
33The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment.H3427H6440H1060H1062H6810H6812H582H8539H376H7453
34When portions were served to them from Joseph's table, Benjamin's portion was five times as much as anyone else's. So they feasted and drank freely with him.H5375H4864H6440H1144H4864H2568H3027H7235H8354H7937


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