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Genesis 43
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Joseph’s Brothers Return to Egypt with Benjamin

43The famine in Canaan got worse,H7458H3515H776
2and when the family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy a little food for us."H3615H398H7668H935H4714H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400
3Judah said to him, "The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us.H3063H559H559H376H5749H5749H559H7200H6440H1115H251
4If you are willing to send our brother with us, we will go and buy food for you.H3426H7971H251H3381H7666H400
5If you are not willing, we will not go, because the man told us we would not be admitted to his presence unless our brother was with us."H7971H3381H376H559H7200H6440H251
6Jacob said, "Why did you cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had another brother?"H3478H559H7489H5046H376H251
7They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family, 'Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?' We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?"H559H376H7592H7592H4138H559H1H2416H3426H251H5046H5921H6310H1697H3045H3045H559H3381H251H3381
8Judah said to his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will leave at once. Then none of us will starve to death.H3063H559H3478H1H7971H5288H6965H3212H2421H4191H2945
9I will pledge my own life, and you can hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you safe and sound, I will always bear the blame.H6148H3027H1245H518H935H518H3322H6440H2398H3117
10If we had not waited so long, we could have been there and back twice by now."H3884H4102H7725H6471
11Their father said to them, "If that is how it has to be, then take the best products of the land in your packs as a present for the governor: a little resin, a little honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds.H1H3478H559H645H6213H3947H2173H776H3627H3381H376H4503H4592H6875H4592H1706H5219H3910H992H8247
12Take with you also twice as much money, because you must take back the money that was returned in the top of your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake.H3947H4932H3701H3027H3701H7725H6310H572H7725H3027H4870
13Take your brother and return at once.H3947H251H6965H7725H376
14May Almighty God cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose them."H410H7706H5414H7356H6440H376H7971H312H251H1144H834H7921H7921
15So the brothers took the gifts and twice as much money, and set out for Egypt with Benjamin. There they presented themselves to Joseph.H582H3947H2063H4503H3947H4932H3701H3027H1144H6965H3381H4714H5975H6440H3130
16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant in charge of his house, "Take these men to my house. They are going to eat with me at noon, so kill an animal and prepare it."H3130H7200H1144H854H559H1004H935H582H1004H2873H2874H3559H582H398H6672
17The servant did as he was commanded and took the brothers to Joseph's house.H376H6213H3130H559H376H935H582H3130H1004
18As they were being brought to the house, they were afraid and thought, "We are being brought here because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time. They will suddenly attack us, take our donkeys, and make us his slaves."H582H3372H935H3130H1004H559H1697H3701H7725H572H8462H935H1556H5307H3947H5650H2543
19So at the door of the house, they said to the servant in charge,H5066H376H3130H1004H1696H6607H1004
20"If you please, sir, we came here once before to buy food.H559H994H113H3381H3381H8462H7666H400
21When we set up camp on the way home, we opened our sacks, and each man found his money in the top of his sack - every bit of it. We have brought it back to you.H935H4411H6605H572H376H3701H6310H572H3701H4948H7725H3027
22We have also brought some more money with us to buy more food. We do not know who put our money back in our sacks."H312H3701H3381H3027H7666H400H3045H7760H3701H572
23The servant said, "Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, must have put the money in your sacks for you. I received your payment." Then he brought Simeon to them.H559H7965H3372H430H430H1H5414H4301H572H935H3701H3318H8095
24The servant took the brothers into the house. He gave them water so that they could wash their feet, and he fed their donkeys.H376H935H582H3130H1004H5414H4325H7364H7272H5414H2543H4554
25They got their gifts ready to present to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had been told that they were to eat with him.H3559H4503H5704H3130H935H6672H8085H398H3899
26When Joseph got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the ground before him.H3130H935H1004H935H4503H3027H1004H7812H776
27He asked about their health and then said, "You told me about your old father - how is he? Is he still alive and well?"H7592H7965H559H1H7965H2205H559H2416
28They answered, "Your humble servant, our father, is still alive and well." And they knelt and bowed down before him.H559H5650H1H7965H2416H6915H7812
29When Joseph saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "So this is your youngest brother, the one you told me about. God bless you, my son."H5375H5869H7200H251H1144H517H1121H559H6996H251H559H559H430H2603H1121
30Then Joseph left suddenly, because his heart was full of tender feelings for his brother. He was about to break down, so he went to his room and cried.H3130H4116H7356H3648H251H1245H1058H935H2315H1058
31After he had washed his face, he came out, and controlling himself, he ordered the meal to be served.H7364H6440H3318H662H559H7760H3899
32Joseph was served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their dignity to eat with Hebrews.H7760H4713H398H4713H3201H398H3899H5680H8441H4714
33The brothers had been seated at the table, facing Joseph, in the order of their age from the oldest to the youngest. When they saw how they had been seated, they looked at one another in amazement.H3427H6440H1060H1062H6810H6812H582H8539H376H7453
34Food was served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was served five times as much as the rest of them. So they ate and drank with Joseph until they were drunk.H5375H4864H6440H1144H4864H2568H3027H7235H8354H7937


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