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Genesis 43
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43Now the famine was severe in the land.H7458H3515H776 2So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."H3615H398H7668H935H4714H1H559H7725H7666H4592H400 3Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, ' You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you. 'H3063H559H559H376H5749H5749H559H7200H6440H1115H251 4"If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.H3426H7971H251H3381H7666H400 5"But if you do not send [him,] we will not go down; for the man said to us, 'You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.'"H7971H3381H376H559H7200H6440H251 6Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had [another] brother?"H3478H559H7489H5046H376H251 7But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, 'Is your father still alive? Have you [another] brother?' So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say,' Bring your brother down '?"H559H376H7592H7592H4138H559H1H2416H3426H251H5046H5921H6310H1697H3045H3045H559H3381H251H3381 8And Judah said to his father Israel, "Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live and not die, we as well as you and our little ones.H3063H559H3478H1H7971H5288H6965H3212H2421H4191H2945 9"I myself will be surety for him; you may hold me responsible for him. If I do not bring him [back] to you and set him before you, then let me bear the blame before you forever.H6148H3027H1245H518H935H518H3322H6440H2398H3117 10"For if we had not delayed, surely by now we could have returned twice."H3884H4102H7725H6471 11Then their father Israel said to them, "If [it must be] so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and carry down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.H1H3478H559H645H6213H3947H2173H776H3627H3381H376H4503H4592H6875H4592H1706H5219H3910H992H8247 12"And take double [the] money in your hand, and take back in your hand the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks; perhaps it was a mistake.H3947H4932H3701H3027H3701H7725H6310H572H7725H3027H4870 13"Take your brother also, and arise, return to the man;H3947H251H6965H7725H376 14and may God Almighty grant you compassion in the sight of the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. "H410H7706H5414H7356H6440H376H7971H312H251H1144H834H7921H7921 15So the men took this present, and they took double [the] money in their hand, and Benjamin; then they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.H582H3947H2063H4503H3947H4932H3701H3027H1144H6965H3381H4714H5975H6440H3130 16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his house steward, "Bring the men into the house, and slay [an animal] and make ready; for the men are to dine with me at noon."H3130H7200H1144H854H559H1004H935H582H1004H2873H2874H3559H582H398H6672 17So the man did as Joseph said, and brought the men to Joseph's house.H376H6213H3130H559H376H935H582H3130H1004 18Now the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph's house; and they said, "[It is] because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time that we are being brought in, that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us, and take us for slaves with our donkeys."H582H3372H935H3130H1004H559H1697H3701H7725H572H8462H935H1556H5307H3947H5650H2543 19So they came near to Joseph's house steward, and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,H5066H376H3130H1004H1696H6607H1004 20and said, "Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food,H559H994H113H3381H3381H8462H7666H400 21and it came about when we came to the lodging place, that we opened our sacks, and behold, each man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full. So we have brought it back in our hand.H935H4411H6605H572H376H3701H6310H572H3701H4948H7725H3027 22"We have also brought down other money in our hand to buy food; we do not know who put our money in our sacks."H312H3701H3381H3027H7666H400H3045H7760H3701H572 23And he said, "Be at ease, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.H559H7965H3372H430H430H1H5414H4301H572H935H3701H3318H8095 24Then the man brought the men into Joseph's house and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys fodder.H376H935H582H3130H1004H5414H4325H7364H7272H5414H2543H4554 25So they prepared the present for Joseph's coming at noon; for they had heard that they were to eat a meal there.H3559H4503H5704H3130H935H6672H8085H398H3899 26When Joseph came home, they brought into the house to him the present which was in their hand and bowed to the ground before him.H3130H935H1004H935H4503H3027H1004H7812H776 27Then he asked them about their welfare, and said, "Is your old father well, of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"H7592H7965H559H1H7965H2205H559H2416 28And they said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." And they bowed down in homage.H559H5650H1H7965H2416H6915H7812 29As he lifted his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, he said, "Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me?" And he said, "May God be gracious to you, my son."H5375H5869H7200H251H1144H517H1121H559H6996H251H559H559H430H2603H1121 30And Joseph hurried [out] for he was deeply stirred over his brother, and he sought [a place] to weep; and he entered his chamber and wept there.H3130H4116H7356H3648H251H1245H1058H935H2315H1058 31Then he washed his face, and came out; and he controlled himself and said, "Serve the meal."H7364H6440H3318H662H559H7760H3899 32So they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians, who ate with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews, for that is loathsome to the Egyptians.H7760H4713H398H4713H3201H398H3899H5680H8441H4714 33Now they were seated before him, the first-born according to his birthright and the youngest according to his youth, and the men looked at one another in astonishment.H3427H6440H1060H1062H6810H6812H582H8539H376H7453 34And he took portions to them from his own table; but Benjamin's portion was five times as much as any of theirs. So they feasted and drank freely with him.H5375H4864H6440H1144H4864H2568H3027H7235H8354H7937


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