Genesis 42
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Genesis 42:2-25

2And he saidH559, Behold, I have heardH8085 that there isH3426 foodH7668 in EgyptH4714: get you downH3381 thither, and buyH7666 for us from thence; that we may liveH2421, and not dieH4191.

3And Joseph’sH3130 tenH6235 brethrenH251 went downH3381 to buyH7666 grainH1250 in EgyptH4714. 4But BenjaminH1144, Joseph’sH3130 brotherH251, JacobH3290 sentH7971 not with his brethrenH251; for he saidH559, Lest peradventureH6435 mischiefH611 befall himH7122. 5And the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 cameH935 to buyH7666 grain amongH8432 those that cameH935: for the famineH7458 was in the landH776 of CanaanH3667. 6And JosephH3130 was the governorH7989 over the landH776, and he it was that soldH7666 to all the peopleH5971 of the landH776: and Joseph’sH3130 brethrenH251 cameH935, and bowed downH7812 themselves before him with their facesH639 to the earthH776. 7And JosephH3130 sawH7200 his brethrenH251, and he knewH5234 them, but made himself strangeH5234 unto them, and spakeH1696 roughlyH7186 unto them; and he saidH559 unto them, WhenceH370 comeH935 ye? And they saidH559, From the landH776 of CanaanH3667 to buyH7666 foodH400.1 8And JosephH3130 knewH5234 his brethrenH251, but they knewH5234 not him. 9And JosephH3130 rememberedH2142 the dreamsH2472 which he dreamedH2492 of them, and saidH559 unto them, Ye are spiesH7270; to seeH7200 the nakednessH6172 of the landH776 ye are comeH935. 10And they saidH559 unto him, Nay, my lordH113, but to buyH7666 foodH400 are thy servantsH5650 comeH935. 11WeH5168 are all oneH259 man’sH376 sonsH1121; we are trueH3651 men, thy servantsH5650 are no spiesH7270. 12And he saidH559 unto them, Nay, but to seeH7200 the nakednessH6172 of the landH776 ye are comeH935. 13And they saidH559, Thy servantsH5650 are twelveH6240H8147 brethrenH251, the sonsH1121 of oneH259 manH376 in the landH776 of CanaanH3667; and, behold, the youngestH6996 is this dayH3117 with our fatherH1, and oneH259 is not. 14And JosephH3130 saidH559 unto them, That is it that I spakeH1696 unto you, sayingH559, Ye are spiesH7270: 15HerebyH2063 ye shall be provedH974: By the lifeH2416 of PharaohH6547 ye shall not go forthH3318 hence, except your youngestH6996 brotherH251 comeH935 hither. 16SendH7971 oneH259 of you, and let him fetchH3947 your brotherH251, and ye shall be kept in prisonH631, that your wordsH1697 may be provedH974, whether there be any truthH571 inH854 you: or elseH3808 by the lifeH2416 of PharaohH6547 surely ye are spiesH7270.2 17And he put them all togetherH622 into wardH4929 threeH7969 daysH3117.3 18And JosephH3130 saidH559 unto them the thirdH7992 dayH3117, This doH6213, and liveH2421; for I fearH3373 GodH430: 19If ye be trueH3651 men, let oneH259 of your brethrenH251 be boundH631 in the houseH1004 of your prisonH4929: goH3212 ye, carryH935 foodH7668 for the famineH7459 of your housesH1004: 20But bringH935 your youngestH6996 brotherH251 unto me; so shall your wordsH1697 be verifiedH539, and ye shall not dieH4191. And they didH6213 so.

21And they saidH559 oneH376 to anotherH251, We are verilyH61 guiltyH818 concerning our brotherH251, in thatH834 we sawH7200 the anguishH6869 of his soulH5315, when he besoughtH2603 us, and we would not hearH8085; therefore is this distressH6869 comeH935 upon us. 22And ReubenH7205 answeredH6030 them, sayingH559, Spake IH559 not unto you, sayingH559, Do not sinH2398 against the childH3206; and ye would not hearH8085? therefore, behold, also his bloodH1818 is requiredH1875. 23And they knewH3045 not that JosephH3130 understoodH8085 them; for he spake unto them by an interpreterH3887.4 24And he turned himself aboutH5437 from them, and weptH1058; and returned to them againH7725, and communedH1696 with them, and tookH3947 from them SimeonH8095, and boundH631 him before their eyesH5869.

25Then JosephH3130 commandedH6680 to fillH4390 their sacksH3627 with foodH1250, and to restoreH7725 every man’sH376 moneyH3701 into his sackH8242, and to giveH5414 them provisionH6720 for the wayH1870: and thusH3651 did heH6213 unto them.

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Notes

  1. 1. Genesis 42:7 roughly…: Heb. hard things with them. ↩
  2. 2. Genesis 42:16 kept…: Heb. bound. ↩
  3. 3. Genesis 42:17 put: Heb. gathered. ↩
  4. 4. Genesis 42:23 he spake…: Heb. an interpreter was between them. ↩

Commentaries on Genesis 42

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