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Now when Jacob[H3290]saw[H7200] that there was[H3426]corn[H7668] in Egypt[H4714], Jacob[H3290]said[H559] unto his sons[H1121], Why do ye look[H7200] one upon another?
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And he said[H559], Behold, I have heard[H8085] that there is[H3426]corn[H7668] in Egypt[H4714]: get you down[H3381] thither, and buy[H7666] for us from thence; that we may live[H2421], and not die[H4191].
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And Joseph's ten[H6235]brethren[H251] went down[H3381] to buy[H7666]corn[H1250] in Egypt[H4714].
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But Benjamin[H1144], Joseph's brother[H251], Jacob[H3290]sent[H7971] not with his brethren[H251]; for he said[H559], Lest peradventure[H6435]mischief[H611] befall him[H7122].
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And the sons[H1121] of Israel[H3478]came[H935] to buy[H7666] corn among[H8432] those that came[H935]: for the famine[H7458] was in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
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And Joseph[H3130] was the governor[H7989] over the land[H776], and he it was that sold[H7666] to all the people[H5971] of the land[H776]: and Joseph[H3130]'s brethren[H251]came[H935], and bowed down[H7812] themselves before him with their faces[H639] to the earth[H776].
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And Joseph[H3130]saw[H7200] his brethren[H251], and he knew[H5234] them, but made himself strange[H5234] unto them, and spake[H1696]roughly[H7186] unto them; and he said[H559] unto them, Whence[H370]come[H935] ye? And they said[H559], From the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667] to buy[H7666]food[H400].
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And Joseph[H3130]knew[H5234] his brethren[H251], but they knew[H5234] not him.
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And Joseph[H3130]remembered[H2142] the dreams[H2472] which he dreamed[H2492] of them, and said[H559] unto them, Ye are spies[H7270]; to see[H7200] the nakedness[H6172] of the land[H776] ye are come[H935].
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And they said[H559] unto him, Nay, my lord[H113], but to buy[H7666]food[H400] are thy servants[H5650]come[H935].
11We[H5168] are all one[H259] man's sons[H1121]; we[H5168] are true[H3651] men, thy servants[H5650] are no spies[H7270].
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And he said[H559] unto them, Nay, but to see[H7200] the nakedness[H6172] of the land[H776] ye are come[H935].
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And they said[H559], Thy servants[H5650] are twelve[H8147]brethren[H251], the sons[H1121] of one[H259]man[H376] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667]; and, behold, the youngest[H6996] is this day[H3117] with our father[H1], and one[H259] is not.
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto them, That is it that I spake[H1696] unto you, saying[H559], Ye are spies[H7270]:
15Hereby[H2063] ye shall be proved[H974]: By the life[H2416] of Pharaoh[H6547] ye shall not go forth[H3318] hence, except your youngest[H6996]brother[H251]come[H935] hither.
16Send[H7971]one[H259] of you, and let him fetch[H3947] your brother[H251], and ye shall be kept in[H854]prison[H631], that your words[H1697] may be proved[H974], whether there be any truth[H571]in[H854] you: or else[H3808] by the life[H2416] of Pharaoh[H6547] surely ye are spies[H7270].
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And he put them all together[H622] into ward[H4929]three[H7969]days[H3117].
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And Joseph[H3130]said[H559] unto them the third[H7992]day[H3117], This do[H6213], and live[H2421]; for I fear[H3373]God[H430]:
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If ye be true[H3651] men, let one[H259] of your brethren[H251] be bound[H631] in the house[H1004] of your prison[H4929]: go[H3212] ye, carry[H935]corn[H7668] for the famine[H7459] of your houses[H1004]:
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But bring[H935] your youngest[H6996]brother[H251] unto me; so shall your words[H1697] be verified[H539], and ye shall not die[H4191]. And they did[H6213] so.
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And they said[H559]one[H376] to another[H251], We are verily[H61]guilty[H818] concerning our brother[H251], in that[H834] we saw[H7200] the anguish[H6869] of his soul[H5315], when he besought[H2603] us, and we would not hear[H8085]; therefore is this distress[H6869]come[H935] upon us.
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And Reuben[H7205]answered[H6030] them, saying[H559], Spake I[H559] not unto you, saying[H559], Do not sin[H2398] against the child[H3206]; and ye would not hear?[H8085] therefore, behold, also his blood[H1818] is required[H1875].
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And they knew[H3045] not that Joseph[H3130]understood[H8085] them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter[H3887].
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And he turned himself about[H5437] from them, and wept[H1058]; and returned to them again[H7725], and communed[H1696] with them, and took[H3947] from them Simeon[H8095], and bound[H631] him before their eyes[H5869].
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Then Joseph[H3130]commanded[H6680] to fill[H4390] their sacks[H3627] with corn[H1250], and to restore[H7725] every man's money[H3701] into his sack[H8242], and to give[H5414] them provision[H6720] for the way[H1870]: and thus[H3651] did he[H6213] unto them.
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And they laded[H5375] their asses[H2543] with the corn[H7668], and departed[H3212] thence.
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And as one[H259] of them opened[H6605] his sack[H8242] to give[H5414] his ass[H2543]provender[H4554] in the inn[H4411], he espied[H7200] his money[H3701]; for, behold, it was in his sack[H8242]'s mouth[H6310].
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And he said[H559] unto his brethren[H251], My money[H3701] is restored[H7725]; and, lo[H2009], it is even in my sack[H572]: and their heart[H3820]failed[H3318] them, and they were afraid[H2729], saying[H559]one[H376] to another[H251], What is this that God[H430] hath done[H6213] unto us?
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And they came[H935] unto Jacob[H3290] their father[H1] unto the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667], and told[H5046] him all that befell[H7136] unto them; saying[H559],
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The man[H376], who is the lord[H113] of the land[H776], spake[H1696]roughly[H7186] to us, and took[H5414] us for spies[H7270] of the country[H776].
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And we said[H559] unto him, We are true[H3651] men; we are no spies[H7270]:
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We be twelve[H6240]brethren[H251], sons[H1121] of our father[H1]; one[H259] is not, and the youngest[H6996] is this day[H3117] with our father[H1] in the land[H776] of Canaan[H3667].
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And the man[H376], the lord[H113] of the country[H776], said[H559] unto us, Hereby shall I know[H3045] that ye are true[H3651] men; leave[H3240]one[H259] of your brethren[H251] here with me, and take[H3947] food for the famine[H7459] of your households[H1004], and be gone[H3212]:
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And bring[H935] your youngest[H6996]brother[H251] unto me: then shall I know[H3045] that ye are no spies[H7270], but that ye are true[H3651] men: so will I deliver[H5414] you your brother[H251], and ye shall traffick[H5503] in the land[H776].
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And it came to pass as they emptied[H7324] their sacks[H8242], that, behold, every man's bundle[H6872] of money[H3701] was in his sack[H8242]: and when both they and their father[H1]saw[H7200] the bundles[H6872] of money[H3701], they were afraid[H3372].
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And Jacob[H3290] their father[H1]said[H559] unto them, Me have ye bereaved[H7921] of my children: Joseph[H3130] is not, and Simeon[H8095] is not, and ye will take[H3947]Benjamin[H1144] away: all these things are against me.
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And Reuben[H7205]spake[H559] unto his father[H1], saying[H559], Slay[H4191] my two[H8147]sons[H1121], if I bring[H935] him not to thee: deliver[H5414] him into my hand[H3027], and I will bring[H935] him to thee again[H7725].
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And he said[H559], My son[H1121] shall not go[H3212]down[H3381] with you; for his brother[H251] is dead[H4191], and he is left[H7604] alone: if mischief[H611]befall[H7122] him by the way[H1870] in the which ye go[H3212], then shall ye bring down[H3381] my gray hairs[H7872] with sorrow[H3015] to the grave[H7585].