Genesis

Genesis 42 ©

1 Jacob sendeth ten of his sons to buy corn in Egypt. 6 They are imprisoned by Joseph for spies, but set at liberty on condition to bring Benjamin. 21 Their remorse for Joseph, who commandeth his tenderness, and detaineth Simeon for a pledge. 25 They return with corn and their money. 29 Their relation to Jacob. 35 He is afraid, and refuseth to send Benjamin.

1

NOW awhen Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

a Ex. 20.18; 5.19. Ac. 7.11,12.
2

And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you bdown thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may clive, and not die.

b ch. 45.9.
c ch. 43.8. Ps. 118.17. Mat.4.4. Is. 38.1.
3

¶And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

4

But dBenjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, eLest *peradventure mischief befall him.

d ch. 35.16-19.
e ch. 3.22; 11.4. Ex. 22.22,23. v.38.
5

And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was fin the land of Canaan.

f ch. 12.10; 26.1. Ac. 7.11; 11.28.
6

And Joseph was the ggovernor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and hbowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

g Ps. 105.21. ch. 41.40,41.
h ch. 37.7,9,10; 18.2; 19.1; 44.14.
7

And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself *strange unto them, and spake 1roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

8

And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

9

And Joseph iremembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, jYe are spies; to see the knakedness of the land ye are come.

i ch. 37.5-9.
j Nu. 13.2,18,19. Jos. 2.
k Ex. 32.25.
10

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

11

We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

12

And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the lnakedness of the land ye are come.

l v.9.
13

And they said, Thy servants are mtwelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one nis not.

m ch. 35.16-26; 29.32-35; 30.6-24; 46.8-27. Ex. 1.2-5. Nu. 1; 10; 26; 34. 1Ch. 2-8.
n Mat. 2.16,18. ch. 37.30; 44.20. La. 5.7.
14

And Joseph said unto them, oThat is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

o Job 13.2,4; 19.11.
15

Hereby ye shall be proved: pBy the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come *hither.

p 1Sa. 20.3; 17.55; 1.26. Je. 5.2,7. De. 6.13. v.16.
16

Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be 2kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

17

And he 3put them all together q*into ward three days.

q He. 12.10. Ps. 119.67.
18

And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for rI fear God:

r ch. 20.11. Ne. 5.15.
19

If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

20

But sbring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

s v.34. ch. 43.5; 44.23.
21

¶And tthey said one to another, uWe are *verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; vtherefore is this distress come upon us.

t Ho. 5.15. Job 34.31,32. Ac. 19.18. Pr. 28.13. 1Jn. 1.9.
u Job 36.8,9.
v Ju. 1.7. Je. 2.17,19; 4.18. Mat. 7.2.
22

And Reuben answered them, saying, wSpake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is xrequired.

w ch. 37.21.
x ch. 4.10; 9.5. 2Ch. 24.22. Eze. 3.18. Lu. 11.50,51. Re. 13.10; 16.6. Ps. 9.12.
23

And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for 4he spake unto them by an interpreter.

24

And he turned himself about from them, and ywept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them zSimeon, and bound him before their eyes.

y ch. 43.30. Ro. 12.15.
z ch. 34.25; 49.7. Jude 22,23.
25

¶Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and athus did he unto them.

a Ro. 12.17. Mat. 5.44. 1Pe. 3.9.
26

And they *laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

27

And as bone of them opened his sack to give his ass *provender cin the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

b v.35.
c ch. 43.21. Ex. 4.24.
28

And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and dtheir heart 5failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

d Ca. 5.6. 1Ki. 10.5. ch. 27.33. v.36. Le. 26.36. Ps. 61.2.
29

¶And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

30

The eman, who is the lord of the land, spake 6roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

e v.7-20.
31

And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

32

We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one fis not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

f ch. 37.30.
33

And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take gfood for the famine of your households, and be gone:

g v.19.
34

And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye hshall *traffick in the land.

h ch. 34.10,21.
35

¶And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

36

And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children : Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away : all these things iare against me.

i Mat. 14.31. Is. 41.10,13,14. Ps. 34.19. Ro. 8.28,31. 1Co. 10.13. Is. 27.9. 2Co. 4.17.
37

And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my jtwo sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

j ch. 40.9; 46.9.
38

And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for khis brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs lwith sorrow to the grave.

k v.4,13,32,36. ch. 37.33,35; 44.20,28,29.
l Ps. 90.10. Ec. 1.14; 2.26. ch. 44.29,31.