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proved, whether there be any truth in you or elfe, by the life of Pharaoh, furely ye are fpies.

17 And he put them altogether into ward three days.

18 And Jofeph faid unto them the third day, This do, and live: for I fear God.

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 bring your youngest brother unto me: fo fhall your words be verified, and ye fhall not die. And they

did fo.

21 ¶ And they faid one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we faw the anguifh of his foul, when he befought us, and we would not hear therefore is this diftrefs come upon us.

22 And Reuben answered them, faying, Spake I not unto you, faying, Do not fin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore behold also, his blood is required.

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

24 And he turned himself

about from them, and wept and turned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

25 Then Jofeph commanded to fill their facks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his fack; and to give them provifion for the way: and thus did he unto them.

26 And they laded their affes with the corn, and departed thence.

27 And as one of them opened his fack to give his afs provender in the inn, he efpied his money; for behold, it was in his fack's mouth.

28 And he faid unto his brethren, My money is reftored; and lo, it is even in my fack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, faying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befel unto them, faying,

30 The man who is the lord of the land fpake roughly to us, and took us for fpies of the country.

31 And we faid unto him,

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34 And bring your youngeft brother unto me: then Thall I know that ye are no fpies, but that ye are true men: fo will I deliver you your brother, and ye fhall

traffic in the land.

35 And it came to pafs as they emptied their facks, that behold, every man's bundle of money was in his fack: and when both they and their father faw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

36 And Jacob their father faid unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my

hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

38 And he faid, My fon fhall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befal him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my grey hairs with forrow to the grave.

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CHAP. XLIII.

ND the famine was fore in the land. 2 And it came to pafs when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father faid unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.

3 And Judah fpake unto him, faying, The man did folemnly proteft unto us, faying, Ye fhall not fee my face, except your brother be with you.

4 If thou wilt fend our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

5 But if thou wilt not fend him, we will not go down: chil-for the man faid unto us, dren: Jofeph is not, and Si-Ye fhall not fee my face, ex'meon is not, and ye will take cept your brother be with Benjamin away all thefe things are against me.

37 And Reubenfpake unto his father, faying, Slay my two fons, If I bring him not to thee deliver him into my

you.

6 And Ifrael faid, Wherefore dealt ye fo ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

7 And they faid, the man. afked

the man:

afked us ftraitly of our ftate, ther, and arife, go again unto and of our kindred, faying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would fay, Bring your brother down?

8 And Judah faid unto Ifrael his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arife and go: that we may live and not die, both we, and thou, and alfo our little ones:

9 I will be furety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him if I bring him not unto thee, and fet him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever.

10 For, except we had lingered, furely now we had returned this fecond time.

II And their father Ifrael 'faid unto them, if it must be fo now, do this; take of the beft fruits of the land in your veffels, and carry down the man a prefent, a little balm, and a little honey, fpices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds;

12 And take double money in your hand and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your facks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an overlight.

13 Take alfo your bro-1

14 And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may fend away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.

15 And the men took that prefent, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and ftood before Jofeph.

16 And when Jofeph faw Benjamin with them, he faid to the ruler of his house, Bring these men home, and flay, and make ready; for these men fhall dine with me

at noon.

17 And the man did as Jofeph bade; and the man brought the men into Jofeph's houfe.

18 And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Jofeph's houfe; and they faid, Because of the money that was returned in our facks at the first time. are we brought in: that he may feek occafion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our affes.

19 And they came near to the fteward of Jofeph's houfe, and they communed with him at the door of the houfe,

20 And faid, O fir, we

came indeed down at the firft | father well, the old man of time to buy food. whom ye spake? is he yet alive?

21 And it came to pafs when we came to the inn, that we opened our facks, and behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his fack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.

22 And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our facks.

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23 And he faid, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your facks. I had your money, and he brought Simeon out unto them.

24 And the man brought the men into Jofeph's houfe, and gave them water, and they wafhed their feet: and he gave their affes provender.

25 And they made ready the prefent against Jofeph came at noon for they heard that they fhould eat bread there.

26 And when Jofeph came home, they brought him the prefent which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

27 And he afked them of their welfare, and faid, Is your

28 And they answered, Thy fervant our father is in good health, he is yet alive; and they bowed down their heads, and made obeifance.

29 And he lift up his eyes, and faw his brother Benjamin, his mother's fon, and faid, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? and he faid, God be gracious unto thee, my fon.

30 And Jofeph made hafte; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he fought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.

31 ¶ And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

32 And they fet on for him by himself, and for them by themfelves, and for the Egyptians which did ear with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews: for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

33 And they fat before him, the firft-born according to his birth-right, and the youngeft according to his youth: and the men marvelM

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led one at another.

34 And he took and fent meffes unto them from before him; but Benjamin's mefs was five times fo much as any of their's. And they drank, and were merry with

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CHAP. XLIV.

and he spake unto them thefe fame words.

7 And they faid unto him, Wherefore faith my lord thefe words? God forbid that thy fervants fhould do according to this thing.

8 Behold, the money which we found in our facks mouths, we brought again

ND he commanded the unto thee out of the land of

A fteward of his houfe, Canaan: how then fhould we

faying, Fill the men's facks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his fack's

mouth.

2 And put my cup, the filver cup, in the fack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn-money: and he did according to the word that Jofeph had spoken.

3 As foon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their affes.

4 And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Jofeph faid unto his fteward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou doft overtake them, fay unto them, Wherefore have ye re-. warded evil for good?

5 Is not this it in which my lord drinketh; and whereby indeed he divineth? ye have done evil in fo doing.

6 And he overtook them,

fteal out of thy lord's house, filver or gold?

9 With whom foever of thy fervants it be found, both let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Io And he faid, Now alfo let it be according unto your words, he with whom it is found fhall be my fervant: and ye fhall be blameless.

II Then they speedily took down every man his fack to the ground, and opened every man his fack.

12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's fack.

13 Then they rent their cloaths, and laded every man his afs, and returned to the city.

14 And Judah and his brethren came to Jofeph's houfe; (for he was yet there:) and they fell before him on

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