Genesis Chapter 42
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And Joseph came in unto them in the morning, and saw them, and, behold, they were sad.
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And he asked Pharaoh’s officers that were with him in ward in his master’s house, saying, Wherefore look ye so sad to-day?
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And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell it me, I pray you.
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And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;
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and in the vine were three branches: and it was as though it budded,
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and its blossoms shot forth;
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and the clusters thereof brought forth ripe grapes:
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and Pharaoh’s cup was in my hand; and I took the grapes, and pressed them into Pharaoh’s cup, and I gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand.
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And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: the three branches are three days;
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within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head, and restore thee unto thine office: and thou shalt give Pharaoh’s cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
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But have me in thy remembrance when it shall be well with thee, and show kindness, I pray thee, unto me, and make mention of me unto Pharaoh, and bring me out of this house:
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for indeed I was stolen away out of the land of the Hebrews: and here also have I done nothing that they should put me into the dungeon.
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When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, three baskets of white bread were on my head:
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and in the uppermost basket there was of all manner of baked food for Pharaoh; and the birds did eat them out of the basket upon my head.
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And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: the three baskets are three days;
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within yet three days shall Pharaoh lift up thy head from off thee, and shall hang thee on a tree; and the birds shall eat thy flesh from off thee.
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And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
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And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh’s hand:
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but he hanged the chief baker: as Joseph had interpreted to them.
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Yet did not the chief butler remember Joseph, but forgat him.
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And it came to pass at the end of two full years, that Pharaoh dreamed: and, behold, he stood by the river.
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And, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, well-favored and fat-fleshed; and they fed in the reed-grass.
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And, behold, seven other kine came up after them out of the river, ill-favored and lean-fleshed, and stood by the other kine upon the brink of the river.
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And the ill-favored and lean-fleshed kine did eat up the seven well-favored and fat kine. So Pharaoh awoke.
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And he slept and dreamed a second time: and, behold, seven ears of grain came up upon one stalk, rank and good.
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And, behold, seven ears, thin and blasted with the east wind, sprung up after them.
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And the thin ears swallowed up the seven rank and full ears. And Pharaoh awoke, and, behold, it was a dream.
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And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.
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Then spake the chief butler unto Pharaoh, saying, I do remember my faults this day:
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Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:
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and we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
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And there was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.
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And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
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Then Pharaoh sent and called Joseph, and they brought him hastily out of the dungeon: and he shaved himself, and changed his raiment, and came in unto Pharaoh.
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And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that when thou hearest a dream thou canst interpret it.
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And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God will give Pharaoh an answer of peace.
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And Pharaoh spake unto Joseph, In my dream, behold, I stood upon the brink of the river:
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and, behold, there came up out of the river seven kine, fat-fleshed and well-favored: and they fed in the reed-grass:
darby (darby) - eBible.org Darby 1890 plaintext
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And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
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And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy [grain] for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.
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And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy [grain] out of Egypt.
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But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
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So the sons of Israel came to buy [grain] among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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And Joseph, he was the governor over the land — he it was that sold [the corn] to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
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And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
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And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
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We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
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And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
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And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
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And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
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By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
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Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.
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And he put them in custody three days.
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And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fearGod.
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If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
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and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
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Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.
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And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.
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And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.
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And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
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And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.
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And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.
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And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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And he said to his brethren, My money is returned [to me], and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed [them], and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this [that]God has done to us?
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And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,
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The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.
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And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:
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we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
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And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take [for] the hunger of your households, and go,
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and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.
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And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.
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And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.
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And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.
lxxbrent (lxxbrent) - Septuagint (Brenton 1851) eBible USFM
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And Jacob having seen that there was a sale [of corn] in Egypt, said to his sons, Why are ye indolent?
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Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt; go down thither, and buy for us a little food, that we may live, and not die.
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And the ten brethren of Joseph went down to buy corn out of Egypt.
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But [Jacob] sent not Benjamin, the brother of Joseph, with his brethren; for he said, Lest, haply, disease befal him.
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And the sons of Israel came to buy with those that came, for the famine was in the land of Chanaan.
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And Joseph was ruler of the land; he sold to all the people of the land. And the brethren of Joseph, having come, did reverence to him, [bowing] with the face to the ground.
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And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Chanaan, to buy food.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
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And Joseph remembered his dream, which he saw; and he said to them, Ye are spies; to observe the marks of the land are ye come.
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But they said, Nay, Sir, we thy servants are come to buy food;
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we are all sons of one man; we are peaceable, thy servants are not spies.
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And he said to them, Nay, but ye are come to observe the marks of the land.
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And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, in the land of Chanaan; and, behold, the youngest is with our father to-day, but the other one is not.
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And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, ye are spies;
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herein shall ye be manifested; by the health of Pharao, ye shall not depart hence, unless your younger brother come hither.
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Send one of you, and take your brother; and go ye to prison, till your words be clear, whether ye speak the truth or not; but, if not, by the health of Pharao, verily ye are spies.
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And he put them in prison three days.
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And he said to them on the third day, This do, and ye shall live, for I fear God.
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If ye be peaceable, let one of your brethren be detained in prison; but go ye, and carry back the corn ye have purchased.
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And bring your younger brother to me, and your words shall be believed; but, if not, ye shall die. And they did so.
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And each said to his brother, Yes, indeed, for we are in fault concerning our brother, when we disregarded the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we hearkened not to him; and therefore has this affliction come upon us.
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And Ruben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required.
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But they knew not that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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And Joseph turned away from them, and wept; and again he came to them, and spoke to them; and he took Symeon from them, and bound him before their eyes.
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And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to return their money to each into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and it was so done to them.
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And having put the corn on the asses, they departed thence.
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And one having opened his sack to give his asses fodder, at the place where they rested, saw also his bundle of money, for it was on the mouth of his sack.
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And he said to his brethren, My money has been restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was wonder-struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?
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And they came to their father, Jacob, into the land of Chanaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying,
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The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
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And we said to him, We are men of peace, we are not spies.
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We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is with his father to-day in the land of Chanaan.
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And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Herein shall I know that ye are peaceable; leave one brother here with me, and having taken the corn ye have purchased for your family, depart.
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And bring to me your younger brother; then I shall know that ye are not spies, but that ye are men of peace: and I will restore you your brother, and ye shall trade in the land.
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And it came to pass as they were emptying their sacks, there was each man's bundle of money in his sack; and they and their father saw their bundles of money, and they were afraid.
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And their father Jacob said to them, Ye have bereaved me. Joseph is not, Symeon is not, and will ye take Benjamin? all these things have come upon me.
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And Ruben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.
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But he said, My son shall not go down with you, because his brother is dead, and he only has been left; and [suppose] it shall come to pass that he is afflicted by the way by which ye go, then ye shall bring down my old age with sorrow to Hades.
vul1914 (vul1914) - Vulgate 1914 UTF-8 (sacredbible.org)
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Audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Ægypto, dixit filiis suis: Quare negligitis?
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audivi quod triticum venundetur in Ægypto: descendite, et emite nobis necessaria, ut possimus vivere, et non consumamur inopia.
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Descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem, ut emerent frumenta in Ægypto,
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Beniamin domi retento a Iacob, qui dixerat fratribus eius: Ne forte in itinere quidquam patiatur mali:
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ingressi sunt terram Ægypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum. Erat autem fames in terra Chanaan.
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Et Ioseph erat princeps in terra Ægypti, atque ad eius nutum frumenta populis vendebantur. Cumque adorassent eum fratres sui,
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et agnovisset eos, quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur, interrogans eos: Unde venistis? Qui responderunt: De terra Chanaan, ut emamus victui necessaria.
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Et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens, non est cognitus ab eis.
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Recordatusque somniorum, quæ aliquando viderat, ait ad eos: Exploratores estis: ut videatis infirmiora terræ venistis.
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Qui dixerunt: Non est ita, domine, sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos.
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Omnes filii unius viri sumus: pacifici venimus, nec quidquam famuli tui machinantur mali.
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Quibus ille respondit: Aliter est: immunita terræ huius considerare venistis.
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At illi: Duodecim, inquiunt, servi tui, fratres sumus, filii viri unius in terra Chanaan: minimus cum patre nostro est, alius non est super.
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Hoc est, ait, quod locutus sum: Exploratores estis.
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Iam nunc experimentum vestri capiam: per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc, donec veniat frater vester minimus.
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Mittite ex vobis unum, et adducat eum: vos autem eritis in vinculis, donec probentur quæ dixistis utrum vera an falsa sint: alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis.
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Tradidit ergo illos custodiæ tribus diebus.
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Die autem tertio eductis de carcere, ait: Facite quæ dixi, et vivetis: Deum enim timeo.
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Si pacifici estis, frater vester unus ligetur in carcere: vos autem abite, et ferte frumenta quæ emistis, in domos vestras,
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et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite, ut possim vestros probare sermones, et non moriamini. Fecerunt ut dixerat,
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et locuti sunt ad invicem: Merito hæc patimur, quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum, videntes angustiam animæ illius, dum deprecaretur nos, et non audivimus: idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio.
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E quibus unus Ruben, ait: Numquid non dixi vobis: Nolite peccare in puerum: et non audistis me? en sanguis eius exquiritur.
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Nesciebant autem quod intelligeret Ioseph: eo quod per interpretem loqueretur ad eos.
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Avertitque se parumper, et flevit: et reversus locutus est ad eos.
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Tollensque Simeon, et ligans illis præsentibus, iussit ministris ut implerent eorum saccos tritico, et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis, datis supra cibariis in viam: qui fecerunt ita.
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At illi portantes frumenta in asinis suis, profecti sunt.
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Apertoque unus sacco, ut daret iumento pabulum in diversorio, contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi,
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dixit fratribus suis: Reddita est mihi pecunia, en habetur in sacco. Et obstupefacti, turbatique mutuo dixerunt: Quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus?
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Veneruntque ad Iacob patrem suum in terram Chanaan, et narraverunt ei omnia quæ accidissent sibi, dicentes:
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Locutus est nobis dominus terræ dure, et putavit nos exploratores esse provinciæ.
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Cui respondimus: Pacifici sumus, nec ullas molimur insidias.
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Duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus: unus non est super, minimus cum patre nostro est in terra Chanaan.
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Qui ait nobis: Sic probabo quod pacifici sitis: Fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me, et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite, et abite,
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fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me, ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores: et istum, qui tenetur in vinculis, recipere possitis: ac deinceps quæ vultis, emendi habeatis licentiam.
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His dictis, cum frumenta effunderent, singuli repererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias, exterritisque simul omnibus,
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dixit pater Iacob: Absque liberis me esse fecistis, Ioseph non est super, Simeon tenetur in vinculis, et Beniamin auferetis: in me hæc omnia mala reciderunt.
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Cui respondit Ruben: Duos filios meos interfice, si non reduxero illum tibi: trade illum in manu mea, et ego eum tibi restituam.
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At ille: Non descendet, inquit, filius meus vobiscum: frater eius mortuus est, et ipse solus remansit: si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis, deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos.
web (web) - WorldEnglish.Bible — CC0 modern update of ASV
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Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”
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He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”
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Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
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But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”
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The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.
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Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”
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Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.
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Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”
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They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.
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We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”
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He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”
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They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is today with our father, and one is no more.”
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Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’
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By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.
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Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”
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He put them all together into custody for three days.
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Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.
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If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.
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Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.
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They said to one another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”
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Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”
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They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.
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He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
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Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
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They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
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The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.
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Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”
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As they emptied their sacks, behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
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Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”
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Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”
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He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”
ylt (ylt) - Bible.com YLT98 plain UTF-8
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And Jacob seeth that there is corn in Egypt, and Jacob saith to his sons, `Why do you look at each other?'
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he saith also, `Lo, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt, go down thither, and buy for us from thence, and we live and do not die;'
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and the ten brethren of Joseph go down to buy corn in Egypt,
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and Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob hath not sent with his brethren, for he said, `Lest mischief meet him.'
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And the sons of Israel come to buy in the midst of those coming, for the famine hath been in the land of Canaan,
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and Joseph is the ruler over the land, he who is selling to all the people of the land, and Joseph's brethren come and bow themselves to him--face to the earth.
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And Joseph seeth his brethren, and discerneth them, and maketh himself strange unto them, and speaketh with them sharp things, and saith unto them, `From whence have ye come?' and they say, `From the land of Canaan--to buy food.'
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And Joseph discerneth his brethren, but they have not discerned him,
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and Joseph remembereth the dreams which he dreamed of them, and saith unto them, `Ye <FI>are<Fi> spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.'
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And they say unto him, `No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food;
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we <FI>are<Fi> all of us sons of one man, we <FI>are<Fi> right men; thy servants have not been spies;'
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and he saith unto them, `No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;'
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and they say, `Thy servants <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren; we <FI>are<Fi> sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one <FI>is<Fi> with our father to-day, and the one is not.'
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And Joseph saith unto them, `This <FI>is<Fi> that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye <FI>are<Fi> spies,
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by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this--except by your young brother coming hither;
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send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye, remain ye bound, and let your words be proved, whether truth be with you: and if not--Pharaoh liveth! surely ye <FI>are<Fi> spies;'
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and he removeth them unto charge three days.
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And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, `This do and live; God I fear!
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if ye <FI>are<Fi> right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn <FI>for<Fi> the famine of your houses,
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and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;' and they do so.
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And they say one unto another, `Verily we <FI>are<Fi> guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul, in his making supplication unto us, and we did not hearken: therefore hath this distress come upon us.'
22
And Reuben answereth them, saying, `Spake I not unto you, saying, Sin not against the lad? and ye hearkened not; and his blood also, lo, it is required.'
23
And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter <FI>is<Fi> between them;
24
and he turneth round from them, and weepeth, and turneth back unto them, and speaketh unto them, and taketh from them Simeon, and bindeth him before their eyes.
25
And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels <FI>with<Fi> corn, also to put back the money of each unto his sack, and to give to them provision for the way; and one doth to them so.
26
And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence,
27
and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it <FI>is<Fi> in the mouth of his bag,
28
and he saith unto his brethren, `My money hath been put back, and also, lo, in my bag:' and their heart goeth out, and they tremble, one to another saying, `What <FI>is<Fi> this God hath done to us!'
29
And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying,
30
`The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land;
31
and we say unto him, We <FI>are<Fi> right men, we have not been spies,
32
we <FI>are<Fi> twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one <FI>is<Fi> to-day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33
`And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye <FI>are<Fi> right men--one of your brethren leave with me, and <FI>for<Fi> the famine of your houses take ye and go,
34
and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye <FI>are<Fi> not spies, but ye <FI>are<Fi> right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.'
35
And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man's silver <FI>is<Fi> in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid;
36
and Jacob their father saith unto them, `Me ye have bereaved; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and Benjamin ye take--against me have been all these.'
37
And Reuben speaketh unto his father, saying, `My two sons thou dost put to death, if I bring him not in unto thee; give him into my hand, and I--I bring him back unto thee;'
38
and he saith, `My son doth not go down with you, for his brother <FI>is<Fi> dead, and he by himself is left; when mischief hath met him in the way in which ye go, then ye have brought down my grey hairs in sorrow to sheol.'
Explanations by Age Level
Explain Like I'm 5
A long, long time ago, there was nothing at all - no earth, no sky, no animals, no people. It was all dark and empty. But God was there! God is so powerful that He can make anything just by speaking. So God said "Let there be light!" and BOOM! There was light everywhere! God saw that the light was beautiful and good. He called the light "day" and the darkness "night." This was the very first day when God started making our wonderful world!
Explain Like I'm 10
Before anything existed - no planets, stars, or life - God decided to create the universe. The earth started out as a dark, empty place covered with water. But God's Spirit was there, ready to bring order and beauty to everything. When God spoke and said "Let there be light," light immediately appeared because God's words have incredible power. God looked at the light and was pleased with what He had made. He organized time by separating light (day) from darkness (night), creating the first 24-hour period. This shows us that God is organized and purposeful in everything He does.
Explain Like I'm 15
Genesis 1:1-5 establishes fundamental theological truths about God and creation. The Hebrew word "bara" (created) indicates creation from nothing (ex nihilo), demonstrating God's absolute sovereignty and power. The phrase "without form and void" (tohu wa-bohu) describes a state of chaos that God transforms into order. The Spirit of God "hovering" or "brooding" over the waters suggests active, caring involvement in creation. The creation of light before the sun (created on day 4) indicates that God Himself is the ultimate source of light and energy. The establishment of day and night creates the framework of time, showing that God operates within orderly patterns while transcending them. This passage refutes both atheistic materialism and pantheism, establishing that God is both transcendent (separate from creation) and immanent (actively involved in it).