earth; and Jo houses, and so ph opened all the store- Id unto the Egyptians; and the famine was sore in the land of Egypt. 67And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph to buy corn; because the famine was sore in all the earth. Now Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, and Jacob said 42 unto his sons: *Why do ye look one 'Lest peradventure 5And the sons of * That is, M afonff to forget.
upon another?' 2And he said: 'Be- hold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt. Get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.' lAnd Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn from Egypt. 4But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his breth- ren; for he said: harm befall him.' Israel came to buy among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6And Joseph was the governor over the land; he it was that sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down to him with their faces to the earth. 7And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke roughly with them; and he said unto them: 'Whence come ye?' And they said: 'From the land of Canaan to buy food.' 8And Joseph knew his breth- ren, but they knew not him. 9A-ad Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them: 'Ye are spies; to see the naked- ness of the land ye are come/ 10And they said unto him: 'Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. uWe are all one man's sons; we are upright men, thy servants are no spies/ 12And he said unto them: ' Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come/ ^And they said: cWe thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not/ I4And Joseph said unto them: 'That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are spies. "Hereby ye shall be proved: as Pharaoh liveth, ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and VP b #rom a Hebrew word signifying to be fruitful.
52 GENESIS shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh liveth, surely ye are spies.7 17And he put them all together into ward three days. 18And Joseph said unto them the third day: 'This do, and live; for I fear God: 19if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prison- house; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses; 20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die/ And they did so. 21And they said one to another: 'We are verily guilty concerning our broth- er, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this dis- tress come upon us.' ^And Reuben answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore also, behold, his blood is required/ ^And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for the interpreter was between them. MAnd he turned himself about 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. 25Then Joseph commanded 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 was it done unto them. ^And they laded their asses with their corn, and de- parted thence. 27And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass prov- ender in the lodging-place, he espied his money; and, behold, it was in the mouth of his sack. 28And he said unto his brethren: 'My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?' 29And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying: 3°'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies 32We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. ^And the man, the lord of the land, said unto us: Hereby shall I know that ye are upright men: leave one of your brethren with me, and take corn for the famine of your houses, and go your way. HAnd bring your youngest brother unto me; then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are upright men; so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land/ 35And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid. ^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; upon me are all these things come.' 37And Reuben spoke unto his father, saying 'Thou shalt slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; deliver him into my hand, and I will bring mm back to thee. ' ^And he said: ' My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left; if harm befall him by the way in which ye go, then will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave/ A O And the f amine was sore in the ^-^ land. 2And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their 53 GENESIS father said unto them: 'Go again, buy us a little food.7 3And Judah spoke unto him, saying: 'The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food; 5but 2 thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.' 6And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?' 7And they said: 'The man asked straitly con- cerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words; could we in any wise know that he would say: Bring your brother down?; 8And Judah said unto Israel his father: 'Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. 9I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. 10For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.7 nAnd their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this* take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds; 12and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight, 13take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; 14and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release unto you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.7 15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the meninto the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.' 17And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said: 'Be- cause of the- money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.' 19And they came near to the steward of Joseph7s house, and they spoke unto him at the door of the house, 20and said: 'Oh my lord, we came in- deed down at the first time to buy food. 21And it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it back in our hand. 22And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put pur money in our sacks.' 23Andhesaid: 'Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money.' And he brought Simeon out unto them. ^And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses proven- GENESIS der. 25And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down to him to the earth. 27And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?' 28And they said: * Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. 29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benja- min his brother, his mother's son, and said: 'Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?' And he said. 'God be gracious unto thee, my son.' 30And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.' 32And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomina- tion unto the Egyptians. ^And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another. 34And portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin's portion, was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
A A And he commanded the stew- •*• ard of his house, saying: 'Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. 2And put my goblet, the silver goblet, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money.' And he did accord- ing to the word that Joseph had spoken. 3As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. 4And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his stew- ard: 'Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye re- warded evil for good? 6Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have done evil in so doing.' 6And he overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words. 7And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. 8Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? 9With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.' 10And he said: 'Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bond- man; and ye shall be blameless/ "Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12And he searched, beginning at the eldest, and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack. ^Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and re- turned to the city. 14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground. 15And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye 55 GENESIS not that such a man as I will indeed divine?' 16And Judah said: 'What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear our- selves? God hath found out the in- iquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found ' l7And he said: ' Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.'
•own •own 18Then Judah came near unto him, and said: ' Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a brother?,20And we said unto my lord: We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21And thou saidst unto thy servants: Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. ^And we said unto my lord: The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave his father, his father would die. ^And thou saidst unto thy servants: Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. ^And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 26And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food. 26And we said. We cannot go down; if our young- est brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest broth- er be with us. 27And thy servant my father said unto us- Ye know that my wife bore me two sons; 28and the one went out from me, and I said Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since; 29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 30Now therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul; 31it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. S2For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. 33Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 84For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on my father.' AK Then Joseph could not refrain •*u himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried: 'Cause every man to go out from me.7 And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. 2And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'lam Joseph; doth my father yet live?' And his brethren could not answer him; for they were affrighted at his presence. 4A.nd Jo- seph said unto his brethren: 'Come near to me, I pray you.' And they came near. And he said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. 5And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold 56 GENESIS me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life. 6For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. 7And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. "Now thou art com- manded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20Also regard a great deliverance. 8So now it was; not your stuff; for the good things of all not you that sent me hither, but God; j the Land of Egypt are yours/ 21 And the and He hath made me a father to i sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. ^Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him: son Joseph: God Thus saith thy hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not. 10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast; nand there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. 12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. KAnd ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall hasten and bring down my father hither.' 14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and 'Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him.
16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying: 'Joseph's brethren are come'; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: * Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18and take your father and them wagons, according to the com- mandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. ^To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver, and five changes of raiment. ^And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good tilings of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way. MSo he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said unto them: 'See that ye fall not out by the way.' ^And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the knd of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26And they told him, saying: 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.' And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph the spirit of had sent to carry had sent to carry Jacob their father revived. * 28And Israel said: 'It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see hi™ before I die.'
A £ And Israel took his journey •*• with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices un- to the God of his father Isaac. 2And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I/ 3And 57 GENESIS He said: 'I am God, the God of thy father; fear not to go down into Egypt; for I "will there make of thee a great nation. 4I will go down with thee into Egypt; and I will also surely bring thee up again; and Joseph shall put his hand upon thine eyes.' 6And Jacob rose up from Beer-sheba; and the sons of Israel carried Jacob their father, and their little ones, and their wives, in the wagons which Pharaoh had sent to- carry him. 6And they took their cattle, and their goods, which they had gotten in the land of Canaan, and came into Egypt, Jacob, and all his seed with him; 7his sons, and his sons' sons with him, his daugh- ters, and his sons' daughters, and all his seed brought he with him into Egypt.
8And these are the names of the children of Israel, who came into Egypt, Jacob and his sons: Reuben, Jacob's first-born. 9And the sons of Reuben: Hanoch, and Pallu, and Hezron, and Carmi. 10And the sons of Simeon: Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman. uAnd the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. ^And the sons of Judah: Er, and Onan, and Shelah, and Perez, and Zerah; but Er and Onan died in the land of Canaan. And the sons of Perez were Hezron and Hamul. 13And the sons of Issaohar Tola, and Puvah, and lob, and Shim- ron. 14And the sons of Zebulun: Sered, and Elon, and Jahleel. 16These are the sons of Leah, whom she bore unto Jacob in Paddan-aram, with his daughter Dinah; all the souls of his sons.and his daughters were thirty and three. 16And the sons of Gad: Ziphion, and Haggi, Shuni, and Ez- bon, Eri, and ArocS, and Areli. 17And the sons o'f Asher: Imnah, and Ishvah, and Ishvi, and Beriah, and Serah their sister; and the sons of Beriah: Heber, and Malchiel. 18These are the sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob, even sixteen souls. 19The sons of Rachel Jacob's wife: Joseph and Benjamin. 20And unto Joseph in the land of Egypt were born Ma- nasseh and Ephraim, whom Asenath the daughter of Poti-phera priest of On bore unto him. ^And the sons of Benjamin: Bela, and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera, and Naaman, EM, and Rosh, Muppim, and Huppim, and Ard, ^These are the sons of Rachel, who were born to Jacob; all the souls were fourteen. ^And the sons of Dan: Hushim. ^And the sons of Naphtali: Jahzeel, and Guni, and Jezer, and Shillem. 25These are the sons of Bilhah, whom Laban gave unto Rachel his daughter, and these she bore unto Jacob; all the souls were seven. 26A11 the souls belonging to Jacob that came into Egypt, that came out of his loins, besides Jacob's sons' wives, all the souls were threescore and six. 27And the sons of Joseph, who were born to him in Egypt, were two souls; all the souls of the house of Jacob, that came into Egypt, were threescore and ten.