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And it came to pass that just as famine did fall upon the land of Egypt, so too did famine fall upon the lands of Jacob.
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And the sons of Jacob said among themselves: We have little to eat; wherefore shall we suffer ourselves to perish with hunger in this place which has been forsaken by YHVHa?
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And thus did they murmur against YHVH their Elohima.
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¶ And it came to pass that when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons: Why do ye look one upon another?
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And Jacob said unto his sons: Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; make haste and go down unto Egypt, for there must be a ruler among the Egyptians full of wisdoma and knowledgeb of Ha’Elohimc.
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Pray perhaps that he shall have mercy on our souls, and shall sell grain unto you, that we live and not perish.
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This YHVH hath provided; therefore, get you down thither and buy for us from thence, that we may live and not die.
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¶ And it came to pass that ten of the brethren of Joseph went down to buy grain in Egypt;
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But Benjamin, the younger brother of Joseph, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for Jacob was troubled, least some mischiefa befall his youngest son.
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¶ And it came to pass that the sons of Jacob came to buy grain among those that came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
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And Joseph, being the ruler over the land, was he that sold to all the people of the land.
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¶ And it came to pass that the brethren of Joseph came and bowed themselves down before him with their faces to the earth.
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And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spoke roughly unto them; and he said unto them: Whence come ye?
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And they said: From the land of Canaan to buy food.
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And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew him not.
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And Joseph remembered the dreamsa which he dreamed of them and said unto them: Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
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And they said unto him: Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
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We are all the sons of one man; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.
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And he said unto them: Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye into which ye are come.
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And they said: 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 nota.
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And Joseph said unto them: That is it that I spoke unto you, saying: Ye are spies;
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Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
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Send one of you and let him fetch your brother; and ye shall be kept 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.
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And he put them all into prison together for three days.
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¶ And it came to pass on the third day that Joseph came unto them, saying: This do and live; for I fear Ha’Elohima;
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If ye be honest men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison; go ye, carry grain for the famine of your houses;
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But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die.
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¶ And it came to pass that they did so.
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And they said one to another: We are verily guilty concerning our brother, Joseph, in that we saw the anguish of his soul when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore, is this distress come upon us.
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And Reuben answered them, saying: Spakea I not unto you, saying: Do not sin against the child? And ye would not hear? Therefore, behold, also his blood is required.
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And they knew not that Joseph understood them, for he spoke unto them by an interpreter.
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¶ And Joseph turned himself about from them, and wept, and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
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Then Joseph commanded his men to fill their sacks with grain, and to restore every man his money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way; and thus did he unto them.
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And they laded their asses with the grain and departed thence.
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¶ And it came to pass that as one of them opened his sack to give his ass fodder in the inn, he espied his money; for behold, it was in his the mouth of the sack.
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And thus he said unto his brethren: My money is restored; and lo, it is even in my sack.
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And their heartsa failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another: What is this that Ha’Elohim hath done unto us?