GENESIS Chapter 43
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43:1 The famine in
Canaan got worse, |
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43:2 and when the
family of Jacob had eaten all the grain which had been brought from Egypt,
Jacob said to his sons, "Go back and buy a little food for us." |
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43:3 Judah said to
him, "The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his
presence unless we had our brother with us. |
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43:4 If you are
willing to send our brother with us, we will go and buy food for you. |
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43:5 If you are not
willing, we will not go, because the man told us we would not be admitted to
his presence unless our brother was with us." |
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43:6 Jacob said,
"Why did you cause me so much trouble by telling the man that you had
another brother?" |
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43:7 They answered,
"The man kept asking about us and our family, 'Is your father still
living? Do you have another brother?' We had to answer his questions. How
could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?" |
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43:8 Judah said to
his father, "Send the boy with me, and we will leave at once. Then none
of us will starve to death. |
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43:9 I will pledge my own life, and you can hold me responsible
for him. If I do not bring him back to you safe and sound, I will always bear
the blame. |
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43:10 If we had not
waited so long, we could have been there and back twice by now." |
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43:11 Their father
said to them, "If that is how it has to be, then take the best products
of the land in your packs as a present for the governor: a little resin, a
little honey, spices, pistachio nuts, and almonds. |
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43:12 Take with you also twice as much money, because you must take back the
money that was returned in the top of your sacks. Maybe it was a mistake. |
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43:13 Take your
brother and return at once. |
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43:14
May Almighty God
cause the man to have pity on you, so that he will give Benjamin and your
other brother back to you. As for me, if I must lose my children, I must lose
them." |
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43:15 So the
brothers took the gifts and twice as much money, and
set out for Egypt with Benjamin. There they presented themselves to Joseph. |
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43:16
When Joseph
saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant in charge of his house,
"Take these men to my house. They are going to eat with me at noon, so
kill an animal and prepare it." |
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43:17 The servant
did as he was commanded and took the brothers to Joseph's house. |
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43:18 As they were
being brought to the house, they were afraid and thought, "We are being
brought here because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first
time. They will suddenly attack us, take our donkeys, and make us his
slaves." |
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43:19 So at the door
of the house, they said to the servant in charge, |
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43:20 "If you
please, sir, we came here once before to buy food. |
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43:21 When we set up
camp on the way home, we opened our sacks, and each man found his money in
the top of his sack---every bit of it. We have brought it back to you. |
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43:22 We have also
brought some more money with us to buy more food. We do not know who put our
money back in our sacks." |
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43:23 The servant
said, "Don't worry. Don't be afraid. Your God, the God of your father,
must have put the money in your sacks for you. I received your payment."
Then he brought Simeon to them. |
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43:24 The servant
took the brothers into the house. He gave them water so that they could wash
their feet, and he fed their donkeys. |
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43:25 They got their
gifts ready to present to Joseph when he arrived at noon, because they had
been told that they were to eat with him. |
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43:26 When Joseph
got home, they took the gifts into the house to him and bowed down to the
ground before him. |
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43:27 He asked about
their health and then said, "You told me about your old father---how is
he? Is he still alive and well?" |
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43:28 They answered,
"Your humble servant, our father, is still alive and well." And
they knelt and bowed down before him. |
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43:29 When Joseph
saw his brother Benjamin, he said, "So this is your youngest brother,
the one you told me about. God bless you, my son." |
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43:30
Then Joseph
left suddenly, because his heart was full of tender feelings for his brother.
He was about to break down, so he went to his room and cried. |
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43:31 After he had
washed his face, he came out, and controlling himself, he ordered the meal to
be served. |
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43:32 Joseph was
served at one table and his brothers at another. The Egyptians who were
eating there were served separately, because they considered it beneath their
dignity to eat with Hebrews. |
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43:33 The brothers
had been seated at the table, facing Joseph, in the order of their age from
the oldest to the youngest. When they saw how they had been seated, they
looked at one another in amazement. |
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43:34 Food was
served to them from Joseph's table, and Benjamin was
served five times as much as the rest of them. So they ate and drank with Joseph
until they were drunk. |
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