twelve brethren, the ſonnes of one man in the land of Canaan: and, behold, the youngeſt is this day with our father, and one is not.
14And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies.
15Hereby ye ſhall be proued: by the life of Pharaoh ye ſhall not goe foorth hence, except your youngeſt brother come hither.
16Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye ſhalbe †† Heb. bound kept in priſon, that your wordes may be proued, whether there be any trueth in you: or els by the life of Pharaoh ſurely ye are ſpies.
17And he †† Hebr. gathered. put them all together into warde, three dayes.
18And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them the third day, This doe, and liue: for I feare God.
19If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the houſe of your priſon: goe ye, carry corne for the famine of your houſes.
20But ** Chap.43.5. bring your yongeſt brother vnto mee, ſo ſhall your wordes be verified, and yee ſhall not die: and they did ſo.
21¶ And they ſaid one to another, We are verily guiltie concerning our brother, in that we ſaw the anguiſh of his ſoule, when he beſought vs, and we would not heare: therefore is this diſtreſſe come vpon vs.
22And Reuben anſwered them, ſaying, ** Chap.37.21. Spake I not vnto you, ſaying, Doe not ſinne againſt the childe, and ye would not heare? therefore behold alſo, his blood is required.
23And they knew not that Ioſeph vnderſtood them: for †† Hebr. an interpreter was betweene them. hee ſpake vnto them by an interpreter.
24And hee turned himſelfe about from them and wept, and returned to them againe, and communed with them, and tooke from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
25¶ Then Ioſeph commanded to fill their ſackes with corne, and to reſtore euery mans money into his ſacke, and to giue them prouiſion for the way: and thus did he vnto them.
26And they laded their aſſes with the corne, and departed thence.
27And as one of them opened his ſacke, to giue his aſſe prouender in the Inne, he eſpied his money: for behold, it was in his ſackes mouth.
28And he ſaid vnto his brethren, My money is reſtored, and loe, it is euen in my ſacke: and their heart †† Hebr. went foorth. failed them, and they were afraid, ſaying one to an other, What is this that God hath done to vs?
29¶ And they came vnto Iacob their father, vnto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell vnto them, ſaying;
30The man who is the lord of the land, ſpake †† Hebr. with vs hard things. roughly with vs, and tooke vs for ſpies of the countrey.
31And we ſaid vnto him, We are true men; we are no ſpies.
32We be twelue brethren, ſonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongeſt is this day with our father, in the land of Canaan.
33And the man the lord of the country ſaid vnto vs, Hereby ſhall I know that ye are true men: leaue one of your brethren here with me, and take foode for the famine of your houſholds, and be gone.
34And bring your yongeſt brother vnto me: then ſhall I know that you are no ſpies, but that you are true men: ſo will I deliuer your brother, and ye ſhall traffique in the land.
35¶ And it came to paſſe as they emptied their ſacks, that behold, euery mans bundle of money was in his ſacke: and when both they and their father ſaw the bundels of money, they were afraid.
36And Iacob their father ſaid vnto them, Me haue ye bereaued of my children: Ioſeph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye wil take Beniamin away: all theſe things are againſt me.
37And Reuben ſpake vnto his father, ſaying; Slay my two ſonnes, if I bring him not to thee: deliuer him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.
38And he ſaid, My ſonne ſhall not goe downe with you, for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if miſchiefe befall him by the way in the which yee goe, then ſhall ye bring downe my gray haires with ſorrow to the graue.
CHAP. XLIII.
1 Iacob is hardly perſwaded to ſend Beniamin.. 15 Ioſeph entertaineth his brethren. 31 Hee maketh them a feaſt.
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