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to see the nakedness of the land ye have come.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they say unto him, ‘No, my lord, but thy servants have come to buy food; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>we [are] all of us sons of one man, we [are] right men; thy servants have not been spies;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>and he saith unto them, ‘No, but the nakedness of the land ye have come to see;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>and they say, ‘Thy servants [are] twelve brethren; we [are] sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and lo, the young one [is] with our father to-day, and the one is not.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>And Joseph saith unto them, ‘This [is] that which I have spoken unto you, saying, Ye [are] spies, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>by this ye are proved: Pharaoh liveth! if ye go out from this — except by your young brother coming hither; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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 [are] spies;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>and he removeth them unto charge three days.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And Joseph saith unto them on the third day, ‘This do and live; God I fear! <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>if ye [are] right men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your ward, and ye, go, carry in corn [for] the famine of your houses, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>and your young brother ye bring unto me, and your words are established, and ye die not;’ and they do so. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And they say one unto another, ‘Verily we [are] 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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>And they have not known that Joseph understandeth, for the interpreter [is] between them; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>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.</p> <p class="hdg">Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And Joseph commandeth, and they fill their vessels [with] 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.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>And they lift up their corn upon their asses, and go from thence, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>and the one openeth his sack to give provender to his ass at a lodging-place, and he seeth his money, and lo, it [is] in the mouth of his bag, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>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 [is] this God hath done to us!’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>And they come in unto Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and they declare to him all the things meeting them, saying, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>‘The man, the lord of the land, hath spoken with us sharp things, and maketh us as spies of the land; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>and we say unto him, We [are] right men, we have not been spies, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>we [are] twelve brethren, sons of our father, the one is not, and the young one [is] to-day with our father in the land of Canaan. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>‘And the man, the lord of the land, saith unto us, By this I know that ye [are] right men — one of your brethren leave with me, and [for] the famine of your houses take ye and go, <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>and bring your young brother unto me, and I know that ye [are] not spies, but ye [are] right men; your brother I give to you, and ye trade with the land.’</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm"><b>35</b></a></span>And it cometh to pass, they are emptying their sacks, and lo, the bundle of each man’s silver [is] in his sack, and they see their bundles of silver, they and their father, and are afraid; <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm"><b>36</b></a></span>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.’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm"><b>37</b></a></span>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;’ <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm"><b>38</b></a></span>and he saith, ‘My son doth not go down with you, for his brother [is] 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.’</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Young's Literal Translation<br /><br /><a href="//bereanbible.com">Section Headings Courtesy BereanBible.com<br />© 2013, 2014 Used by Permission</a><span class="p"><br /><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../genesis/41.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Genesis 41"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Genesis 41" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../genesis/43.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Genesis 43"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Genesis 43" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpad/genesis/42-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe src="../sidemenu.htm" width="122" height="602" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe><br /><br /></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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