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Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-2.htm">2</a>And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-2.htm">2</a>He said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from that place, so that we may live and not die."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-2.htm">2</a>And he said, Behold, 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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-2.htm">2</a>Listen," he went on, "I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us so that we will live and not die."</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-3.htm">3</a>Then ten of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-3.htm">3</a>So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-3.htm">3</a>Then ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-3.htm">3</a>And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-3.htm">3</a>So 10 of Joseph's brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-4.htm">4</a>But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph's brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-4.htm">4</a>But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-4.htm">4</a>But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he said, "I am afraid that harm may befall him."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-4.htm">4</a>But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-4.htm">4</a>But Jacob did not send Joseph's brother Benjamin with his brothers, for he thought, "Something might happen to him." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-5.htm">5</a>So Israel's sons were among those who went to buy grain, for there was famine in the land of Canaan also.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-5.htm">5</a>Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-5.htm">5</a>So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-5.htm">5</a>And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-5.htm">5</a>The sons of Israel were among those who came to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">6</a>Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the person who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph's brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">6</a>Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">6</a>Now Joseph was the ruler over the land; he was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brothers came and bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">6</a>And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-6.htm">6</a>Joseph was in charge of the country; he sold grain to all its people. His brothers came and bowed down before him with their faces to the ground.</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">7</a>As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. "Where do you come from?" he asked. "From the land of Canaan," they replied, "to buy food."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">7</a>Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from?” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">7</a>When Joseph saw his brothers he recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke to them harshly. And he said to them, "Where have you come from?" And they said, "From the land of Canaan, to buy food."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">7</a>And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-7.htm">7</a>When Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke harshly to them." Where do you come from?" he asked." From the land of Canaan to buy food," they replied. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-8.htm">8</a>Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-8.htm">8</a>And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-8.htm">8</a>But Joseph had recognized his brothers, although they did not recognize him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-8.htm">8</a>And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-8.htm">8</a>Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">9</a>Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">9</a>And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">9</a>Joseph remembered the dreams which he had about them, and said to them, "You are spies; you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">9</a>And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-9.htm">9</a>Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said to them, "You are spies. You have come to see the weakness of the land."" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm">10</a>"No, my lord," they answered. "Your servants have come to buy food.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm">10</a>They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm">10</a>Then they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm">10</a>And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-10.htm">10</a>No, my lord. Your servants have come to buy food," they said. "</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm">11</a>We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm">11</a>We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm">11</a>"We are all sons of one man; we are honest men, your servants are not spies."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm">11</a>We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-11.htm">11</a>We are all sons of one man. We are honest; your servants are not spies."" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">12</a>"No!" he said to them. "You have come to see where our land is unprotected."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">12</a>He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">12</a>Yet he said to them, "No, but you have come to look at the undefended parts of our land!"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">12</a>And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-12.htm">12</a>No," he said to them. "You have come to see the weakness of the land." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">13</a>But they replied, "Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">13</a>And they said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">13</a>But they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no longer alive."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">13</a>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 not.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-13.htm">13</a>But they replied, "We, your servants, were 12 brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no longer living." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm">14</a>Joseph said to them, "It is just as I told you: You are spies!</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm">14</a>But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm">14</a>Joseph said to them, "It is as I said to you, you are spies;</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm">14</a>And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-14.htm">14</a>Then Joseph said to them, "I have spoken: 'You are spies!'</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">15</a>And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">15</a>By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">15</a>by this you will be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here!</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">15</a>Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-15.htm">15</a>This is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">16</a>Send one of your number to get your brother; the rest of you will be kept in prison, so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth. If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">16</a>Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">16</a>"Send one of you that he may get your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. But if not, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">16</a>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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-16.htm">16</a>Send one from among you to get your brother. The rest of you will be imprisoned so that your words can be tested to see if they are true. If they are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!"</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">17</a>And he put them all in custody for three days.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">17</a>And he put them all together in custody for three days.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">17</a>So he put them all together in prison for three days.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">17</a>And he put them all together into ward three days.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-17.htm">17</a>So Joseph imprisoned them together for three days. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm">18</a>On the third day, Joseph said to them, "Do this and you will live, for I fear God:</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm">18</a>On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm">18</a>Now Joseph said to them on the third day, "Do this and live, for I fear God:</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm">18</a>And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-18.htm">18</a>On the third day Joseph said to them, "I fear God--do this and you will live. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">19</a>If you are honest men, let one of your brothers stay here in prison, while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">19</a>if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">19</a>if you are honest men, let one of your brothers be confined in your prison; but as for the rest of you, go, carry grain for the famine of your households,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">19</a>If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-19.htm">19</a>If you are honest, let one of you be confined to the guardhouse, while the rest of you go and take grain to relieve the hunger of your households. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">20</a>But you must bring your youngest brother to me, so that your words may be verified and that you may not die." This they proceeded to do.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">20</a>and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die.” And they did so.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">20</a>and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be verified, and you will not die." And they did so.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">20</a>But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-20.htm">20</a>Bring your youngest brother to me so that your words can be confirmed; then you won't die." And they consented to this. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">21</a>They said to one another, "Surely we are being punished because of our brother. We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that's why this distress has come on us."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">21</a>Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">21</a>Then they said to one another, "Truly we are guilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come upon us."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">21</a>And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, 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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-21.htm">21</a>Then they said to each other, "Obviously, we are being punished for what we did to our brother. We saw his deep distress when he pleaded with us, but we would not listen. That is why this trouble has come to us." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">22</a>Reuben replied, "Didn't I tell you not to sin against the boy? But you wouldn't listen! Now we must give an accounting for his blood."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">22</a>And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">22</a>Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, 'Do not sin against the boy'; and you would not listen? Now comes the reckoning for his blood."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">22</a>And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-22.htm">22</a>But Reuben replied: "Didn't I tell you not to harm the boy? But you wouldn't listen. Now we must account for his blood!" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm">23</a>They did not realize that Joseph could understand them, since he was using an interpreter.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm">23</a>They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm">23</a>They did not know, however, that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm">23</a>And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-23.htm">23</a>They did not realize that Joseph understood them, since there was an interpreter between them. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">24</a>He turned away from them and began to weep, but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">24</a>Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">24</a>He turned away from them and wept. But when he returned to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">24</a>And he 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.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-24.htm">24</a>He turned away from them and wept. Then he turned back and spoke to them. He took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes. </td></tr></table> Joseph's Brothers Return to Canaan<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">25</a>Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to put each man's silver back in his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. After this was done for them,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">25</a>And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">25</a>Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain and to restore every man's money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. And thus it was done for them.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">25</a>Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-25.htm">25</a>Joseph then gave orders to fill their containers with grain, return each man's money to his sack, and give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm">26</a>they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm">26</a>Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm">26</a>So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed from there.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm">26</a>And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-26.htm">26</a>They loaded the grain on their donkeys and left there. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">27</a>At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">27</a>And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">27</a>As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money; and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">27</a>And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">27</a>At the place where they lodged for the night, one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey, and he saw his money there at the top of the bag. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">28</a>"My silver has been returned," he said to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack." Their hearts sank and they turned to each other trembling and said, "What is this that God has done to us?"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">28</a>He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack!” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">28</a>Then he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">28</a>And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-28.htm">28</a>He said to his brothers, "My money has been returned! It's here in my bag." Their hearts sank. Trembling, they turned to one another and said, "What is this that God has done to us?" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">29</a>When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them. They said,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">29</a>When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">29</a>When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">29</a>And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-29.htm">29</a>When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them: "</td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">30</a>"The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us and treated us as though we were spying on the land.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">30</a>“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">30</a>"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">30</a>The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-30.htm">30</a>The man who is the lord of the country spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm">31</a>But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm">31</a>But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm">31</a>"But we said to him, 'We are honest men; we are not spies.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm">31</a>And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-31.htm">31</a>But we told him: We are honest and not spies. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm">32</a>We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.'</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm">32</a>We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm">32</a>'We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.'</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm">32</a>We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-32.htm">32</a>We were 12 brothers, sons of the same father. One is no longer living, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">33</a>"Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, 'This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">33</a>Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">33</a>"The man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">33</a>And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-33.htm">33</a>The man who is the lord of the country said to us, 'This is how I will know if you are honest: Leave one brother with me, take food to relieve the hunger of your households, and go. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/genesis/42.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">34</a>But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.'"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">34</a>Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">34</a>'But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may trade in the land.'"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">34</a>And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-34.htm">34</a>Bring back your youngest brother to me, and I will know that you are not spies but honest men. I will then give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the country.'" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">35</a>As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his pouch of silver! When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">35</a>As they emptied their sacks, 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.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">35</a>Now it came about as they were emptying 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 dismayed.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">35</a>And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-35.htm">35</a>As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man's sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw their bags of money, they were afraid. </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">36</a>Their father Jacob said to them, "You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!"</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">36</a>And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">36</a>Their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">36</a>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: all these things are against me.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-36.htm">36</a>Their father Jacob said to them, "You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything happens to me!" </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">37</a>Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">37</a>Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you.”</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">37</a>Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you."</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">37</a>And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.</td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-37.htm">37</a>Then Reuben said to his father, "You can kill my two sons if I don't bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him to you." </td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">38</a>But Jacob said, "My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">38</a>But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol.”</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">38</a>But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">38</a>And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.</td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><a href="/genesis/42-38.htm">38</a>But Jacob answered, "My son will not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he alone is left. If anything happens to him on your journey, you will bring my gray hairs down to Sheol in sorrow." </td></tr></table><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"> THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by <a href="http://biblica.com" target="_top">Biblica®</a>. 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