1 audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Aegypto
dixit filiis suis quare neglegitis
2 audivi quod triticum venundetur in Aegypto
descendite et emite nobis necessaria
ut possimus vivere et non consumamur inopia
3 descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem
ut emerent frumenta in Aegypto
4 Beniamin domi retento ab Iacob qui dixerat fratribus eius
ne forte in itinere quicquam patiatur mali
5 ingressi sunt terram Aegypti
cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum
erat autem fames in terra Chanaan
6 et Ioseph princeps Aegypti
atque ad illius nutum frumenta populis vendebantur
cumque adorassent eum fratres sui
7 et agnovisset eos
quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur interrogans eos unde venistis
qui responderunt de terra Chanaan ut emamus victui necessaria
8 et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens non est agnitus ab eis
9 recordatusque somniorum quae aliquando viderat ait
exploratores estis ut videatis infirmiora terrae venistis
10 qui dixerunt non est ita domine
sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos
11 omnes filii unius viri sumus
pacifici venimus nec quicquam famuli tui machinantur mali
12 quibus ille respondit aliter est
inmunita terrae huius considerare venistis
13 et illi duodecim inquiunt servi tui fratres sumus
filii viri unius in terra Chanaan
minimus cum patre nostro est alius non est super
14 hoc est ait quod locutus sum exploratores estis
15 iam nunc experimentum vestri capiam
per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc
donec veniat frater vester minimus
16 mittite e vobis unum et adducat eum
vos autem eritis in vinculis
donec probentur quae dixistis utrum falsa an vera sint
alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis
17 tradidit ergo eos custodiae tribus
diebus
18 die autem tertio eductis de carcere ait
facite quod dixi et vivetis Deum enim timeo
19 si pacifici estis frater vester unus ligetur in carcere
vos autem abite et ferte frumenta quae emistis in domos vestras
20 et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite
ut possim vestros probare sermones
et non moriamini
fecerunt ut dixerat
21 et locuti sunt invicem
merito haec patimur quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum
videntes angustiam animae illius cum deprecaretur nos
et non audivimus
idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio
22 e quibus unus Ruben ait
numquid non dixi vobis nolite peccare in puerum
et non audistis me en sanguis eius exquiritur
23 nesciebant autem quod intellegeret Ioseph
eo quod per interpretem loquebatur ad eos
24 avertitque se parumper et flevit
et reversus locutus est ad eos
25 tollens Symeon et ligans illis
praesentibus
iussitque ministris ut implerent saccos eorum
tritico
et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis
datis supra cibariis in via
qui fecerunt ita
26 at illi portantes frumenta in asinis profecti sunt
27 apertoque unus sacco
ut daret iumento pabulum in diversorio
contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi
28 dixit fratribus suis
reddita est mihi pecunia en habetur in sacco
et obstupefacti turbatique dixerunt mutuo
quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus
29 veneruntque ad Iacob patrem suum in terra
Chanaan
et narraverunt ei omnia quae accidissent sibi dicentes
30 locutus est nobis dominus terrae dure
et putavit nos exploratores provinciae
31 cui respondimus pacifici sumus nec ullas molimur insidias
32 duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus
unus non est super
minimus cum patre versatur in terra Chanaan
33 qui ait nobis sic probabo quod pacifici sitis
fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me
et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite et abite
34 fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me
ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores
et istum qui tenetur in vinculis recipere possitis
ac deinceps emendi quae vultis habeatis licentiam
35 his dictis cum frumenta effunderent singuli
reppererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias
exterritisque simul omnibus
36 dixit pater Iacob
absque liberis me esse fecistis Ioseph non est super
Symeon tenetur in vinculis Beniamin auferetis
in me haec mala omnia reciderunt
37 cui respondit Ruben
duos filios meos interfice si non reduxero illum tibi
trade in manu mea
et ego eum restituam
38 at ille non descendet inquit filius meus vobiscum
frater eius mortuus est ipse solus remansit
si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis
deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos
1 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another? 2 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.
3 ¶ And Joseph’s ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt. 4 But Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him. 5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan. 6 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.
7 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. 8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him. 9 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. 10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come. 11 We are all one man’s sons; we are true men , thy servants are no spies. 12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come. 13 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. 14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies: 15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither. 16 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. 17 And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God: 19 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: 20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 ¶ 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. 22 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. 23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter. 24 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.
25 ¶ 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. 26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence. 27 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. 28 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?
29 ¶ And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying, 30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country. 31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies: 32 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. 33 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: 34 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.
35 ¶ 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. 36 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. 37 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. 38 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.