Genesis

Publisher: ZZZ Unknown

Page 41

41
Genesis 42:38
didn't recognize him.'Joseph remembered 25Then Joseph gave orders to fill their the dreams he had dreamed about them, and bags with grain, to put back each man's silsaid to them, “You are spies. You've come to ver into his own sack, and to give them prolook for the country's weaknesses."
visions for their trip, and it was done. 26 They 10 They said to him, “No, Master. Your loaded their grain onto their donkeys, and servants have just come to buy food. "We they set out. 27When they stopped to spend are all sons of one man. We are honest men. the night, one of them opened his sack to Your servants aren't spies."
feed his donkey, and he saw his silver at the 2 He said to them, “No. You've come to top of his sack. 28 He said to his brothers, look for the country's weaknesses."
“My silver's been returned. It's right here 13 They said, “We, your servants, are in my sack.” Their hearts stopped. Terrified, twelve brothers, sons of one man in the they said to each other, “What has God land of Canaan. The youngest is now with done to us?" our father, but one is gone."
29 When they got back to their father 14 Joseph said to them, “It's just as I've Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described said to you. You are spies! 15But here is to him everything that had happened to how to prove yourselves: As Pharaoh lives, them: 30"The man, the country's governor, you won't leave here until your youngest spoke to us with a harsh tone and accused brother arrives. 16 Send one of you to get us of being spies in the country. 3lWe told your brother, but the rest of you will stay him, 'We're honest men, not spies. 32 We in prison. We will find out if your words are are twelve brothers, all our father's sons. true. If not, as Pharaoh lives, you are cer- One of us is gone, but the youngest is tainly spies."
right now with our father in the land of
Canaan.' 33 The man, the country's goverJoseph's brothers return to Canaan nor, told us, "This is how I will know you
17He put them all in prison for three are honest men: leave one of your brothdays. 18 On the third day, Joseph said to ers with me, take grain for those in your them, “Do this and you will live, for I'm a households who are hungry, and go. 34 But God-fearing man. "'If you are honest men, bring back your youngest brother to me. let one of your brothers stay in prison, and Then I will know that you are not spies but the rest of you, go, take grain back to those honest men. I will give your brother back in your households who are hungry. 2°But to you, and you may travel throughout the bring your youngest brother back to me country.'” so that your words will prove true and you 35When they opened their sacks, each won't die."
man found a pouch of his silver in his So they prepared to do this. 21 The broth- sack. When they and their father saw their ers said to each other, “We are clearly guilty pouches of silver, they were afraid. 36 Their for what we did to our brother when we saw father Jacob said to them, “You've taken my his life in danger and when he begged us for children from me. Joseph's gone. Simeon's mercy, but we didn't listen. That's why we're gone. And you are taking Benjamin. All this in this danger now."
can't really be happening to me!" 22 Reuben responded to them, “Didn't I 37 Reuben said to his father, “You may tell you, 'Don't do anything wrong to the put both of my sons to death if I don't bring boy'? But you wouldn't listen. So now this him back to you. Make him my responsibilis payback for his death." 23 They didn't ity, and I will make sure he returns to you." know that Joseph was listening to them be- 38 But Jacob said to him, “My son won't cause they were using an interpreter. 24 He go down with you because his brother's stepped away from them and wept. When dead and he's been left all alone. If anyhe returned, he spoke with them again. thing were to happen to him on the trip Then he took Simeon from them and tied you are taking, you would send me-old as him up in front of them.
I am-to my grave in grief.”