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Genesis - ch 42 v 1 - 20
- And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy grain for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy grain out of Egypt.
- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.
- So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- And Joseph, he was the governor over the land -- he it was that sold the corn to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.
- And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.
- And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.
- And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.
- And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.
- We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.
- And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.
- And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
- And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.
- By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!
- Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.
- And he put them in custody three days.
- And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.
- If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;
- and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.
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