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Genesis - ch 42 v 1 - 20
- Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
- And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: go down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.
- And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
- But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren: for he said, Lest perhaps mischief shall befall him.
- And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
- 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 themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
- And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them; and he said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
- And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
- And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said to them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.
- And they said to him, No, my lord, but to buy food have thy servants come.
- We are all one man's sons; we are true men; thy servants are no spies.
- And he said to them, No, but to see the nakedness of the land have ye come.
- 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.
- And Joseph said to them, That is what I spoke to you, saying, Ye are spies:
- By this ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother shall come hither.
- Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there is any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.
- And he put them all together into custody three days.
- And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
- If ye are 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:
- But bring your youngest brother to me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
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