And theysaid, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is yourfather yet alive? have ye anotherbrother? and we told him according to the tenor of thesewords: could we certainlyknowthat he would say, Bringyourbrotherdown?
And JudahsaiduntoIsrael his father, Send the lad with me, and we willarise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our littleones.
And theirfatherIsraelsaiduntothem, If it must be so now, do this; take of the bestfruits in the land in yourvessels, and carrydown the man a present, a littlebalm, and a littlehoney, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
And takedoublemoney in yourhand; and the moneythat was broughtagain in the mouth of yoursacks, carry it again in yourhand; peradventure it was an oversight:
And whenJoseph saw Benjaminwiththem, he said to the ruler of his house, Bringthese men home, and slay, and makeready; for these men shalldinewith me at noon.
And the men wereafraid, becausetheywerebroughtintoJoseph’shouse; and theysaid, Because of the moneythat was returned in our sacks at the firsttime are we brought in; that he may seekoccasionagainst us, and fallupon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, everyman’smoney was in the mouth of his sack, our money in fullweight: and we havebrought it again in our hand.
And he said, Peace be to you, fear not: your God, and the God of yourfather, hathgiven you treasure in yoursacks: I had yourmoney. And he broughtSimeon out untothem.
And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brotherBenjamin, his mother’s son, and said, Is thisyouryoungerbrother, of whom ye spakeunto me? And he said, God be graciousuntothee, my son.
And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptiansmight not eat breadwith the Hebrews; for that is an abominationunto the Egyptians.