And Joseph was the governorover the land, and he it was thatsold to all the people of the land: and Joseph’sbrethrencame, and boweddownthemselvesbefore him withtheirfaces to the earth.
And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knewthem, but madehimselfstrangeuntothem, and spakeroughlyuntothem; and he saiduntothem, Whencecome ye? And theysaid, From the land of Canaan to buy food.
And theysaid, Thy servants are twelvebrethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.
Send one of you, and let him fetchyourbrother, and ye shall be kept in prison, thatyourwords may be proved, whetherthere be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaohsurely ye are spies.
And theysaid one to another, We are verilyguiltyconcerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is thisdistresscomeupon us.
And Reubenansweredthem, 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.
ThenJosephcommanded to filltheirsackswithcorn, and to restoreeveryman’smoneyinto his sack, and to givethemprovision for the way: and thus did he untothem.
And he saidunto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and theirheartfailedthem, and theywereafraid, saying one to another, What is thisthat God hathdoneunto us?
And the man, the lord of the country, saidunto us, Herebyshall I knowthat ye are true men; leave one of yourbrethrenherewith me, and takefood for the famine of yourhouseholds, and be gone:
And bringyouryoungestbrotherunto me: thenshall I knowthat ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you yourbrother, and ye shalltraffick in the land.
And it came to pass as theyemptiedtheirsacks, that, behold, everyman’sbundle of money was in his sack: and whenboththey and theirfather saw the bundles of money, theywereafraid.
And Jacobtheirfathersaiduntothem, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye willtakeBenjaminaway: all thesethings are against me.
And he said, My son shall not go downwith you; for his brother is dead, and he is leftalone: if mischiefbefall him by the way in the which ye go, thenshall ye bringdown my grayhairswithsorrow to the grave.