ing: 'What is this that God hath done unto us?' 29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that had befallen them, saying: 30'The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31And we said unto him: We are upright men; we are no spies. 32We are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan. 33 And the man, the lord shall be bound, that your words may be proved, whether there be truth in you; or else, as Pharaoh liveth, surely ye are spies.' 17And he put them all together into ward three days. 18 And Joseph said unto them the third day: "This do, and live; for I fear God: 19if ye be upright men, let one of your brethren be bound in your prisonhouse; but go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses; 20and bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die.' And they did so. of the land, said unto us: Hereby 21 And they said one to another: 'We shall I know that ye are upright men: are verily guilty concerning our broth- leave one of your brethren with me, er, in that we saw the distress of his and take corn for the famine of your soul, when he besought us, and we houses, and go your way. 34And bring would not hear; therefore is this dis- your youngest brother unto me; then tress come upon us.' 22And Reuben shall I know that ye are no spies, but answered them, saying: 'Spoke I not that ye are upright men; so will I unto you, saying: Do not sin against deliver you your brother, and ye shall the child; and ye would not hear? traffic in the land.' 35And it came therefore also, behold, his blood is to pass as they emptied their sacks, required.' And they knew not that that, behold, every man's bundle of Joseph understood them; for the money was in his sack; and when they interpreter was between them. 24And and their father saw their bundles of he turned himself about from them, money, they were afraid. "And Jacob and wept; and he returned to them, their father said unto them: 'Me and spoke to them, and took Simeon have ye bereaved of my children: from among them, and bound him Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and before their eyes. 25Then Joseph ye will take Benjamin away; upon commanded to fill their vessels with me are all these things come." 37 And corn, and to restore every man's Reuben spoke unto his father, saying: money into his sack, and to give them 'Thou shalt slay my two sons, if I provision for the way; and thus was it bring him not to thee; deliver him into done unto them. 26 And they laded my hand, and I will bring him back their asses with their corn, and de- to thee.' 38 And he said: 'My son shall parted thence. 27 And as one of them not go down with you; for his brother opened his sack to give his ass prov- is dead, and he only is left; if harm ender in the lodging-place, he espied befall him by the way in which ye go, his money; and, behold, it was in the then will ye bring down my gray hairs mouth of his sack. 28And he said unto with sorrow to the grave.' his brethren: 'My money is restored; 43 And the famine was sore in the and, lo, it is even in my sack.' And their heart failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, say land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, that their 'Go again, man, that he may release unto you And Judah your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.' father said unto them: buy us a little food.' spoke unto him, saying: 'The man did earnestly forewarn us, saying: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. 4If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food; 5but if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down, for the man said unto us: Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.' "And Israel said: 'Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?' And they said: "The man asked straitly concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying: Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words; could we in any wise know that he would say: Bring your brother down?' And Judah said unto Israel his father: 'Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go, that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him; if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever. 10For except we had lingered, surely we had now returned a second time.' And their father Israel said unto them: 'If it be so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spicery and ladanum, nuts, and almonds; 12and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight; 13take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man; 14and God Almighty give you mercy before the 15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house: 'Bring the men into the house, and kill the beasts, and prepare the meat; for the men shall dine with me at noon.' 17 And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into Joseph's house. 18And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said: 'Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.' 19And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they spoke unto him at the door of the house, 20and said: 'Oh my lord, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food. 21 And it came to pass, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; and we have brought it back in our hand. 22And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We know not who put our money in our sacks.' 23And he said: 'Peace be to you, fear not; your God, and the God of your father, hath given you treasure in your sacks; I had your money.' And he brought Simeon out unto them. 24And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses proven my goblet, the silver goblet, in the sack's mouth of the youngest, and his corn money.' And he did according to the word that Joseph had spoken. As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their asses. And when they were gone out of the city, and were not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward: 'Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them: Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good? Is not this it in which my lord drinketh, and whereby he indeed divineth? ye have der. 25And they made ready the present against Joseph's coming at noon; for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down to him to the earth. 27And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?' 28And they said: 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made obeisance. 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, done evil in so doing.' And he and said: 'Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?' And he said: 'God be gracious unto thee, my son.' 30And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.' 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another. 34And he searched, beginning at the eldest, portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him. 44 And he commanded the steward of his house, saying: 'Fill the men's sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put every man's money in his sack's mouth. And put overtook them, and he spoke unto them these words. And they said unto him: 'Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing. Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought back unto thee out of the land of Canaan; how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold? With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.' 10And he said: 'Now also let it be according unto your words: he with whom it is found shall be my bondman; and ye shall be blameless.' "Then they hastened, and took down every man his sack to the ground, and opened every man his sack. 12And and leaving off at the youngest; and the goblet was found in Benjamin's sack. Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city. 14And Judah and his brethren came to Joseph's house, and he was yet there; and they fell before him on the ground. 15And Joseph said unto them: 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed father said unto us: Ye know that divine?' 16 And Judah said: 'What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants; behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.' 17 And he said: 'Far be it from me that I should do so; the man in whose hand the goblet is found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, get you up in peace unto your father.' ויגש 18Then Judah came near unto him, and said: 'Oh my lord, let thy servant, I pray thee, speak a word in my lord's ears, and let not thine anger burn against thy servant; for thou art even as Pharaoh. 19My lord asked his servants, saying: Have ye a father, or a brother? 20 And we said unto my lord: We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth him. 21And thou saidst unto thy servants: Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him. 22And we said unto my lord: The lad cannot leave his father; for if he should leave. his father, his father would die. 23And thou saidst unto thy servants: Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more. 24And it came to pass when we came up unto thy servant my father, we told him the words of my lord. 25 And our father said: Go again, buy us a little food. 26And we said: We cannot go down; if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down; for we may not see the man's face, except our youngest brother be with us. 27 And thy servant my my wife bore me two sons; 28and the one went out from me, and I said: Surely he is torn in pieces; and I have not seen him since; 29and if ye take this one also from me, and harm befall him, ye will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave. 3oNow therefore when I come to thy servant my father, and the lad is not with us; seeing that his soul is bound up with the lad's soul; "1it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us, that he will die; and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave. For thy servant became surety for the lad unto my father, saying: If I bring him not unto thee, then shall I bear the blame to my father for ever. 33Now therefore, let thy servant, I pray thee, abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren. 34For how shall I go up to my father, if the lad be not with me? lest I look upon the evil that shall come on my father.' 45 Then Joseph could not refrain himself before all them that stood by him; and he cried: 'Cause every man to go out from me.' And there stood no man with him, while Joseph made himself known unto his brethren. And he wept aloud; and the Egyptians heard, and the house of Pharaoh heard. 3And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'I am Joseph; doth my father yet live?' And his brethren could not answer him; for they were affrighted at his presence. And Joseph said unto his brethren: 'Come near to me, I pray you.' And they came near. And he said: 'I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. And now be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither; for God did send me before you to preserve life. For these two years hath the famine been in the land; and there are yet five years, in which there shall be neither plowing nor harvest. "And God sent me before you to give you a remnant on the earth, and to save you alive for a great deliverance. So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God; and He hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and ruler over all the land of Egypt. "Hasten ye, and go up to my father, and say unto him: Thus saith thy son Joseph: God hath made me lord of all Egypt; come down unto me, tarry not. 10And thou shalt dwell in the land of Goshen, and thou shalt be near unto me, thou, and thy children, and thy children's children, and thy flocks, and thy herds, and all that thou hast; and there will I sustain thee; for there are yet five years of famine; lest thou come to poverty, thou, and thy household, and all that thou hast. 12And, behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaketh unto you. 13And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall hasten and bring down my father hither.' 14And he fell upon his brother Benjamin's neck, and wept; and Benjamin wept upon his neck. 15And he kissed all his brethren, and wept upon them; and after that his brethren talked with him. 16And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying: 'Joseph's brethren are come'; and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants. 17And Pharaoh said unto Joseph: 'Say unto thy brethren: This do ye: lade your beasts, and go, get you unto the land of Canaan; 18and take your father and your households, and come unto me; and I will give you the good of the land of Egypt, and ye shall eat the fat of the land. 19 Now thou art commanded, this do ye: take you wagons out of the land of Egypt for your little ones, and for your wives, and bring your father, and come. 20Also regard not your stuff; for the good things of all the land of Egypt are yours.' 21 And the sons of Israel did so; and Joseph gave them wagons, according to the commandment of Pharaoh, and gave them provision for the way. 22To all of them he gave each man changes of raiment; but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels of silver, and five changes of raiment. 23And to his father he sent in like manner ten asses laden with the good things of Egypt, and ten she-asses laden with corn and bread and victual for his father by the way. 24So he sent his brethren away, and they departed; and he said unto them: 'See that ye fall not out by the way.' 25And they went up out of Egypt, and came into the land of Canaan unto Jacob their father. 26And they told him, saying: 'Joseph is yet alive, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt.' And his heart fainted, for he believed them not. 27 And they told him all the words of Joseph, which he had said unto them; and when he saw the wagons which Joseph had sent to carry him, the spirit of Jacob their father revived. 28 And Israel said: 'It is enough; Joseph my son is yet alive; I will go and see him before I die.' 46 And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer-sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac. 2And God spoke unto Israel in the visions of the night, and said: 'Jacob, Jacob.' And he said: 'Here am I.' 3And |