Webster - Genesis - 43

43:1  And the famine [was] severe in the land.

43:2  And it came to pass, when they had consumed the corn which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food.

43:3  And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man did solemnly protest to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.

43:4  If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food:

43:5  But if thou wilt not send [him], we will not go down, for the man said to us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother [be] with you.

43:6  And Israel said, Why dealt ye [so] ill with me, [as] to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?

43:7  And they said, The man asked us strictly concerning our state, and 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 certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down?

43:8  And Judah said to 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.

43:9  I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not to thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever:

43:10  For except we had delayed, surely now we had returned this second time.

43:11  And their father Israel said to them, If [it must be] so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds:

43:12  And take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks, carry [it] again in your hand; it may be it [was] an oversight:

43:13  Take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man:

43:14  And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin: If I be bereaved, I am bereaved.

43:15  And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and arose, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

43:16  And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house, Bring [these] men home, and slay, and make ready: for [these] men shall dine with me at noon.

43:17  And the man did as Joseph commanded: and the man brought the men into Joseph's house.

43:18  And 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 bond-men, and our asses.

43:19  And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,

43:20  And said, O sir, we came down indeed at the first time to buy food:

43:21  And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, 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 again in our hand.

43:22  And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.

43:23  And 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 to them.

43:24  And the man brought the men into Joseph's house, and gave [them] water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their asses provender.

43:25  And they made ready the present against Joseph should come at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there.

43:26  And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth.

43:27  And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? [Is] he yet alive?

43:28  And they answered, Thy servant, our father, [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive: and they bowed their heads and made obeisance.

43:29  And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to thee, my son.

43:30  And Joseph made haste; for his bowels yearned towards his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there.

43:31  And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.

43:32  And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who ate with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination to the Egyptians.

43:33  And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birth-right, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men wondered one at another.

43:34  And he took [and sent] messes to them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.