Dual Panel1When <03588> Jacob <03290> heard <07200> there was <03426> grain <07668> in Egypt <04714>, he <03290> said <0559> to his sons <01121>, “Why <04100> are you looking at <07200> each other?”
2He then said <0559>, “Look <02009>, I hear <08085> that <03588> there is <03426> grain <07668> in Egypt <04714>. Go down <03381> there <08033> and buy <07666> grain for us so that we may live <02421> and not <03808> die <04191>.”
3So ten <06235> of Joseph’s <03130> brothers <0251> went down <03381> to buy <07666> grain <01250> from Egypt <04714>.
4But Jacob <03290> did not <03808> send <07971> Joseph’s <03130> brother <0251> Benjamin <01144> with <0854> his brothers <0251>, for <03588> he said <0559>, “What if <06435> some accident <0611> happens <07122> to him?”
5So Israel’s <03478> sons <01121> came <0935> to buy <07666> grain among <08432> the other travelers <0935>, for <03588> the famine <07458> was <01961> severe in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>.
6Now Joseph <03130> was the ruler <07989> of <05921> the country <0776>, the one <01931> who sold <07666> grain to all <03605> the people <05971> of the country <0776>. Joseph’s <03130> brothers <0251> came <0935> and bowed down <07812> before him with their faces <0639> to the ground <0776>.
7When Joseph <03130> saw <07200> his brothers <0251>, he recognized <05234> them, but he pretended to be <05234> a stranger <05234> to <0413> them and spoke <01696> to <0854> them harshly <07186>. He asked <0559>, “Where <0370> do you come <0935> from?” They answered <0559>, “From the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>, to buy <07666> grain for food <0400>.”
8Joseph <03130> recognized <05234> his brothers <0251>, but they <01992> did not <03808> recognize <05234> him.
9Then Joseph <03130> remembered <02142> the dreams <02472> he had dreamed <02492> about them, and he said <0559> to <0413> them, “You <0859> are spies <07270>; you have come <0935> to see <07200> if our land <0776> is vulnerable <06172>!”
10But they exclaimed <0559>, “No <03808>, my lord <0113>! Your servants <05650> have come <0935> to buy <07666> grain for food <0400>!
11We <05168> are all <03605> the sons <01121> of one <0259> man <0376>; we <0587> are honest men <03651>! Your servants <05650> are <01961> not <03808> spies <07270>.”
12“No <03808>,” he insisted <0559>, “but you have come <0935> to see <07200> if <03588> our land <0776> is vulnerable <06172>.”
13They replied <0559>, “Your servants <05650> are from a family of twelve <06240> <08147> brothers <0251>. We <0587> are the sons <01121> of one <0259> man <0376> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>. The youngest <06996> is with <0854> our father <01> at this time <03117>, and one <0259> is no longer alive <0369>.”
14But Joseph <03130> told <0559> them, “It <01931> is just as <0834> I said <01696> to <0413> you: You <0859> are spies <07270>!
15You will be tested <0974> in this <02063> way: As surely as Pharaoh <06547> lives <02416>, you will not <0518> depart <03318> from this <02088> place unless <0518> your youngest <06996> brother <0251> comes <0935> here <02008>.
16One <0259> of you must go <07971> and get <03947> your brother <0251>, while the rest of you <0859> remain in prison <0631>. In this way your words <01697> may be tested <0974> to see if you are telling the truth <0571>. If <0518> not <03808>, then, as surely as Pharaoh <06547> lives <02416>, you <0859> are spies <07270>!”
17He imprisoned <04929> <0413> <0622> them all for three <07969> days <03117>.
18On <0413> the third <07992> day <03117> Joseph <03130> said <0559> to them, “Do <06213> as I say and you will live <02421>, for I <0589> fear <03372> God <0430>.
19If <0518> you <0859> are honest <03651> men, leave one <0259> of your brothers <0251> confined <0631> here in prison <04929> <01004> while the rest of you <0859> go <01980> and take <0935> grain <07668> back <0935> for your hungry <07459> families <01004>.
20But you must bring <0935> your youngest <06996> brother <0251> to <0413> me. Then your words <01697> will be verified <0539> and you will not <03808> die <04191>.” They did <06213> as he said <03651>.
21They said <0559> to <0413> one <0376> other <0251>, “Surely <061> we’re <0587> being punished <0818> because of our brother <0251>, because <0834> we saw <07200> how distressed <06869> he was when he cried <05315> to us for mercy <02603>, but we refused <03808> to listen <08085>. That is why <03651> this distress <06869> has come <0935> on <0413> us <02063>!”
22Reuben <07205> said <06030> to them, “Didn’t <03808> I say <0559> to <0413> you, ‘Don’t <0408> sin <02398> against the boy <03206>,’ but you wouldn’t <03808> listen <08085>? So now <02009> <01571> we must pay for shedding <01875> his blood <01818>!”
23(Now they <01992> did not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> Joseph <03130> could understand <08085> them, for <03588> he was speaking <03887> through <0996> an interpreter <03887>.)
24He turned away <05437> from them and wept <01058>. When he turned around <07725> and spoke <01696> to <0413> them again, he had Simeon <08095> taken <03947> from them and tied up <0631> before their eyes <05869>.
25Then Joseph <03130> gave <06680> orders to fill <04390> their bags <03627> with grain <01250>, to return <07725> each man’s <0376> money <03701> to <0413> his sack <08242>, and to give <05414> them provisions <06720> for the journey <01870>. His orders were carried out <06213>.
26So they loaded <05375> their grain <07668> on <05921> their donkeys <02543> and left <01980>.
27When one <0259> of them opened <06605> his sack <08242> to get <05414> feed <04554> for his donkey <02543> at their resting place <04411>, he saw <07200> his money <03701> in the mouth <06310> of his <01931> sack <0572>.
28He said <0559> to <0413> his brothers <0251>, “My money <03701> was returned <07725>! Here <02009> it is in my sack <0572>!” They were dismayed <03820> <03318>; they turned trembling <02729> one <0376> to <0413> another <0251> and said <0559>, “What <04100> in the world has God <0430> done <06213> to us?”
29They returned <0935> to <0413> their father <01> Jacob <03290> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667> and told <05046> him all the things <03605> that had happened <07136> to them, saying <0559>,
30“The man <0582>, the lord <0113> of the land <0776>, spoke <01696> harshly <07186> to <0854> us and treated <05414> us as if we were spying <07270> on the land <0776>.
31But we said <0559> to <0413> him, ‘We are honest <03651> men; we <0587> are <01961> not <03808> spies <07270>!
32We are from a family of twelve <06240> <08147> brothers <0251>; we <0587> are the sons <01121> of one father <01>. One <0259> is no longer alive <0369>, and the youngest <06996> is with <0854> our father <01> at this time <03117> in the land <0776> of Canaan <03667>.’
33“Then the man <0376>, the lord <0113> of the land <0776>, said <0559> to us, ‘This <02063> is how I will find out <03045> if <03588> you <0859> are honest <03651> men. Leave <03240> one <0259> of your brothers <0251> with <0854> me, and take <03947> grain for your hungry <07459> households <01004> and go <01980>.
34But bring <0935> your youngest <06996> brother <0251> back to <0413> me so I will know <03045> that <03588> you <0859> are honest men and not <03808> spies <07270>. Then I will give <05414> your brother <0251> back to you <0859> and you may move about freely <05503> in the land <0776>.’”
35When <01961> they <01992> were emptying <07324> their sacks <08242>, there was each man’s <0376> bag <06872> of money <03701> in his sack <08242>! When they and their father <01> saw <07200> the bags <06872> of money <03701>, they <01992> were afraid <03372>.
36Their father <01> Jacob <03290> said <0559> to <0413> them, “You are making <07921> me childless <07921>! Joseph <03130> is gone <0369>. Simeon <08095> is gone <0369>. And now you want to take <03947> Benjamin <01144>! Everything <03605> is <01961> against <05921> me.”
37Then Reuben <07205> said <0559> to <0413> his father <01>, “You may put my two <08147> sons <01121> to death <04191> if <0518> I do not <03808> bring <0935> him back to <0413> you. Put <05414> him in <05921> my care <03027> and I <0589> will bring <07725> him back <07725> to <0413> you.”
38But Jacob replied <0559>, “My son <01121> will not <03808> go down <03381> there with <05973> you, for <03588> his brother <0251> is dead <04191> and he <01931> alone <0905> is left <07604>. If an accident <0611> happens <07122> to him on the journey <01870> you have to make <01980>, then you will bring down <03381> my gray hair <07872> in sorrow <03015> to the grave <07585>.”