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of the house,
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And said, O sir, we came indeed down at the first time to buy food:
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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.
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And
other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money
in our sacks.
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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 unto them.
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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.
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And they made ready the present against Joseph came at noon:
for they heard that they should eat bread there.
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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.
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And he asked them of
their
welfare, and said,
Is
your father well, the old man of whom ye spake?
Is
he yet alive?
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And they answered, Thy
servant our father
is
in good health, he
is
yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made
obeisance.
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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 spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee,
my son.
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And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought
where
to weep; and he entered into
his
chamber, and wept there.
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And he washed his face, and went out,
and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread.
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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 Egyptians
might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that
is
an abomination unto the Egyptians.
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And they
sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth:
and the men marvelled one at another.
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And he took
and sent
messes unto 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.
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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.
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And put my cup, the silver cup,
in the sack’s mouth of the youngest, and his corn money. And he did according to the word that
Joseph had spoken.
3
As soon as the morning was light, the men were sent away, they and their
asses.
4
And
when they were gone out of the city,
and
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?
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Is
not this
it
in which my lord drinketh, and whereby indeed he divineth?
ye have done evil in so doing.
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And he overtook them, and he spake unto them these same words.
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And they said unto him,
Wherefore saith my lord these words? God forbid that thy servants should do according to this
thing:
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Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks’ mouths, we brought again unto thee out
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