01:041:054 And the seven years of dearth began to come, according as
Joseph had said: and the dearth was in all lands; but in all the land
of Egypt there was bread.
01:041:055 And when all the land of Egypt was famished, the people
cried to Pharaoh for bread: and Pharaoh said unto all the Egyptians, Go
unto Joseph; what he saith to you, do.
01:041:056 And the famine was over all the face of the earth: and
Joseph opened all the storehouses, and sold unto the Egyptians; and the
famine waxed sore in the land of Egypt.
01:041:057 And all countries came into Egypt to Joseph for to buy corn;
because that the famine was so sore in all lands.
01:042:001 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said
unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
01:042:002 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in
Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may
live, and not die.
01:042:003 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
01:042:004 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his
brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
01:042:005 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that
came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
01:042:006 And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was
that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came,
and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.
01:042:007 And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made
himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said
unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to
buy food.
01:042:008 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
01:042:009 And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them,
and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye
are come.
01:042:010 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are
thy servants come.
01:042:011 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are
no spies.
01:042:012 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the
land ye are come.
01:042:013 And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of
one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day
with our father, and one is not.
01:042:014 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you,
saying, Ye are spies:
01:042:015 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall
not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
01:042:016 Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye
shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there
be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are
spies.
01:042:017 And he put them all together into ward three days.
01:042:018 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live;
for I fear God:
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