The Bible, King James Version, Complete ContentsAnonymous
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The Bible, King James Version, Complete Contents
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01:042:033 And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby
shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with
me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:
01:042:034 And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know
that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you
your brother, and ye shall traffick in the land.
01:042:035 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that,
behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they
and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.
01:042:036 And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of
my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin
away: all these things are against me.
01:042:037 And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons,
if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring
him to thee again.
01:042:038 And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his
brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way
in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow
to the grave.
01:043:001 And the famine was sore in the land.
01:043:002 And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which
they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again,
buy us a little food.
01:043:003 And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly
protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother
be with you.
01:043:004 If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and
buy thee food:
01:043:005 But 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.
01:043:006 And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to
tell the man whether ye had yet a brother?
01:043:007 And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of
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?
01:043:008 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.
01:043:009 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:
01:043:010 For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this
second time.
01:043:011 And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now,
do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry
down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and
myrrh, nuts, and almonds:
01:043:012 And take double money in your hand; and the money that was
brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand;
peradventure it was an oversight:
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