And the dearth waxed sore in the land. And when they had eaten up that
corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt, their father said
unto them: go again and buy us a little food. Then said Iuda unto him:
the man did testify unto us saying: look that ye see not my face except
your brother be with you. Therefore if thou wilt send our brother with
us, we will go and buy the food. But if thou wilt not send him, we will
not go: for the man said unto us: look that ye see not my face, except
your brother be with you. And Israel said: wherefore dealt ye so
cruelly with me, as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother?
And they said: The man asked us of our kindred saying: is your father
yet alive? have ye not another brother? And we told him according to
these words. How could we know that he would bid us bring our brother
down with us? Then said Iuda unto Israel his father: Send the lad with
me, and we will rise and go, that we may live and not die: both we,
thou and also our children. I will be surety for him, and of my hands
require him. If I bring him not to thee and set him before thine eyes,
then let me bear the blame for ever. For except we had made this
tarrying: by this we had been there twice and come again. Then their
father Israel said unto them: if it must needs be so now: then do thus,
take of the best fruits of the land in your vessels, and bring the man
a present, a courtesy balm, and a courtesy of honey, spices and myrrh,
dates and almonds. And take as much money more with you. And the money
that was brought again in your sacks, take it again with you in your
hands, peradventure it was some oversight. Take also your brother with
you, and arise and go again to the man. And God almighty give you mercy
in the sight of the man and send you your other brother and also Ben
Iamin, and I will be as a man robbed of his children. Thus took they
the present and twice so much more money with them, and Ben Iamin. And
rose up, went down to Egypt, and presented themself to Ioseph. When
Ioseph saw Ben Iamin with them, he said to the ruler of his house:
bring these men home, and slay and make ready: for they shall dine with
me at noon. And the man did as Ioseph bade, and brought them in to
Ioseph's house. When they were brought to Ioseph's house, they were
afraid, and said: because of the money that came in our sacks' mouths
at the first time, are we brought, to pick a quarrel with us and to lay
some thing to our charge: to bring us in bondage and our asses also.
Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler over Ioseph's house,
and communed with him at the door and said: Sir, we came hither at the
first time to buy food, and as we came to an inn and opened our sacks:
behold, every man's money was in his sack with full weight: But we have
brought it again with us, and other money have we brought also in our
hands, to buy food, but we can not tell who put our money in our sacks.
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