2)
Being stricken with famine and forced to send his sons to Egypt to buy grain
42:1-5
Gen. 42
:1
42:1
Now when Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, Jacob said to his sons, Why do you keep looking at one another?
Gen. 42
:2
42:2
And he said, I have now heard that there is grain in Egypt;
1ago down there, and buy grain for us from there, that we may live and not
bdie.
Gen. 42
:3
42:3
So Joseph’s ten
1brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Gen. 42
:4
42:4
But Jacob did not send Joseph’s brother
aBenjamin with his brothers, for he said, Perhaps
bharm may befall him.
Gen. 42
:5
42:5
And the sons of Israel came to buy grain among
the others who came, for the
afamine was in the land of Canaan.
k.
Being recognized by the children of Israel
42:6-28
1)
Being wise in dealing with his brothers and showing them love
42:6-28
Gen. 42
:6
42:6
Now Joseph was the governor
aover the land; it was he who sold grain to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and
bbowed down to him with
their faces to the ground.
Gen. 42
:7
42:7
And Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he disguised himself to them and spoke
aharshly with them. And he said to them, Where have you come from? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy grain for food.
Gen. 42
:8
42:8
And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
Gen. 42
:9
42:9
And Joseph remembered the
adreams that he had dreamed about them, and he
1said to them, You are
bspies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land.
Gen. 42
:10
42:10
And they said to him, No, my lord; rather your servants have come to buy grain for food.
Gen. 42
:11
42:11
We are all sons of one man. We are honest men; your servants have never been spies.
Gen. 42
:12
42:12
And he said to them, No; but you have come to see the nakedness of the land.
Gen. 42
:13
42:13
And they said, We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and at this moment the youngest is with our father today, and one is
ano more.
Gen. 42
:14
42:14
But Joseph said to them, It is just as I spoke to you, saying, You are spies.
Gen. 42
:15
42:15
By this you shall be tested: As Pharaoh lives, you shall not go away from this place unless your
ayoungest brother comes here.
Gen. 42
:16
42:16
Send one of you to get your brother while you remain bound, that your words may be tested whether there is truth in you. And if not, as Pharaoh lives, surely you are spies.
Gen. 42
:17
42:17
And he put them all together in
1custody three days.
Gen. 42
:18
42:18
And Joseph said to them on the third day, Do this and live,
for I fear God.
Gen. 42
:19
42:19
If you are
ahonest men, let one of your brothers remain bound in your place of custody; and
the rest of you go, carry grain for the famine of your households.
Gen. 42
:20
42:20
And bring your youngest brother to me, that your words may be verified; and you will not die. And they did so.
Gen. 42
:21
42:21
And they said one to another, We are indeed
aguilty concerning our brother, because we saw the distress of his soul when he pleaded with us, yet we would not listen; therefore this distress has come to us.
Gen. 42
:22
42:22
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not
asin against the child? But you would not listen. So now also his
bblood is required.
Gen. 42
:23
42:23
And they did not know that Joseph understood, for there was an interpreter between them.
Gen. 42
:24
42:24
And he turned away from them and
awept. Then he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took
1Simeon from among them and bound him before their eyes.
Gen. 42
:25
42:25
Then Joseph gave orders to
afill their bags with grain and to restore every man’s silver pieces to his sack and to give them provisions for the way. And thus was it done for them.
Gen. 42
:26
42:26
And they loaded their grain upon their donkeys and departed from there.
Gen. 42
:27
42:27
And one
of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, and he saw his silver; there it was in the mouth of his
asack.
Gen. 42
:28
42:28
And he said to his brothers, My silver has been returned; and here it is in my sack! And their heart stopped, and they
turned trembling to one another, saying, What is this that God has done to us?
3)
Having his second son, Simeon, detained in Egypt
42:29-38
Gen. 42
:29
42:29
And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
Gen. 42
:30
42:30
The man, the lord of the land, spoke
aharshly to us and took us for spies on the land.
Gen. 42
:31
42:31
But we said to him, We are honest men; we have never been
aspies.
Gen. 42
:32
42:32
We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; the one is
ano more, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.
Gen. 42
:33
42:33
And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, By this will I know that you are
ahonest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go.
Gen. 42
:34
42:34
And bring your
ayoungest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies but honest men. I will give you your brother, and you may
btrade in the land.
Gen. 42
:35
42:35
And when they emptied their sacks, there was each man’s bundle of silver pieces, in his
asack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of silver, they were afraid.
Gen. 42
:36
42:36
And Jacob their father said to them, You have
abereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.
Gen. 42
:37
42:37
And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, You may put to death my two sons if I do not bring him to you. Put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.
Gen. 42
:38
42:38
But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if
aharm should befall him on the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs in
bsorrow to Sheol.
