1 And Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?2 And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down thither and buy {grain} for us from thence, in order that we may live, and not die.3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy {grain} out of Egypt.4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest mischief may befall him.5 So the sons of Israel came to buy {grain} among those that came; for the famine was in the land of Canaan.6 And Joseph, he was the governor over the land-he it was that sold {the corn} to all the people of the land. And Joseph's brethren came and bowed down to him, the face to the earth.7 And Joseph saw his brethren, and knew them; but he made himself strange to them, and spoke roughly to them, and said to them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan, to buy food.8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they did not know him.9 And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamt of them; and he said to them, Ye are spies: to see the exposed places of the land ye are come.10 And they said to him, No, my lord; but to buy food are thy servants come.11 We are all one man's sons; we are honest: thy servants are not spies.12 And he said to them, No; but to see the exposed places of the land are ye come.13 And they said, Thy servants were twelve brethren, sons of one man, in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.14 And Joseph said to them, That is it that I have spoken to you, saying, Ye are spies.15 By this ye shall be put to the proof: as Pharaoh lives, ye shall not go forth hence, unless your youngest brother come hither!16 Send one of you, that he may fetch your brother, but ye shall be imprisoned, and your words shall be put to the proof, whether the truth is in you; and if not, as Pharaoh lives, ye are spies.17 And he put them in custody three days.18 And Joseph said to them the third day, This do, that ye may live: I fear God.19 If ye are honest, let one of your brethren remain bound in the house of your prison, but go ye, carry grain for the hunger of your households;20 and bring your youngest brother to me, in order that your words be verified, and that ye may not die. And they did so.21 Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come upon us.22 And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Do not sin against the lad? But ye did not hearken; and now behold, his blood also is required.23 And they did not know that Joseph understood, for the interpreter was between them.24 And he turned away from them, and wept. And he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.25 And Joseph gave orders to fill their vessels with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way. And thus did they to them.26 And they loaded their asses with their grain, and departed thence.27 And one of them opened his sack to give his ass food in the inn, and saw his money, and behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.28 And he said to his brethren, My money is returned {to me}, and behold, it is even in my sack. And their heart failed {them}, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this {that} God has done to us?29 And they came into the land of Canaan, to Jacob their father, and told him all that had befallen them, saying,30 The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us, and treated us as spies of the land.31 And we said to him, We are honest; we are not spies:32 we are twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.33 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, Hereby shall I know that ye are honest: leave one of your brethren with me, and take {for} the hunger of your households, and go,34 and bring your youngest brother to me, and I shall know that ye are not spies, but are honest. Your brother will I give up to you; and ye may trade in the land.35 And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that behold, every man had his bundle of money in his sack; and they saw their bundles of money, they and their father, and were afraid.36 And Jacob their father said to them, Ye have bereaved me of children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin! All these things are against me.37 And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons if I bring him not back to thee: give him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.38 But he said, My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left; and if mischief should befall him by the way in which ye go, then would ye bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol.

1 Toe Jakob merk dat daar koring in Egipte was, het Jakob aan sy seuns gesê: Wat kyk julle so na mekaar?2 En hy sê: Kyk, ek het gehoor dat daar koring in Egipte is; trek daarheen af, en koop vir ons daar koring, dat ons kan lewe en nie sterwe nie.3 Daarop het tien van Josef se broers afgetrek om koring uit Egipte te koop.4 Maar Benjamin, die broer van Josef, het Jakob nie saam met sy broers gestuur nie; want hy het gedink: Altemit kan 'n ongeluk hom oorkom.5 So het die seuns van Israel dan gekom om koring te koop onder diegene wat daar aangekom het; want daar was hongersnood in die land Kana„n.6 En Josef was die maghebber oor die land, hy wat aan al die mense van die land koring verkoop het; daarom het die broers van Josef gekom en hulle voor hom met die aangesig na die aarde gebuig.7 Sodra Josef sy broers sien, het hy hulle herken maar hom vreemd teenoor hulle gehou en hulle hard aangespreek en vir hulle gesê: Waar kom julle vandaan? En hulle antwoord: Uit die land Kanaän om voedsel te koop.8 En Josef het sy broers herken, maar hulle het hom nie herken nie.9 Toe dink Josef aan die drome wat hy aangaande hulle gedroom het; en hy sê vir hulle: Julle is spioene, julle het gekom om te kyk waar die land oop is.10 Maar hulle het hom geantwoord: Nee, my heer, maar u dienaars het gekom om voedsel te koop.11 Ons is almal seuns van een man, ons is eerlike mense; u dienaars is geen spioene nie.12 Toe sê hy vir hulle: Nee, maar julle het gekom om te kyk waar die land oop is.13 En hulle antwoord: U dienaars is twaalf in getal, ons is broers, seuns van een man in die land Kana„n; en kyk, die jongste is nou by ons vader, maar die een is daar nie meer nie.14 Toe sê Josef vir hulle: Dit is wat ek julle gesê het: Julle is spioene!15 Hieraan sal julle getoets word: so waar as Farao leef, julle sal hiervandaan nie trek tensy dat julle jongste broer hierheen kom nie.16 Stuur een van julle, dat hy julle broer gaan haal, maar julle moet in die gevangenis bly. So sal dan julle woorde getoets word, of die waarheid by julle is of nie. So waar as Farao leef, julle is spioene!17 Daarop het hy hulle saam drie dae lank in bewaring laat hou.18 En op die derde dag sê Josef vir hulle: Doen dit, dan sal julle lewe; ek vrees God!19 As julle eerlike mense is, laat een van julle broers gevange bly in die huis waar julle in bewaring is; maar gaan julle, bring die koring vir die honger van julle huisgesinne weg,20 en bring julle jongste broer na my toe -- dan sal julle woorde waar gemaak word, en julle sal nie sterwe nie. En hulle het so gedoen.21 Toe sê hulle vir mekaar: Voorwaar, ons boet nou vanweë ons broer, omdat ons die benoudheid van sy siel gesien het toe hy ons gesmeek het en ons nie geluister het nie -- daarom kom hierdie benoudheid oor ons.22 Daarop antwoord Ruben hulle: Het ek nie vir julle gesê nie: Besondig julle nie aan die seun nie? Maar julle het nie geluister nie. Kyk, so word dan ook sy bloed geëis.23 En hulle het nie geweet dat Josef dit verstaan nie, want daar was 'n tolk tussen hulle.24 Toe draai hy hom van hulle af weg en ween. Daarna het hy na hulle teruggegaan en met hulle gespreek; en hy het S¡meon onder hulle uitgeneem en hom voor hulle oë gebind.25 Daarop gee Josef bevel om hulle sakke vol koring te maak en elkeen se geld weer in sy sak te sit en om aan hulle padkos vir die reis saam te gee. En so is aan hulle gedoen.26 En hulle het die koring op hulle esels gelaai en daar weggetrek.27 En toe die een sy sak oopmaak om sy esel in die herberg voer te gee, sien hy sy geld; en kyk, dit was somaar bo in sy sak!28 En hy sê vir sy broers: My geld is teruggegee; hier lê dit dan ook in my sak! Toe het hulle hart hul begewe, en hulle draai verskrik na mekaar toe en sê: Wat het God ons nou aangedoen?29 En hulle het by hul vader Jakob in die land Kana„n gekom en hom alles vertel wat hulle wedervaar het en gesê:30 Die man, die heer van die land, het ons hard aangespreek en ons vir spioene van die land gehou.31 Maar ons het aan hom gesê: Ons is eerlike mense, ons is geen spioene nie.32 Ons is twaalf broers, seuns van ons vader; die een is daar nie meer nie, en die jongste is nou by ons vader in die land Kana„n.33 Daarop het die man, die heer van die land, aan ons gesê: Hieraan sal ek weet dat julle eerlike mense is -- laat een van julle broers by my bly; en neem vir die honger van julle huisgesinne en trek weg,34 en bring julle jongste broer na my toe; dan sal ek weet dat julle geen spioene is nie. As julle eerlike mense is, sal ek julle broer aan julle teruggee, en julle mag in die land rondtrek.35 En toe hulle hul sakke leegmaak, was elkeen se bondeltjie geld daar in sy sak! En toe hulle hul bondeltjies geld sien, hulle en hul vader, was hulle bevrees.36 Daarop sê Jakob, hulle vader, vir hulle: Julle beroof my van kinders. Josef is weg! En S¡meon is weg! En Benjamin wil julle wegneem! Alles is teen my!37 Toe spreek Ruben sy vader aan en sê: U kan my twee seuns doodmaak as ek hom nie na u terugbring nie. Vertrou hom aan my toe, en ,k sal hom na u terugbring.38 Maar hy sê: My seun sal nie saam met julle aftrek nie, want sy broer is dood, en hy het alleen oorgebly; en as 'n ongeluk hom oorkom op die pad wat julle sal gaan, dan sal julle my grys hare met kommer in die doderyk laat afdaal.