1And the famine was severe in the land. 2And it happened, when they had eaten up the grain which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them, Go again, buy us a little food. 3And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man solemnly warned us, saying, You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you. 4If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food: 5but if you will not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face, unless your brother is with you. 6And Israel said, Why did you treat me so badly, as to tell the man whether you still had a brother? 7And they said, The man asked closely concerning ourselves, and concerning our kindred, saying, Is your father still alive? do you have another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we in any way know that he would say, Bring your brother down? 8And Judah said to Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and you, and also our little ones. 9I will be surety for him; from my hand you shall require him: if I do not bring him to you, and set him before you, then let me bear the blame forever: 10for if we had not lingered, surely we would now have returned a second time. 11And their father Israel said to them, If it is so now, do this: take of the choice fruits of the land in your vessels, and carry down a present to the man, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts, and almonds; 12and take double money in your hand; and the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks carry back in your hand; perhaps it was an oversight: 13take also your brother, and arise, go again to the man: 14and God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved. 15And the men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, Bring the men into the house, and slaughter, and make ready; for the men shall dine with me at noon. 17And the man did as Joseph told him; and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house. 18And the men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time we are brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for slaves, and our donkeys. 19And they came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house, 20and said, Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food: 21and it happened, when we came to the lodging-place, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it back in our hand. 22And other money we have brought down in our hand to buy food: we do not know who put our money in our sacks. 23And he said, Peace be to you, do not fear: your God, and the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks: I had your money. And he brought Simeon out to them. 24And the man brought the men into Joseph’s house, and gave them water, and they washed their feet; and he gave their donkeys fodder. 25And they made ready the present for Joseph’s coming at noon: for they heard that they should eat bread there. 26And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves down to him to the earth. 27And he asked them about their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive? 28And they said, Your servant our father is well, he is still alive. And they bowed the head, and bowed down. 29And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother’s son, and said, Is this your youngest brother, of whom you spoke to me? And he said, God be gracious to you, my son. 30And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned for his brother: and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there. 31And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said, Serve the bread. 32And they served him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, who ate with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians could not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination to the Egyptians. 33And they sat before him, the first-born according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marveled one with another. 34And he took and sent portions to them from before him: but Benjamin’s portion was five times as much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.