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And let the food be appointed for the land for the seven years of famine which will happen in the land of Egypt, so that the land will not be cut off during the famine."

So Pharaoh said to Joseph, "Since God has made you know all of this, there is no one so understanding and wise as you are.

So he gathered all the food of these seven years which happened in the land of Egypt and placed the food in the cities; he placed in every city the food from its own surrounding fields.

and the seven years of famine began to come, just as Joseph had said. So there was famine in all the lands, but in all the land of Egypt there was bread.

Then he said, "Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt; go down there and buy some for us from there, so that we may live and not die."

So ten brothers of Joseph went down to buy grain from Egypt.

So the sons of Israel came to buy grain among those who were coming, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.

So they said, "Your servants are twelve brothers in all, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is with our father today, and one is no more."

and bring your youngest brother to me, so your words may be proven true, and you will not die." And they did so.

And Reuben answered them, saying, "Did I not tell you, saying, ‘Do not sin against the boy'; yet you would not listen? So also his blood, behold, it is required of us."

So they loaded their donkeys with their grain and went from there.

So he said to his brothers, "My money has been returned, and behold, it is even in my sack." And their hearts sank, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, "What is this that God has done to us?"

So we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.

Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?"

But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our kin, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?' So we told him concerning these things. Could we possibly have known that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down'?"

Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, then do this: take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and bring them down to the man as a present, a little balm and a little honey, aromatic gum and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.

and may God Almighty grant you compassion before the man, so that he will release to you your other brother and Benjamin. And as for me, if I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved."

So the men took this present, and they took double the money in their hand, and Benjamin; and they arose and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

So the man did as Joseph said and brought the men to Joseph's house.

So they came near to Joseph's house steward and spoke to him at the entrance of the house,