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And if you are sending our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.

And if you are not sending, we will not go; for the man said to us, You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.

I will be surety for him; you may require him from my hand. If I do not bring him to you and set him before you, I shall be a sinner against you all the days.

And Joseph saw Benjamin with them. And he said to the one over his house, Bring the men into the house and slaughter and prepare an animal; for the men shall eat with me at noon.

And the man led out the men to Joseph's house. And he gave water, and they washed their feet. And he gave fodder for their asses.

And they prepared the present for the coming of Joseph at noon. For they had heard that they would eat bread there.

And Joseph hurried, for his emotions were deeply moved toward his brother. And he sought a place to weep; and he came into the inner room and wept there.

And they set out for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians eating with him by themselves. For the Egyptians cannot eat bread with the Hebrews; for it is an abomination in Egypt.

And put my cup, the cup of silver, in the mouth of the sack of the youngest, and the silver for his grain. And he did according to Joseph's word, that which he spoke.

They had gone out from the city, not having gone far, and Joseph said to the one over his house, Rise up, pursue the men and overtake them, and say to them, Why have you repaid evil for good?

And Judah came near to him and said, O my lord, please let your servant speak a word in the ears of my lord, and let not your anger glow on your servant, for you are like Pharaoh.

And our father said, Go back, buy a little food for us.

And we said, We cannot go down. If our youngest brother is with us, we will go down. For we cannot see the face of the man if our youngest brother is not with us.

For your servant was surety for the youth with my father, saying, If I do not bring him to you, I shall be a sinner against my father all the days.

For how can I go to my father, and the youth not be with me, lest I look on the evil which will find my father?

And Joseph said to his brothers, I am Joseph. Is my father still alive? And his brothers were not able to answer him, for they trembled before him.

And now do not be grieved, and let no anger be in your eyes because you sold me here, for God sent me before you to save life.

For the famine has been in the midst of the land for two years. And there are still five years in which no plowing and harvest will be .

And God sent me before you to put a remnant in the land for you, and to keep alive for you a great deliverance.

And now you did not send me here, but God. And He has placed me for a father to Pharaoh, and for a lord in all his house, and a ruler in all the land of Egypt.