Verse 1
Genesis 43:1
Bible in Basic English
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Now the land was in bitter need of food.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָ/רָעָ֖ב כָּבֵ֥ד בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
And the famine was severe in the land.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 43 Context
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Now the land was in bitter need of food.
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And when the grain which they had got in Egypt was all used up, their father said to them, Go again...
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And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without...
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If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and get food:
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But if you will not send him, we will not go down: for the man said to us, You are not to come befor...
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And Israel said, Why were you so cruel to me as to say to him that you had a brother?
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And they said, The man put a number of questions to us about ourselves and our family, saying, Is yo...
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Then Judah said to Israel, his father, Send the boy with me, and let us be up and going, so that we...
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Put him into my care and make me responsible for him: if I do not give him safely back to you, let m...
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Truly, if we had not let the time go by, we might have come back again by now.
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Then their father Israel said to them, If it has to be so, then do this: take of the best fruits of...
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And take twice as much money with you; that is to say, take back the money which was put in your bag...
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And take your brother and go back to the man:
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And may God (Elohim), the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back...
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So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjami...
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And when Joseph saw Benjamin, he said to his chief servant, Take these men into my house, and make r...
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And the servant did as Joseph said, and took the men into Joseph's house.
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Now the men were full of fear because they had been taken into Joseph's house and they said, It is b...
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So they went up to Joseph's chief servant at the door of the house,
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And said, O my lord, we only came down the first time to get food;
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And when we came to our night's resting-place, on opening our bags we saw that every man's money was...
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As well as more money, with which to get food: we have no idea who put our money in our bags.
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Then the servant said, Peace be with you: have no fear: your God (Elohim), even the God (Elohim) of...
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And the servant took them into Joseph's house, and gave them water for washing their feet; and he ga...
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And they got ready the things for Joseph before he came in the middle of the day: for word was given...
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And when Joseph came in, they gave him the things which they had for him, and went down to the earth...
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And he said, How are you? is your father well, the old man of whom you were talking to me? is he sti...
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And they said, Your servant, our father, is well, he is still living. And they went down on their fa...
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Then, lifting up his eyes, he saw Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and he said, Is this your...
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Then Joseph's heart went out to his brother, and he went quickly into his room, for he was overcome...
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Then, after washing his face, he came out, and controlling his feelings said, Put food before us.
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And they put a meal ready for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who...
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And they were all given their seats before him in order of birth, from the oldest to the youngest: s...
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And Joseph sent food to them from his table, but he sent five times as much to Benjamin as to any of...
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