Verse 24
Genesis 42:24
New Living Translation
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Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them again. Then he chose Simeon from among them and had him tied up right before their eyes.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּסֹּ֥ב מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/הֶ֖ם וַ/יֵּ֑בְךְּ וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב אֲלֵ/הֶם֙ וַ/יְדַבֵּ֣ר אֲלֵ/הֶ֔ם וַ/יִּקַּ֤ח מֵֽ/אִתָּ/ם֙ אֶת שִׁמְע֔וֹן וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֥ר אֹת֖/וֹ לְ/עֵינֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
And he turned away from them and wept, and he returned to them and spoke to them, and he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
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Chapter 42 Context
1
When Jacob heard that grain was available in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why are you standing aroun...
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I have heard there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy enough grain to keep us alive. Otherwis...
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So Joseph’s ten older brothers went down to Egypt to buy grain.
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But Jacob wouldn’t let Joseph’s younger brother, Benjamin, go with them, for fear some harm might co...
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So Jacob’s sons arrived in Egypt along with others to buy food, for the famine was in Canaan as well...
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Since Joseph was governor of all Egypt and in charge of selling grain to all the people, it was to h...
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Joseph recognized his brothers instantly, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to the...
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Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they didn’t recognize him.
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And he remembered the dreams he’d had about them many years before. He said to them, “You are spies!...
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“No, my lord!” they exclaimed. “Your servants have simply come to buy food.
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We are all brothers — members of the same family. We are honest men, sir! We are not spies!”
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12
“Yes, you are!” Joseph insisted. “You have come to see how vulnerable our land has become.”
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“Sir,” they said, “there are actually twelve of us. We, your servants, are all brothers, sons of a m...
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But Joseph insisted, “As I said, you are spies!
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This is how I will test your story. I swear by the life of Pharaoh that you will never leave Egypt u...
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One of you must go and get your brother. I’ll keep the rest of you here in prison. Then we’ll find o...
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So Joseph put them all in prison for three days.
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On the third day Joseph said to them, “I am a God (Elohim)-fearing man. If you do as I say, you will...
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If you really are honest men, choose one of your brothers to remain in prison. The rest of you may g...
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But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. This will prove that you are telling the truth,...
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21
Speaking among themselves, they said, “Clearly we are being punished because of what we did to Josep...
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“Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?” Reuben asked. “But you wouldn’t listen. And now we h...
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Of course, they didn’t know that Joseph understood them, for he had been speaking to them through an...
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24
Now he turned away from them and began to weep. When he regained his composure, he spoke to them aga...
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Joseph then ordered his servants to fill the men’s sacks with grain, but he also gave secret instruc...
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So the brothers loaded their donkeys with the grain and headed for home.
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But when they stopped for the night and one of them opened his sack to get grain for his donkey, he...
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“Look!” he exclaimed to his brothers. “My money has been returned; it’s here in my sack!” Then their...
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29
When the brothers came to their father, Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him everything that...
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“The man who is governor of the land spoke very harshly to us,” they told him. “He accused us of bei...
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But we said, ‘We are honest men, not spies.
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We are twelve brothers, sons of one father. One brother is no longer with us, and the youngest is at...
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“Then the man who is governor of the land told us, ‘This is how I will find out if you are honest me...
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But you must bring your youngest brother back to me. Then I will know you are honest men and not spi...
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As they emptied out their sacks, there in each man’s sack was the bag of money he had paid for the g...
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Jacob exclaimed, “You are robbing me of my children! Joseph is gone! Simeon is gone! And now you wan...
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Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I don’t bring Benjamin back to you. I’l...
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But Jacob replied, “My son will not go down with you. His brother Joseph is dead, and he is all I ha...
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