Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 43
The Five Books of Moses
. 22 26 28 33 imprisoned three days. But after Do thisaud live ;—-for I fear Gov. I
will select one of you brothers, whom I will put into confinement instead of you; and you others take com for your starving families. But you must bring your younger brother to me, and verify your statement, and live Andthey did sc. We
suffer for our sins against our brother, because we saw theanguish of his soul imploring us to have pity on him, and we would not listen. Therefore this distress has come upon- us. Then Reuben answeredthem, and
Did I not speak to you and say, ‘ Let us not sin against the Iad,’ and you would not listen to me? And now his blood is sought for! And they did not know that joseph
understood them, for he used- an interpreter with them. But he with- drew. from them and wept. Then he returned to them and spoke, and selected Simeon from them and fettered him before their eyes. joseph afterwards commanded
and their waggons were loaded with corn; but he caused their money to be returned into the load of each. Then he gave themleave to go,e~and showed politeness to them. · They also loaded corn upon their asses, and set gout. But one of them opened a sack of his,“t0 8iYe fodder to his ass in the inn, and saw his money, which was placed openly in its mouth. He has caused my money to be returned, and ; .’* and their hearts stopped; and they trembled each at his brother, exclaiming; “ What is this that GOD»has done tous? ’ They we¤i.,1i¤wevsr,,t¤ jacob in the
land of Cananjand reported to him all. these proceedings, saying, _f‘ The man who is master of the country spoke to us harshly, and took us for spies-upon the land., But we said to him, ‘ We are honest, and are not spies; we are twelve brothers, sons of our fathersqme is not, and theyoungest is now with our father in the land of Cananf But the man, who is master of the country, said ‘By- this I will discover if you are honest; I will select one of your brothers to remain withme; but take for your starving families, and go. But you shalt bring me your youngest brother, that I may 43-—xo be convinced you arenot spies, when ' Iwill return the brother I have selected from you ,_ and you may trade in the country} When, however, they were empty·
ing their loads, then each found his money in his cargo, and they were in fear at the finding of the money; both they . and their father were afraid, and jacob 'their father said ·I am, bereaved! joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and you would take from me all there are! Then Reuben replied to his father,
Kill my two sons,iif I do not bring them back to you !-·I now place them in your hands as apledge that I will them return to you ! 35 37
My son shall 38 not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he aloneremains, and an accident might happen to him in the journey that you are going :——and you would bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave! But the famine oppressed the 43
couritry, and it arrived that when all- 2 the food they had bought from— the Mitzeraim ended, that their father Return, and buy us a little food. When judah replied to him saying,
‘T he man swore to us, asseverating, ‘ You shall never see my face, unless your brother is with you.’ If you are wise enough to send. our brother with us, we will return and buy food for you to eat. But if you will not send, we will not go-down; for the man said; tous, ‘ Youshall not see my face unless your brother is with you. Why-
didlyou wrong me by telling the man that there was. another brother to And they responded, “ The man
demanded of us about our birthsplace, asking, ‘Have you a father living? Have you a brother ?’ and we told hi_m straightforwardly about those things. How could we know. he would say ‘ Bring your brother down Then judah- exclaimed to Israel,
‘ Send the lad with me, and I will come up, and return; him alive: and if not skill me, myself, as well aslmy children! I pledge myself for him! From my hand seek him if I do not bring him back to you! then banish me from your face, for I shall have sinned against you all my days. If xo
