Genesis - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 45

GENESIS. 44-6

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drinks from ? He is very sharp-sighted. xo 11 16 18 20 21 22 He saw what you were doing ! S0 he pursued, and said this to thcm. Why has my

lord spoken these words accusing your servants of having done such a. thing ? You know we returned to you from the land of Conan the money which we found in the top of our loads. We have not stolen silver or gold from the house of vour lord. If it is found with any of your servants, kill him, and we also wil} be slaves to my lord. It shall be as

you say; Therefore with whoever of you it is, he shall be my slave, and you shall be innocent} Then they hastened and each one

unloaded his load, and he searched beginning at the eldest to the youngest, and found the cup in Benjamins load. Then they tore their garments, and mounted each man his ass and returned to the city. When judah and his brothers came

to ]oseph’s house, and were again brought in, they fell on their faces to the ground. While joseph said to How has this occurred that you have committed? Did you not know that I observe what happens around me? ’ Then judah replied, *‘ What can I

say to my lord? What assert? or how vindicate myself ? God has found out the sin of your slaves in their hands ; alas ! we are slaves to my lord I both

we, and the one in whose hand the cup was found ! Far

be it from me to act thus. The one in whose possession the cup was found, he shall be a slave to me, but you can go in peace to your father} T hen }udah approached him and

To me, my lord, grant now for your slave to speak to the ears of my lord, and let not your anger burn with your slave ;·~—for you are to me like Pharoh. My lord asked of his slaves, saying, ‘ Have you a father, or brother living? and we replied to my lord, ‘ A father lives with us; an old man, and a lad of his old age, the youngest; but his brother is dead. And beside him there is none from his mother, so his father loves him! Then you said to your slaves, ‘ Bring him to me, that I may set my eyes on him.’ But we replied to my lord, ‘ The youth is not able to leave his father; for if he leaves his father then he will die} You, however, said 23 to your slaves, ‘ If you do not bring down your youngest brother with you, you shall not again see my face. And when we went up to your slave, 24 my father, he was informed of the demand of my lord, so that when our father said, ' Return and buy us a little food,' we replied ‘We cannot go down unless our youngest brother is with us. Even should we descend, we cannot see the face of the man unless our youngest brother is with us} Then your slave, my father, said to us, ‘ You know that my wife bore me two lads, and one went from me, and I said, alas! he has been torn to pieces, and I shall see him no more. And if you take this one from my face, and an accident should happen to him, you will bring my grey hairs with sorrow to the grave} So now if I should go to your slave, my father, and the youth is not with us, whose life is bound to his life, it will be then when he sees that the youth is not with us, he will die, and your slave will cause the grey hairs of your slave, our father, to go down in agony to the grave. Besides, your slave pledged himself for the youth to my father, saying, ‘ If we do not bring him back to you, then let me be banished from my father all my days} So now, I pray, let your slave remain, instead of the youth, a slave to my lord, and let the youth return with his brothers; for if I go up to my father, and the youth is not with me, then l shall see the misery that will come upon my father! ’ 26 28 33 34

Then joseph was not able to re- 45 strain himself before all the officers Every man So not a man remained with him while joseph made himself known to his brothers. Then joseph discovered his language to his brothers, and the Mitzerites heard, and it was reported to the house of Pharoh, and joseph said to his brothers, **1 am joseph. Does But his brothers were not able to answer him, for they were terrified, at the sight of him. joseph, therefore, said to his

So I really am joseph, your brother, whom you sold to go to Mitzer. And I know that with fury and rage in your eyes,

i i you sold me; however Gon sent me