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tarying, doutlesse by this we had returned the he asked them of their prosperitie, and sayd, Is
second time. 11 Then their father Israel sayd vnto your father the olde man, of whome ye tolde me,
them, If it must needes be so now, do thus: take of in good health? is he yet aliue? 28 Who answered,
the best fruites of the lande in your vessels, and Thy seruant our father is in good health, he is yet
bring the man a present, a little rosen, and a little aliue: and they bowed downe, and made obey-
hony, spices and myrrhe, nuttes, and almondes: sance. 29 And he lifting vp his eyes, beheld his
12 And take double money in your hande, and the brother Beniamin his mothers sonne, and sayde,
money, that was brought againe in your sackes Is this your yonger brother, of whome ye tolde
mouthes: cary it againe in your hand, lest it me? And he said, God be merciful vnto thee, my
were some ouersight. 13 Take also your brother sone. 30 And Ioseph made haste (for his affection
and arise, and go againe to the man. 14 And was inflamed towarde his brother, and sought
God almightie giue you mercie in the sight of where to weepe) and entred into his chamber,
the man, that hee may deliuer you your other and wept there. 31 Afterward he washed his
brother, and Beniamin: but I shall be robbed of face, and came out, and refrained himselfe, and
my childe, as I haue bene. 15 Thus the men tooke sayd, Set on meate. 32 And they prepared for
this present, and tooke twise so much money him by himselfe, and for them by themselues,
in their hande with Beniamin, and rose vp, and and for the Egyptians, which did eate with him,
went downe to Egypt and stoode before Ioseph. by themselues, because the Egyptians might not
16 And whe Ioseph saw Beniamin with them, he eate bread with the Ebrewes: for that was an
sayde to his stewarde, Bring these men home and abomination vnto the Egyptians. 33 So they sate
kill meate, and make ready: for the men shall eate before him: the eldest according vnto his age,
with me at noone. 17 And the man did as Ioseph and the yongest according vnto his youth. and
bad, and brought the men vnto Iosephs house. the men marueiled among themselues. 34 And
18 Nowe when the men were brought into Iosephs they tooke meases from before him, and sent to
house, they were afrayd, and sayd, Because of the them: but Beniamins mease was fiue times so
money, that came in our sackes mouthes at the much as any of theirs: and they drunke, and had
first time, are we brought, that hee may picke of the best drinke with him.
a quarrell against vs, and lay some thing to our
charge, and bring vs in bondage and our asses. 44
19 Therefore came they to Iosephs stewarde, and 1 Afterward he commanded his steward, say-
communed with him at the doore of ye house. ing, Fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as
20 And said, Oh syr, we came in deede down hither they can carry, and put euery mans money in his
at the first time to bye foode, 21 And as wee came sackes mouth. 2 And put my cup, I meane the
to an ynne and opened our sackes, behold, euery siluer cup, in the sackes mouth of the yongest,
mans money was in his sackes mouth, euen our and his corne money. And he did according to the
money in full weight, but we haue brought it commandement that Ioseph gaue him. 3 And in
againe in our handes. 22 Also other money haue the morning the men were sent away, they, and
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we brought in our handes to bye foode, but we their asses. And when they went out of the citie
cannot tell, who put our money in our sackes. not farre off, Ioseph sayd to his stewarde, Vp,
23 And he said, Peace be vnto you, feare not: your follow after the men: and when thou doest ouer-
God and the God of your father hath giuen you take them, say vnto them, Wherefore haue ye
rewarded euill for good? Is that not the cuppe,
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that treasure in your sackes, I had your money: wherein my Lord drinketh? and in the which
and he brought forth Simeon to them. 24 So the he doeth deuine and prophecie? ye haue done
man led them into Iosephs house, and gaue them euill in so doing. And when he ouertooke them,
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water to wash their feete, and gaue their asses he sayde those wordes vnto them. 7 And they
prouender. 25 And they made ready their present answered him, Wherefore sayeth my lorde such
against Ioseph came at noone, (for they heard wordes? God forbid that thy seruants should
say, that they should eate bread there) 26 When do such a thing. 8 Behold, the money which we
Ioseph came home, they brought the present into found in our sackes mouthes, wee brought againe
the house to him, which was in their handes, and
bowed downe to the grounde before him. 27 And to thee out of the land of Canaan: how then
should we steale out of thy lordes house siluer