Genesis 43 And the famine is heavy in the land.

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ And the famine is heavy in the land. ² And coming is it, as they finish eating the victuals which they had brought from Egypt, then saying to them is their father, "Return. Purchase for us a little food. ³ And speaking to him is Judah, saying, "The man testified, yea, testified to us, saying, `You shall not see my face, if your small brother fails to be with you!. ⁴ Should you, forsooth, send our brother with us, down will we go and purchase food for you. ⁵ Yet should you not be sending our brother with us, we will not go down, for the man said to us, `You shall not see my face if your small brother fails to be with you!. ⁶ And saying is Israel, "Why did you do evil to me by telling the man you have still another brother? ⁷ And saying are they, "In his asking, the man asked concerning us and concerning our kindred, saying, `Still is your father living? Forsooth, have you a brother?' And we told him, at his bidding these matters of which he asked. Did we know, yea, know that he would say to us, `Bring down your brother'? ⁸ And saying is Judah to Israel, his father, "Send the youth with me, and we will rise and go, and live and not die, both we, and you and our tots. ⁹ I will be surety for him. From my hand shall you seek him. Should I not bring him to you and put him before you, then I sin against you all my days. ¹⁰ For, were we not obliged to dally, by now we had returned this twice. ¹¹ And saying to them is Israel, their father, "If so, indeed, do this: Take from the pruned fruit trees of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present offering, a little balm and a little honey, perfume and labdanum, pistachio nuts and almonds. ¹² And money, duplicated, take in your hand, and the money that was restored in the mouth of your bags, restore by your hand. Perhaps it was an error. ¹³ And your brother take, and rise and return to the man. ¹⁴ And the El-Who-Suffices give you compassion before the man, so that he lets your other brother and Benjamin go! And I, as I am bereaved, am I bereaved!" ¹⁵ And taking are the mortals this present offering and duplicate money take they in their hand, and Benjamin. And rising and going down are they to Egypt. And standing are they before Joseph. ¹⁶ And seeing them is Joseph, and Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son, and saying is he to him who is over his household, "Bring the mortals to the house, and slaughter a slaughter and make ready, for with me shall the mortals eat bread at noon. ¹⁷ And doing is the man as Joseph says. And bringing is the man the mortals to Joseph's house. ¹⁸ And fearful are the mortals, for they are brought to Joseph's house. And saying are they, "On account of the matter of the money returned in our bags at the start are we being brought, to roll himself upon us, and to fall upon us, to take us for servants, and our asses. ¹⁹ And close are they coming to the man who is over Joseph's household, and speaking are they to him at the portal of the house. ²⁰ And saying are they, "O! my lord. Down, yea, down came we at the start to purchase food. ²¹ And it came that we come to the lodging and opened our bags, and, behold! The money of each man was in the mouth of his bag, our money by its weight, yet we will restore it with our hands. ²² And other money have we brought down in our hand to purchase food. Not know do we who placed our money in our bags. ²³ And saying is he, "Peace be to you! You must not be fearful. Your Elohim and the Elohim of your forefathers gave you buried treasure in your bags. Your money came to me. ²⁴ And forth is he bringing Simeon to them. And bringing is the man the mortals to Joseph's house. And giving them is he water, and washing are they their feet. And giving is he provender to their asses. ²⁵ And preparing are they the present offering, till the coming of Joseph at noon, for they hear that they shall eat bread there. ²⁶ And coming home is Joseph, and bringing are they the present offering which is in their hand to the house to him, and prostrating are they to him with their nostrils to the earth. ²⁷ And asking them is he as to their welfare, and saying to them, "The welfare of your father, the old man of whom you were speaking; still living is he? ²⁸ And saying are they, "Well fares your servant, our father. Still living is he.And he said, "Blessed be that man by the Elohim!"And bowing are they the head and prostrating to him. ²⁹ And lifting is Joseph his eyes and seeing Benjamin, his brother, his mother's son. And saying is he, "Is this your small brother of whom you said you would bring him to me?And saying is he, "The Elohim be gracious to you, my son!" ³⁰ And hastening is Joseph, for fervid is his compassion for his brother, and seeking is he to weep. And entering is he his chamber and is weeping there. ³¹ And washing is he his face and faring forth. And checking himself is he, and saying "Place on bread. ³² And placing are they for him alone and for them alone, for the Egyptians are eating with him alone, for the Egyptians cannot eat bread with Hebrews, for that is an abhorrence to the Egyptians. ³³ And sitting are they before him, the firstborn according to his birthright and the inferior in station according to his inferior estate. And amazed are the mortals, each man at his associate. ³⁴ And lifting up is he helpings, from before him, for them, and much more is Benjamin's helping than all their helpings by five handfuls. And drinking are they with him and are gratified.