1 And the famine was severe in the land. 2 and it came to pass, when they had finished eating the grain which they brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, “Return, buy for us a little food.” 3 And Judah spoke to him, saying, “The man protesting protested to us, saying, You do not see my face without your brother being with you. 4 If you are sending our brother with us, we go down, and buy for you food, 5 and if you are not sending—we do not go down, for the man said to us, You do not see my face without your brother being with you.” 6 And Israel said, “Why did you do evil to me, by declaring to the man that you had yet a brother?” 7 And they said, “The man asked diligently concerning us, and concerning our family, saying, Is your father yet alive? Have you a brother? And we declared to him according to the tenor of these things. Did we certainly know that he will say, Bring down your brother?” 8 And Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the youth with me, and we arise, and go, and live, and do not die, both we, and you, and our infants. 9 I am guarantor for him, from my hand you require him. If I have not brought him to you, and set him before you—then I have sinned against you all the days. 10 For if we had not lingered, surely now we had returned these two times.” 11 And their father Israel said to them, “If so, now, do this: take of the praised thing of the land in your vessels, and take down to the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices and myrrh, nuts and almonds. 12 And double money take in your hand, even the money which is brought back in the mouth of your bags, you take back in your hand, it may be it was an oversight. 13 And take your brother, and rise, return to the man. 14 And God Almighty give to you mercies before the man, so that he has sent to you your other brother and Benjamin. And I, when I am bereaved—I am bereaved.” 15 And the men took this present, double money also they had taken in their hand, and Benjamin. And they rose, and go down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph. 16 And Joseph saw Benjamin with them and said to him who was over his house, “Bring the men into the house, and slaughter an animal, and make ready, for the men eat with me at noon.” 17 And the man did as Joseph had said, and the man brought in the men into the house of Joseph, 18 and the men were afraid because they had been brought into the house of Joseph, and they said, “For the matter of the money which was put back in our bags at the beginning are we brought in—to roll himself on us, and to throw himself on us, and to take us for servants—our donkeys also.” 19 And they came near to the man who was over the house of Joseph, and spoke to him at the opening of the house, 20 and said, “O my lord, we really come down at the beginning to buy food. 21 And it came to pass, when we had come to the lodging-place, and opened our bags, that look, each one’s money was in the mouth of his bag, our money in its weight, and we bring it back in our hand. 22 And other money have we brought down in our hand to buy food. We have not known who put our money in our bags.” 23 And he said, “Peace to you, do not fear: your God and the God of your father has given to you hidden treasure in your bags, your money came to me.” And he brought out Simeon to them. 24 And the man brought in the men into Joseph’s house, and gave water, and they washed their feet. And he gave provender for their donkeys, 25 and they prepared the present until the coming of Joseph at noon, for they had heard that there they eat bread. 26 And Joseph came into the house, and they brought to him the present which was in their hand, into the house, and bowed themselves to him, to the earth. 27 And he asked of them of peace and said, “Is your father well? The aged man of whom you have spoken, is he yet alive?” 28 And they said, “Your servant our father is well, he is yet alive.” and they bowed, and payed respect. 29 And he lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, and said, “Is this your young brother, of whom you have spoken to me?” And he said, “God favor you, my son.” 30 And Joseph hurried, for his bowels had been moved for his brother, and he sought to weep, and entered the inner chamber, and wept there. 31 And he washed his face, and goes out, and refrained himself, and said, “Place bread.” 32 And they placed for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves: for the Egyptians were unable to eat bread with the Hebrews, for it was an abomination to the Egyptians. 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the young one according to his youth, and the men wondered one at another. 34 And he lifted up gifts from before him to them, and the gift of Benjamin is five hands more than the gifts of all of them. And they drank, indeed, they drank abundantly with him.