Genesis 42 Flashcards
Genesis 42:1
When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?”
Genesis 42:2
He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us, so that we may live and not die.”
Genesis 42:3
Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.
Genesis 42:4
But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.
Genesis 42:5
So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain, for the famine was in the land of Canaan also.
Genesis 42:6
Now Joseph was the governor of the land, the one who sold grain to all its people. So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.
Genesis 42:7
As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them. “Where do you come from?” he asked. “From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”
Genesis 42:8
Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.
Genesis 42:9
Then he remembered his dreams about them and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
Genesis 42:10
“No, my lord,” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Genesis 42:11
We are all the sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
Genesis 42:12
“No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”
Genesis 42:13
But they replied, “Your servants were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
Genesis 42:14
Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!
Genesis 42:15
And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives, you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.