1And they entered their house, and every man opened his sack and they saw

2And Jacob said unto them, What is this that you have done to me? I sent

3And Simeon went with you to buy food and you say the king of Egypt hath

4Now therefore my son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead

5And Reuben said unto his father, Thou shalt slay my two sons if I do not

6And Judah said unto them, refrain ye from him until the corn is finished,

7And in those days the famine was sore throughout the land, and all the

8And it came to pass after their corn was finished, the whole household of

9Jacob heard the words of his son's children, and he wept a great weeping,

10And Jacob said unto them, And have you not seen how your children have

11And Judah answered and said unto his father, If thou wilt send our brother

12Dost thou not know and hast thou not heard that this king is very powerful

13Father, thou hast not seen his palace and his throne and all his servants

14Father, thou hast not seen the wisdom, the understanding and the knowledge

15We know not, father, who made him acquainted with our names and all that

16Thou hast not seen the affairs of the government of Egypt regulated by

17And also when we went from him, we threatened to do unto Egypt like unto

18Now therefore father, send we pray thee the lad with us, and we will go

19And Judah said unto Jacob his father, Give the lad into my care and we

20Hast thou seen all our infants weeping over thee through hunger and there

21For how will the Lord's kindness to our ancestors be manifested to thee

22And Jacob said unto his sons, I trust in the Lord God that he may deliver

23Now therefore rise up and go to the man, and take for him in your hands a

24And all the men rose up, and they took their brother Benjamin, and they

25And Jacob strictly commanded his sons concerning Benjamin, saying, Take

26And Jacob rose up from his sons and spread forth his hands and he prayed

27And all the wives of the sons of Jacob and their children lifted up their

28And Jacob wrote a record to the king of Egypt and gave it into the hand of

29From thy servant Jacob, son of Isaac, son of Abraham the Hebrew, the

30Be it known to my lord the king of Egypt, the famine was sore upon us in

31For my sons surrounded me and I being very old cannot see with my eyes,

32And I also commanded them to go about Egypt to seek for my son Joseph,

33Have we not heard concerning thee that thou didst interpret Pharaoh' s

34Now therefore, my lord and king, behold I have sent my son before thee, as

35For dost thou not know, or hast thou not heard that which our God did unto

36And also what my two sons Simeon and Levi did unto the eight cities of the

37And also on account of their brother Benjamin they consoled themselves for

38Dost thou not know, O king of Egypt, that the power of God is with us, and

39And when my sons told me of thy dealings with them, I called not unto the

40Now therefore behold Benjamin my son cometh unto thee with my sons, take

41Now I have told thee all that is in my heart, and behold my sons are

42And Jacob gave the record to his sons into the care of Judah to give it

Chapter 52

Jacob's sorrow at the absence of Simeon. Refuses to let Benjamin