Chapter 53

Jacob's Sons again go to Egypt for Bread. Benjamin is presented

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Jacob's Sons again go to Egypt for Bread. Benjamin is presented
1And the sons of Jacob rose up and took Benjamin and the whole of the
2And Joseph beheld his brother Benjamin with them and he saluted them, and
3And Joseph commanded the superintendent of his house to give to his
4And at noon time Joseph sent for the men to come before him with Benjamin,
5And Simeon said unto his brethren, The lord of the Egyptians has acted very
6And Judah took Benjamin by the hand, and they came before Joseph, and they
7And the men gave the present unto Joseph and they all sat before him, and
8And Joseph read the letter and knew his father's writing, and he wished to
9And he lifted up his eyes and beheld his brother Benjamin, and he said, Is
10And when Joseph saw his brother, the son of his mother, he again wished to
11And Joseph had a cup from which he drank, and it was of silver beautifully
12And Joseph said unto the men, I know by this cup that Reuben the first
13And he also placed the others according to their births, and he said, I
14And Benjamin went up before Joseph and sat upon the throne, and the men
15And Joseph brought them out wine to drink, and they would not drink, and
16And Joseph swore unto them, and he pressed them hard, and they drank
17And Joseph said unto him, Hast thou begotten any children? and he said,
18And he ordered them to bring before him his map of the stars, whereby
19And Benjamin said, Thy servant is knowing also in all the wisdom which my
20And Benjamin beheld that instrument with the map of the stars of heaven,
21And Benjamin said unto Joseph, I can see by this that Joseph my brother
22And if they dare their lives and fight for thee, then shall I know that
23At that time Joseph commanded his officer to fill their sacks with food,
24And on the next day the men rose up early in the morning, and they loaded
25They had not gone far from Egypt when Joseph commanded him that was set
26And Joseph's officer rose up and he reached them, and he spoke unto them
27And they hastened and each man brought down his sack from his ass, and
28And Judah's anger was kindled, and he said, This man has only brought me
29And the men came to Joseph's house, and they found Joseph sitting upon his
30And Joseph said unto them, What is this act that you have done, that you
31And Judah said, What shall we say to our lord, what shall we speak and how
32And Joseph rose up and caught hold of Benjamin and took him from his

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