Genesis 43

English: Kempton Translation

¹ And the famine became heavy in the landland.

² And it was as^◦ they completed eatingeating what they purchased which they had brought from EgyptEgypt, that their fatherfather saidsaid to^▵ them, ReturnReturn, purchase for usus a··little food.

³ And JudahJudah saidsaid to^▵ him, saying, Testifying the manman^◦ did testify to usus, saying, You shall not seesee my faceface without your brotherbrother with^◦ you.

⁴ If thou wilt sendsend our brotherbrother with^◦ usus, we will gogo··downdown and purchase food for thee.

⁵ And if thou wilt not^◦ sendsend him, we will not gogo··downdown; for the manman^◦ saidsaid to^▵ usus, You shall not seesee my faceface without your brotherbrother with^◦ you.

⁶ And IsraelIsrael saidsaid, Why did you do··evil to me, to telltell the manman^◦ whether you had yet a brotherbrother?

⁷ And they saidsaid, Asking, the manman^◦ asked as to usus and as to our birthbirth, saying, Is your fatherfather still alive? Have^◦ you a brotherbrother? And we told him upon the mouthmouth of these wordswords. KnowingKnowing could we knowknow that he would saysay, Bring· your brotherbrother ·downdown?

⁸ And JudahJudah saidsaid to^▵ IsraelIsrael his fatherfather, SendSend the ladlad with^◦ me, and we will arise and gogo; and we will live, and not diedie, both^◦ we^◦ and^◦ thou^◦, and^◦ our infants.

⁹ I^▵ will be··suretysurety for him; from my handhand shalt thou seek him; if I bringbring him not to^▵ thee, and place^◦ him beforebefore thee, then I shall be sinning to thee all the daysdays.

¹⁰ For if· we had ·not lingeredlingered, surely^▵ we would have now returnedreturned these two··times^◦.

¹¹ And their fatherfather IsraelIsrael saidsaid to^▵ them, If this be so, then^◦ do this: take of the song^* of the landland in your vesselsvessels, and bring··downdown to the manman^◦ a gift··offeringoffering, a··little balmbalm and a··little honeyhoney, aromas and stacte, pistachios and almonds.

¹² And take double^◦ the silversilver in your handshands, and the silversilver that was returnedreturned in the mouthmouth of your bags, returnreturn it in your handhand; perhaps it^◦ was an error.

¹³ And receive^◦ your brotherbrother^*, and arisearise, and returnreturn to^▵ the manman^◦.

¹⁴ And God^◦ ShaddaiShaddai givegive you compassions beforebefore the manman^◦, and sendsend you your other brotherbrother and Benjaminand Benjamin. And I^◦, as^◦ I have been bereaved, I shall be bereaved.

¹⁵ And the men^◦ took this gift^◦, and they took double^◦ the silversilver in their handhand, and Benjaminand Benjamin; and roserose··up, and went··downdown to EgyptEgypt, and stoodstood beforebefore JosephJoseph.

¹⁶ And JosephJoseph sawsaw BenjaminBenjamin with^◦ them, and he saidsaid to him who was over his househouse, BringBring the men^◦ to the househouse, and butchering, butcher and prepare; for the men^◦ shall eateat with^◦ me at noonnoon.

¹⁷ And the manman^◦ did as^◦ JosephJoseph saidsaid; and the manman^◦ brought the menmen^◦ to JosephJoseph’s househouse.

¹⁸ And the men^◦ fearedfeared, for they were brought··into the househouse of JosephJoseph; and they saidsaid, Concerning the wordword of the silversilver returnedreturned in our bags in the beginning are we^◦ brought; to rollroll down on usus, and to fallfall on usus, and to take usus for servantsservants, and our donkeysdonkeys.

¹⁹ And they approached the manman^◦ who was over JosephJoseph’s househouse, and they spokespoke to^▵ him at^* the entranceentrance of the househouse,

²⁰ and saidsaid, In··me^*, my lordmy lord, coming··downdown we came··downdown in the beginning to purchase food;

²¹ and it was, when^◦ we camecame to^▵ the inninn and we openedopened our bags, and behold, a manman’s^◦ silversilver in the mouthmouth of his bag, our silversilver in its weight; and we have returnedreturned it backback in our handhand.

²² And other silversilver have we brought··downdown in our handhand to purchase food; we knowknow not who putput our silversilver in our bags.

²³ And he saidsaid, PeacePeace be to you, fear notfear not; your GodGod and the GodGod of your fatherfather gave you a concealed gift in your bags; your silversilver camecame to^▵ me. And he brought· SimeonSimeon ·out to^▵ them.

²⁴ And the manman^◦ brought the menmen^◦ to^▫ JosephJoseph’s househouse, and gave waterwater, and they bathedbathed their feetfeet; and he gave their donkeysdonkeys fodderfodder.

²⁵ And they prepared the gift··offeringoffering against the comingcoming of JosephJoseph at noonnoon; for they heardheard that they should eateat breadbread there.

²⁶ And JosephJoseph camecame to^▫ the househouse, and they brought him the gift··offeringoffering which was in their handhand to^▫ the househouse, and bowedbowed· themselves ·down to him to^▫ the earthearth.

²⁷ And he asked them as to their peace, and saidsaid, Is there peace with your fatherfather, the old one of whom you talk? Is he still livingliving?

²⁸ And they saidsaid, There is peace to thy servantservant our fatherfather; he is yet alive. And they bent··themselves, and bowedbowed· themselves ·down.

²⁹ And he liftedlifted··up his eyeseyes, and sawsaw BenjaminBenjamin his brotherbrother, his mothermother’s sonson, and saidsaid, Is this your youngestyoungest^◦ brotherbrother, of whom you saidsaid to^▵ me? And he saidsaid, GodGod be··gracious··to thee, my sonson.

³⁰ And JosephJoseph made··hastehaste, for his compassions^* did yearn toward^▵ his brotherbrother; and he sought to weepweep, and he camecame to the bed chamber, and weptwept there.

³¹ And he bathedbathed his facesfaces, and went··out, and he held··himself··back, and saidsaid, Set on breadbread.

³² And they set on for him alone, and for them alone, and for the EgyptiansEgyptians^◦ who did eateat with^◦ him, alone; because^◦ the EgyptiansEgyptians^◦ are· not ·able to eateat breadbread with the HebrewsHebrews; because^◦ this^◦ is an abomination to the EgyptiansEgyptians.

³³ And they satsat beforebefore him, the firstbornfirstborn according··to his birthright, and the youngest^▵ being··youngest; and the menmen^◦ were amazed, a manman^◦ to^▵ his companioncompanion.

³⁴ And he carried out portions^◦^* from with^◦ him^* to^▵ them; and he multiplied BenjaminBenjamin’s portion^◦ above^◦ the portions^◦ of them all, fivefive measures^*. And they drankdrank and drankdrank··largely with him.

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Dramatize the Story of Joseph Receiving His Brothers
Retell the story or read selected portions from the Word as the children dramatize the story of the brothers going to Egypt and being reunited with Joseph.
Activity | Ages 4 - 10

Joseph's Cup Found - Level A
Complete lesson with activity choices: make a special cup for Joseph, have your own feast with some foods that were eaten in ancient Egypt, scripted story discussion, coloring picture, and a memory verse.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 4 - 6

Joseph's Cup Found - Level B
Complete lesson with activity choices: make a special cup for Joseph, play Brothers Bingo to help you learn the names of all Joseph's brothers, sing a song to learn the names of the sons of Israel (video), scripted story discussion, coloring picture, and a memory verse.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 7 - 10

Joseph's Cup Found - Level C
Complete lesson with activity choices: service activity of preparing food for your congregation, explore the idea of what honesty is in the Joseph story and in your own life with skits, read and reflect on a door handle sign about being honest and shunning deceit, and a scripted story discussion.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 11 - 14

Joseph's Cup Found - Level D
Complete lesson with activity choices: service activity of making care bags for a person or family in need, explore how taking responsibility for one's actions in 4 different stages can be a turning point in "Turn and Live", read and reflect on a door handle sign about being honest and shunning deceit, and a scripted story discussion.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 15 - 17

Joseph Welcomes His Family
Lesson outline provides teaching ideas with questions for discussion, projects, and activities.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 7 - 10

Overview of Joseph a Man of Integrity Levels A B C D for Ages 3-18
Overview of the Youth Journey Program "Joseph: a man of integrity", Levels A, B, C, and D for ages 3-18.
Sunday School Lesson | Ages 3 - 18

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