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Genesis 43:16

Verse 16 of 34. The 43rd of 50 chapters in Genesis, in The Law.

12and take double money in your hand, and take back the money that was returned in the mouth of your sacks. Perhaps it was an oversight.

13Take your brother also, get up, and return to the man.

14May God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may release to you your other brother and Benjamin. If I am bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.”

15The men took that present, and they took double money in their hand, and Benjamin; and got up, went down to Egypt, and stood before Joseph.

16When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, “Bring the men into the house, and butcher an animal, and prepare; for the men will dine with me at noon.”

17The man did as Joseph commanded, and the man brought the men to Joseph’s house.

18The men were afraid, because they were brought to Joseph’s house; and they said, “Because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, we’re brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, attack us, and seize us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”

19They came near to the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke to him at the door of the house,

20and said, “Oh, my lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.

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World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.