AND they entered their house, and every man opened his sack and they saw and behold every man's bundle of money was there, at which they and their father were greatly terrified.
And Ya`aqov said unto them, What is this that you have done to me? I sent your brother Yoceph to inquire after your welfare and you said unto me. A wild beast did devour him.
And Shim`on went with you to buy food and you say the king of Mitsrayim has confined him in prison, and you wish to take Binyamiyn to cause his death also, and bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to She'ol on account of Binyamiyn and his brother Yoceph.
Now therefore my son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead and he is left alone, and mischief may befall him by the way in which you go, as it befell his brother.
And Re'uven said unto his father, You shall slay my two sons if I do not bring your son and place him before you; and Ya`aqov said unto his sons, Abide ye here and do not go down to Mitsrayim, for my son shall not go down with you to Mitsrayim, nor die like his brother.
And Yahudah said unto them, Refrain ye from him until the grain is finished, and he will then say, Take down your brother, when he will find his own life and the life of his household in danger from the famine.
And in those days the famine was sore throughout the land, and all the people of the earth went and came to Mitsrayim to buy food, for the famine prevailed greatly amongst them, and the sons of Ya`aqov remained in Kena`an a year and two months until their grain was finished.
And it came to pass after their grain was finished, the whole household of Ya`aqov was pinched with hunger, and all the infants of the sons of Ya`aqov came together and they approached Ya`aqov, and they all surrounded him, and they said unto him, Give unto us bread, and wherefore shall we all perish through hunger in your presence?
Ya`aqov heard the words of his son's children, and he wept a great weeping, and his pity was roused for them, and Ya`aqov called unto his sons and they all came and sat before him.
And Ya`aqov said unto them, And have you not seen how your children have been weeping over me this day, saying, Give unto us bread, and there is none? now therefore return and buy for us a little food.
And Yahudah answered and said unto his father, If you will send our brother with us we will go down and buy grain for you, and if you will not send him then we will not go down, for surely the king of Mitsrayim particularly enjoined us, saying, You shall not see my face unless your brother be with you, for the king of Mitsrayim is a strong and mighty king, and behold if we shall go to him without our brother we shall all be put to death.
Do you not know and have you not heard that this king is very powerful and wise, and there is not like unto him in all the earth? behold we have seen all the kings of the earth and we have not seen one like that king, the king of Mitsrayim; surely amongst all the kings of the earth there is none greater than Aviymelek king of the Pelishtiym, yet the king of Mitsrayim is greater and mightier than he, and Aviymelek can only be compared to one of his officers.
Father, you have not seen his palace and his throne, and all his servants standing before him; you have not seen that king upon his throne in his pomp and royal appearance, dressed in his kingly robes with a large golden crown upon his head; you have not seen the honor and glory which Elohiym has given unto him, for there is not like unto him in all the earth.
Father, you have not seen the wisdom, the understanding and the knowledge which Elohiym has given in his heart, nor heard his sweet voice when he spoke unto us.
We know not, father, who made him acquainted with our names and all that befell us, yet he asked also after you, saying, Is your father still living, and is it well with him?
You have not seen the affairs of the government of Mitsrayim regulated by him, without inquiring of Phar'oh his adoniy; you have not seen the awe and fear which he impressed upon all the Mitsriym.
And also when we went from him, we threatened to do unto Mitsrayim like unto the rest of the cities of the Emoriym, and we were exceedingly wroth against all his words which he spoke concerning us as spies, and now when we shall again come before him his terror will fall upon us all, and not one of us will be able to speak to him either a little or a great thing.
Now therefore father, send we pray you the lad with us, and we will go down and buy you food for our support, and not die through hunger. And Ya`aqov said, Why have you dealt so ill with me to tell the king you had a brother? what is this thing that you have done unto me?
And Yahudah said unto Ya`aqov his father, Give the lad into my care and we will rise up and go down to Mitsrayim and buy grain, and then return, and it shall be when we return if the lad be not with us, then let me bear your blame forever.
Have you seen all our infants weeping over you through hunger and there is no power in your hand to satisfy them? now let your pity be roused for them and send our brother with us and we will go.
For how will Yahuah's kindness to our ancestors be manifested to you when you say that the king of Mitsrayim will take away your son? as Yahuah lives I will not leave him until I bring him and place him before you; but pray for us unto Yahuah, that he may deal kindly with us, to cause us to be received favorably and kindly before the king of Mitsrayim and his men, for had we not delayed surely now we had returned a second time with your son.
And Ya`aqov said unto his sons, I trust in Yahuah Elohiym that he may deliver you and give you favor in the sight of the king of Mitsrayim, and in the sight of all his men.
Now therefore rise up and go to the man, and take for him in your hands a present from what can be obtained in the land and bring it before him, and may El Shaddai Elohiym give you mercy before him that he may send Binyamiyn and Shim`on your brethren with you.
And all the men rose up, and they took their brother Binyamiyn, and they took in their hands a large present of the best of the land, and they also took a double portion of silver.
And Ya`aqov strictly commanded his sons concerning Binyamiyn, saying, Take heed of him in the way in which you are going, and do not separate yourselves from him in the road, neither in Mitsrayim.
And Ya`aqov rose up from his sons and spread forth his hands and he prayed unto Yahuah on account of his sons, saying, O Yahuah Elohiym of heaven and earth, remember your covenant with our father Avraham, remember it with my father Yitschaq and deal kindly with my sons and deliver them not into the hands of the king of Mitsrayim; do it I pray you O Elohiym for the sake of your mercies and redeem all my children and rescue them from Mitsriy power, and send them their two brothers.
And all the women of the sons of Ya`aqov and their children lifted up their eyes to heaven and they all wept before Yahuah, and cried unto him to deliver their fathers from the hand of the king of Mitsrayim.
And Ya`aqov wrote a record to the king of Mitsrayim and gave it into the hand of Yahudah and into the hands of his sons for the king of Mitsrayim, saying,
From your servant Ya`aqov, son of Yitschaq, son of Avraham the Ivriy, the prince of Elohiym, to the powerful and wise king, the revealer of secrets, king of Mitsrayim, greeting.
Be it known to my adoniy the king of Mitsrayim, the famine was sore upon us in the land of Kena`an, and I sent my sons to you to buy us a little food from you for our support.
For my sons surrounded me and I being very old cannot see with my eyes, for my eyes have become very heavy through age, as well as with daily weeping for my son, for Yoceph who was lost from before me, and I commanded my sons that they should not enter the gates of the city when they came to Mitsrayim, on account of the inhabitants of the land.
And I also commanded them to go about Mitsrayim to seek for my son Yoceph, perhaps they might find him there, and they did so, and you did consider them as spies of the land.
Have we not heard concerning you that you did interpret Phar'oh's dream and did speak truly unto him? how then do you not know in your wisdom whether my sons are spies or not?
Now therefore, my adoniy and king, behold I have sent my son before you, as you did speak unto my sons; I beseech you to put your eyes upon him until he is returned to me in peace with his brethren.
For do you not know, or have you not heard that which our Elohiym did unto Phar'oh when he took my mother Sarah, and what he did unto Aviymelek king of the Pelishtiym on account of her, and also what our father Avraham did unto the nine kings of Eylam, how he smote them all with a few men that were with him?
And also what my two sons Shim`on and Leviy did unto the eight cities of the Emoriym, how they destroyed them on account of their sister Diynah?
And also on account of their brother Binyamiyn they consoled themselves for the loss of his brother Yoceph; what will they then do for him when they see the hand of any people prevailing over them, for his sake?
Do you not know, O king of Mitsrayim, that the power of Elohiym is with us, and that also Elohiym ever hears our prayers and forsakes us not all the days?
And when my sons told me of your dealings with them, I called not unto Yahuah on account of you, for then you would have perished with your men before my son Binyamiyn came before you, but I thought that as Shim`on my son was in your house, perhaps you might deal kindly with him, therefore I did not this thing unto you.
Now therefore behold Binyamiyn my son comes unto you with my sons, take heed of him and put your eyes upon him, and then will Elohiym place his eyes over you and throughout your kingdom.
Now I have told you all that is in my heart, and behold my sons are coming to you with their brother, examine the face of the whole earth for their sake and send them back in peace with their brethren.
And Ya`aqov gave the record to his sons into the care of Yahudah to give it unto the king of Mitsrayim.