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| [1]And he commaunded the ruler of his house, saying: fill the mens sackes with foode, as much as they can cary, & put euery mans mony in his sackesmouth |
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| [2]And put my cup, my siluer cup in the sackes mouth of the youngest, and his corne money also. And he did according to the worde that Ioseph had saide |
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| [3]And in the morning assoone as it was lyght, the men were let go, they, and their asses |
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| [4]And when they were out of the citie, and not yet farre away, Ioseph sayde vnto the ruler of his house: vp, and folowe after the men, & when thou doest ouertake them, thou shalt say vnto them: wherfore haue ye rewarded euyl for good |
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| [5]Is not that the cuppe in the whiche my Lord drinketh? and for the which he consulteth with the propheciers? Ye haue euill done that ye haue done |
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| [6]And when he ouertoke them, he sayd the same wordes vnto them |
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| [7]And they aunswered him: wherfore sayeth my Lorde suche wordes? God forbid that thy seruauntes should do so |
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| [8]Beholde the money which we founde in our sackes mouthes, we brought agayne vnto thee, out of the land of Chanaan: howe then shoulde we steale out of thy Lordes house eyther siluer or golde |
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| [9]With whomsoeuer of thy seruauntes it be founde, let him dye, and we also wyll be my Lordes bondmen |
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| [10]And he said, Nowe also let it be according vnto your wordes: he with whom it is founde, shalbe my seruaunt, and ye shalbe blamelesse |
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| [11]And at once euery man toke downe his sacke to the ground, and euery man opened his sacke |
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| [12]And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left at the youngest: and the cuppe was founde in Beniamins sacke |
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| [13]Then they rent theyr clothes, and laded euery ma his asse, and went againe vnto the citie |
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| [14]And Iuda and his brethren came to Iosephes house (for he [was] yet there) and they fell before him on the ground |
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| [15]And Ioseph sayde vnto them: what deede is this that ye haue done? Wote ye not that suche a man as I do consult with propheciers |
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| [16]Then saide Iuda: what shall we say vnto my lorde? What shall we speake? or howe shall we cleare our selues? God hath founde out the wickednes of thy seruauntes: beholde, we are my lordes seruauntes, both we, yea, and he also with whom the cup is founde |
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| [17]And he aunswered, God forbid that I shoulde do so: but the man with who the cup is found, he shalbe my seruaunt, and get ye hence vp in peace vnto your father |
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| [18]Then Iuda went vnto him, and said: Oh my lorde, let thy seruaunt [I pray thee] speake a worde in my lordes eares, and be not inflamed with wrath agaynst thy seruaunt, for thou art euen as Pharao |
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| [19]My lorde asked his seruauntes, saying: haue ye a father, or a brother |
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| [20]And we aunswered my lorde: we haue a father that is olde, and a young lad, which he begat in his age: and the brother of the sayd lad is dead, and he is all that is left of his mother, and his father loueth him |
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| [21]And thou saidest vnto thy seruauntes: bryng him vnto me, that I may set my eyes vpon him |
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| [22]And we aunswered my Lorde, that the lad could not go from his father, for if he shoulde leaue his father, he were but dead |
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| [23]Then saydest thou vnto thy seruauntes: except your youngest brother come with you, loke that ye see my face no more |
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| [24]And when we came vnto thy seruaunt our father, we shewed hym the wordes of my Lorde |
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| [25]And our father sayde vnto vs: go agayne, and bye vs a litle foode |
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| [26]And we aunswered, we can not go downe: neuerthelesse, if our youngest brother be with vs, then wyll we go downe, for we may not see the mans face, except our youngest brother be with vs |
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| [27]And thy seruaunt our father sayd vnto vs: ye knowe that my wyfe bare me two sonnes |
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| [28]And the one went out from me, and I sayd, of a suretie he is torne in peeces, and I sawe him not since |
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| [29]And if ye take this also away from me, and destruction come vnto him, ye shall bryng my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue |
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| [30]Nowe therefore when I come to thy seruaunt my father, and the lad be not with vs (seing that his life hangeth by the laddes life. |
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| [31]Then shall it come to passe, that assoone as he seeth that the lad is not come, he wyll dye: so shall we thy seruauntes bryng the gray head of thy seruaunt our father with sorowe vnto the graue |
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| [32]For I thy seruaunt became suretie for the lad before my father, and saide: If I bryng hym not vnto thee agayne, I shal beare the blame vnto my father all my lyfe long |
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| [33]Nowe therefore I pray thee, let me thy seruaunt byde here for the lad, and be my lordes bondman, and let the lad go vp with his brethren |
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| [34]For howe can I go vp to my father, if the ladde be not with me? vnlesse I woulde see the wretchednesse that shall come on my father |
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