¹Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?

¹فلما رأى يعقوب انه يوجد قمح في مصر قال يعقوب لبنيه لماذا تنظرون بعضكم الى بعض.

²And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt: get you down thither, and buy for us from thence; that we may live, and not die.

²وقال اني قد سمعت انه يوجد قمح في مصر. انزلوا الى هناك واشتروا لنا من هناك لنحيا ولا نموت.

³And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.

³فنزل عشرة من اخوة يوسف ليشتروا قمحا من مصر.

⁴But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.

⁴واما بنيامين اخو يوسف فلم يرسله يعقوب مع اخوته. لانه قال لعلّه تصيبه اذيّة

⁵And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁵فاتى بنو اسرائيل ليشتروا بين الذين اتوا. لان الجوع كان في ارض كنعان.

⁶And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.

⁶وكان يوسف هو المسلّط على الارض وهو البائع لكل شعب الارض. فأتى اخوة يوسف وسجدوا له بوجوههم الى الارض.

⁷And Joseph saw his brethren, and he knew them, but made himself strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them; and he said unto them, Whence come ye? And they said, From the land of Canaan to buy food.

⁷ولما نظر يوسف اخوته عرفهم. فتنكّر لهم وتكلم معهم بجفاء وقال لهم من اين جئتم. فقالوا من ارض كنعان لنشتري طعاما.

⁸And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.

⁸وعرف يوسف اخوته. واما هم فلم يعرفوه

⁹And Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed of them, and said unto them, Ye are spies; to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

⁹فتذكر يوسف الاحلام التي حلم عنهم وقال لهم جواسيس انتم. لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.

¹⁰And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

¹⁰فقالوا له لا يا سيدي. بل عبيدك جاءوا ليشتروا طعاما.

¹¹We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

¹¹نحن جميعنا بنو رجل واحد. نحن أمناء. ليس عبيدك جواسيس.

¹²And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.

¹²فقال لهم كلا بل لتروا عورة الارض جئتم.

¹³And they said, Thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

¹³فقالوا عبيدك اثنا عشر اخا. نحن بنو رجل واحد في ارض كنعان. وهوذا الصغير عند ابينا اليوم والواحد مفقود.

¹⁴And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:

¹⁴فقال لهم يوسف ذلك ما كلمتكم به قائلا جواسيس انتم.

¹⁵Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.

¹⁵بهذا تمتحنون. وحياة فرعون لا تخرجون من هنا الا بمجيء اخيكم الصغير الى هنا.

¹⁶Send one of you, and let him fetch your brother, and ye shall be kept in prison, that your words may be proved, whether there be any truth in you: or else by the life of Pharaoh surely ye are spies.

¹⁶ارسلوا منكم واحدا ليجيء باخيكم وانتم تحبسون. فيمتحن كلامكم هل عندكم صدق. وإلا فوحياة فرعون انكم لجواسيس.

¹⁷And he put them all together into ward three days.

¹⁷فجمعهم الى حبس ثلاثة ايام

¹⁸And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:

¹⁸ثم قال لهم يوسف في اليوم الثالث افعلوا هذا واحيوا. انا خائف الله.

¹⁹If ye be true men, let one of your brethren be bound in the house of your prison: go ye, carry corn for the famine of your houses:

¹⁹ان كنتم أمناء فليحبس اخ واحد منكم في بيت حبسكم وانطلقوا انتم وخذوا قمحا لمجاعة بيوتكم.

²⁰But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.

²⁰واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فيتحقّق كلامكم ولا تموتوا. ففعلوا هكذا.

²¹And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.

²¹وقالوا بعضهم لبعض حقّا اننا مذنبون الى اخينا الذي رأينا ضيقة نفسه لما استرحمنا ولم نسمع. لذلك جاءت علينا هذه الضيقة.

²²And Reuben answered them, saying, Spake I not unto you, saying, Do not sin against the child; and ye would not hear? therefore, behold, also his blood is required.

²²فاجابهم رأوبين قائلا ألم اكلمكم قائلا لا تأثموا بالولد وانتم لم تسمعوا. فهوذا دمه يطلب.

²³And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.

²³وهم لم يعلموا ان يوسف فاهم. لان الترجمان كان بينهم.

²⁴And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁴فتحول عنهم وبكى. ثم رجع اليهم وكلمهم. واخذ منهم شمعون وقيّده امام عيونهم

²⁵Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.

²⁵ثم امر يوسف ان تملأ اوعيتهم قمحا وتردّ فضة كل واحد الى عدله وان يعطوا زادا للطريق. ففعل لهم هكذا.

²⁶And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.

²⁶فحملوا قمحهم على حميرهم ومضوا من هناك.

²⁷And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.

²⁷فلما فتح احدهم عدله ليعطي عليقا لحماره في المنزل رأى فضته واذا هي في فم عدله.

²⁸And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?

²⁸فقال لاخوته ردّت فضتي وها هي في عدلي. فطارت قلوبهم وارتعدوا بعضهم في بعض قائلين ما هذا الذي صنعه الله بنا

²⁹And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

²⁹فجاءوا الى يعقوب ابيهم الى ارض كنعان واخبروه بكل ما اصابهم قائلين.

³⁰The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.

³⁰تكلم معنا الرجل سيد الارض بجفاء وحسبنا جواسيس الارض.

³¹And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:

³¹فقلنا له نحن أمناء. لسنا جواسيس.

³²We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

³²نحن اثنا عشر اخا بنو ابينا. الواحد مفقود والصغير اليوم عند ابينا في ارض كنعان.

³³And the man, the lord of the country, said unto us, Hereby shall I know that ye are true men; leave one of your brethren here with me, and take food for the famine of your households, and be gone:

³³فقال لنا الرجل سيد الارض بهذا اعرف انكم أمناء. دعوا اخا واحدا منكم عندي وخذوا لمجاعة بيوتكم وانطلقوا.

³⁴And bring your youngest brother unto me: then shall I know that ye are no spies, but that ye are true men: so will I deliver you your brother, and ye shall traffic in the land.

³⁴واحضروا اخاكم الصغير اليّ. فاعرف انكم لستم جواسيس بل انكم أمناء. فاعطيكم اخاكم وتتجرون في الارض.

³⁵And it came to pass as they emptied their sacks, that, behold, every man's bundle of money was in his sack: and when both they and their father saw the bundles of money, they were afraid.

³⁵واذ كانوا يفرغون عدالهم اذا صرّة فضة كل واحد في عدله. فلما رأوا صرر فضتهم هم وابوهم خافوا

³⁶And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.

³⁶فقال لهم يعقوب اعدمتموني الاولاد. يوسف مفقود وشمعون مفقود وبنيامين تأخذونه. صار كل هذا عليّ.

³⁷And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.

³⁷وكلّم رأوبين اباه قائلا اقتل ابنيّ ان لم اجيء به اليك. سلّمه بيدي وانا ارده اليك.

³⁸And he said, My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if mischief befall him by the way in the which ye go, then shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.

³⁸فقال لا ينزل ابني معكم. لان اخاه قد مات وهو وحده باق. فان اصابته اذيّة في الطريق التي تذهبون فيها تنزلون شيبتي بحزن الى الهاوية