¹Now Jacob saw that there was grain in Egypt, and Jacob said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another?”

¹Da Jakob hørte, at der var Korn at få i Ægypten, sagde han til sine Sønner: "Hvad venter I efter?"

²He said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there, and buy for us from there, so that we may live, and not die.”

²Og han sagde: "Jeg hører, at der er Korn at få i Ægypten; drag ned og køb os noget, at vi kan blive i Live og undgå Døden!"

³Joseph’s ten brothers went down to buy grain from Egypt.

³Så drog de ti af Josefs Brødre ned for at købe Korn i Ægypten;

⁴But Jacob didn’t send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers; for he said, “Lest perhaps harm happen to him.”

⁴men Jakob sendte ikke Josefs Broder Benjamin med hans Brødre, thi han tænkte, der kunde tilstøde ham en Ulykke.

⁵The sons of Israel came to buy among those who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.

⁵Blandt dem, der kom for at købe Korn, var også Israels Sønner; thi der var Hungersnød i Kana'ans Land.

⁶Joseph was the governor over the land. It was he who sold to all the people of the land. Joseph’s brothers came, and bowed themselves down to him with their faces to the earth.

⁶Og da Josef var Hersker i Landet, og han var den, der solgte Korn til alt Folket i Landet, så kom Josefs Brødre og kastede sig til Jorden for ham.

⁷Joseph saw his brothers, and he recognized them, but acted like a stranger to them, and spoke roughly with them. He said to them, “Where did you come from?” They said, “From the land of Canaan to buy food.”

⁷Da Josef så sine Brødre, kendte han dem; men han lod fremmed over for dem, talte dem hårdt til og sagde til dem: "Hvorfra kommer I?" De svarede: "Fra Kana'ans Land for at købe Føde!"

⁸Joseph recognized his brothers, but they didn’t recognize him.

⁸Josef kendte sine Brødre, men de kendte ikke ham.

⁹Joseph remembered the dreams which he dreamed about them, and said to them, “You are spies! You have come to see the nakedness of the land.”

⁹Da kom Josef de Drømme i Hu. han havde drømt om dem; og han sagde til dem; "I er Spejdere, I kommer for at se, hvor Landet er åbent!"

¹⁰They said to him, “No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

¹⁰De svarede: "Nej, Herre, dine Trælle kommer for at købe Føde!

¹¹We are all one man’s sons; we are honest men. Your servants are not spies.”

¹¹Vi er alle Sønner af en og samme Mand; vi er ærlige Folk. dine Trælle er ikke Spejdere!"

¹²He said to them, “No, but you have come to see the nakedness of the land!”

¹²Men han sagde: "Jo vist så! I kommer for at se, hvor Landet er åbent!"

¹³They said, “We, your servants, are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is no more.”

¹³De svarede: "Vi, dine Trælle. var tolv Brødre, Sønner af en og samme Mand i Kana'ans Land; den yngste er for Tiden hjemme hos vor Fader, og een er ikke mere!"

¹⁴Joseph said to them, “It is like I told you, saying, ‘You are spies!’

¹⁴Men Josef sagde til dem: "Det er, som jeg siger eder: I er Spejdere!

¹⁵By this you shall be tested. By the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go out from here, unless your youngest brother comes here.

¹⁵Men nu skal I sættes på Prøve: Så sandt Farao lever, slipper I ikke herfra, uden at eders yngste Broder kommer hid!

¹⁶Send one of you, and let him get your brother, and you shall be bound, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you, or else by the life of Pharaoh surely you are spies.”

¹⁶Lad en af eder rejse hjem for at hente eders Broder, og imedens holdes I andre fangne; så vil det. vise sig, om eders Ord er Sandhed; og hvis ikke, så er I, så sandt, Farao lever, Spejdere!"

¹⁷He put them all together into custody for three days.

¹⁷Derpå holdt han dem i Forvaring tre Dage.

¹⁸Joseph said to them the third day, “Do this, and live, for I fear God.

¹⁸Men Tredjedagen sagde Josef til dem: "Vil I beholde Livet, så skal I gøre således, thi jeg er en Mand, der frygter Gud:

¹⁹If you are honest men, then let one of your brothers be bound in your prison; but you go, carry grain for the famine of your houses.

¹⁹Er I virkelig ærlige Folk, lad så en af eder blive tilbage som Fange i det Fængsel, som I sad i, medens I andre drager hjem med Korn til at stille Hungeren i eders Huse;

²⁰Bring your youngest brother to me; so will your words be verified, and you won’t die.” They did so.

²⁰og bring så eders yngste Broder til mig, så skal eders Ord stå til Troende, og I skal slippe for at dø!" Og således gjorde de.

²¹They said one to another, “We are certainly guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us, and we wouldn’t listen. Therefore this distress has come upon us.”

²¹Da sagde de til hverandre: "Sandelig, nu må vi bøde for, hvad vi forbrød mod vor Broder, da vi så hans Sjælevånde, medens han bønfaldt os, og dog ikke hørte ham; derfor stedes vi nu i denne Vånde!"

²²Reuben answered them, saying, “Didn’t I tell you, saying, ‘Don’t sin against the child,’ and you wouldn’t listen? Therefore also, behold, his blood is required.”

²²Men Ruben tog til Orde og sagde til dem: "Sagde jeg eder ikke dengang: Forsynd eder ikke mod Drengen! Men I vilde ikke høre; se, nu kræves hans Blod!"

²³They didn’t know that Joseph understood them; for there was an interpreter between them.

²³Således talte de. Men de vidste ikke, at Josef forstod det, thi han forhandlede med dem ved Tolk;

²⁴He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.

²⁴og han vendte sig bort fra dem og græd. Siden vendte han sig til dem og talte med dem; og han tog Simeon fra dem og lod ham fængsle for deres Øjne.

²⁵Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.

²⁵Så gav Josef Befaling til at fylde deres Sække med Korn og lægge Pengene tilbage i hver enkelts Sæk og give dem Rejsekost; og således skete det.

²⁶They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.

²⁶Så læssede de deres Korn på Æslerne og drog bort.

²⁷As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.

²⁷Men da en af dem i Natteherberget åbnede sin Sæk for at give sit Æsel Foder, fik han Øje på sine Penge, der lå oven i Sækken;

²⁸He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling one to another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”

²⁸og han sagde til sine Brødre: "Mine Penge er kommet igen; se, de er i min Sæk!" Da sank Hjertet i Livet på dem, og de så forfærdede på hverandre og sagde: "Hvad har Gud dog gjort imod os!"

²⁹They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,

²⁹Og da de kom hjem til deres Fader Jakob i Kana'ans Land, fortalte de ham alt, hvad der var hændet dem, og sagde:

³⁰“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.

³⁰"Manden, der er Landets Herre, talte os hårdt til og holdt os i Forvaring, som var vi Folk, der vilde udspejde Landet;

³¹We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.

³¹men vi sagde til ham: Vi er ærlige Folk og ikke Spejdere;

³²We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

³²vi var tolv Brødre, Sønner af en og samme Fader; een er ikke mere, og den yngste er for Tiden hjemme hos vor Fader i Kana'ans Land.

³³The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your houses, and go your way.

³³Så sagde Manden, der er Landets Herre: Derpå vil jeg kende, at I er ærlige Folk: Lad en af eder blive hos mig, og tag I andre Korn til at stille Hungeren i eders Huse og drag hjem!

³⁴Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I will know that you are not spies, but that you are honest men. So I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land.’”

³⁴Siden skal I bringe eders yngste Broder til mig, for at jeg kan kende, at I ikke er Spejdere, men ærlige Folk; så vil jeg udlevere eders Broder til eder, og I kan frit rejse i Landet."

³⁵It happened as they emptied their sacks, that behold, each man’s bundle of money was in his sack. When they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.

³⁵Da de nu tømte deres Sække, fandt hver sin Pengepose i sin Sæk; og da de og deres Fader så Pengeposerne, blev de forfærdede.

³⁶Jacob, their father, said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children! Joseph is no more, Simeon is no more, and you want to take Benjamin away. All these things are against me.”

³⁶Og deres Fader Jakob sagde til dem: "I gør mig barnløs; Josef er ikke mere, og Simeon er ikke mere, og nu vil I tage Benjamin; det går alt sammen ud over mig!"

³⁷Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “Kill my two sons, if I don’t bring him to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him to you again.”

³⁷Så sagde Ruben til sin Fader: "Du må tage mine to Sønners Liv, hvis jeg ikke bringer ham til dig; betro ham til mig, og jeg skal bringe ham tilbage til dig!"

³⁸He said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he only is left. If harm happens to him along the way in which you go, then you will bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol Sheol is the place of the dead. .”

³⁸Men han sagde: "Min Søn skal ikke rejse derned med eder, thi hans Broder er død, og han alene er tilbage; tilstøder der ham en Ulykke på den Rejse, I har for, så bringer I mine grå Hår ned i Dødsriget med Sorg!"