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1 audiens autem Iacob quod alimenta venderentur in Aegypto dixit filiis suis quare neglegitis
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When Jacob learned that there was grain for sale in Egypt, he said to his sons, “Why do you look at one another? ”
2 audivi quod triticum venundetur in Aegypto descendite et emite nobis necessaria ut possimus vivere et non consumamur inopia
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And he said, “Behold, I have heard that there is grain for sale in Egypt. Go down and buy grain for us there, that we may live and not die. ”
3 descendentes igitur fratres Ioseph decem ut emerent frumenta in Aegypto
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So ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain in Egypt.
4 Beniamin domi retento ab Iacob qui dixerat fratribus eius ne forte in itinere quicquam patiatur mali
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But Jacob did not send Benjamin, Joseph’s brother, with his brothers, for he feared that harm might happen to him.
5 ingressi sunt terram Aegypti cum aliis qui pergebant ad emendum erat autem fames in terra Chanaan
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Thus the sons of Israel came to buy among the others who came, for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 et Ioseph princeps Aegypti atque ad illius nutum frumenta populis vendebantur cumque adorassent eum fratres sui
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Now Joseph was governor over the land. He was the one who sold to all the people of the land. And Joseph’s brothers came and bowed themselves before him with their faces to the ground.
7 et agnovisset eos quasi ad alienos durius loquebatur interrogans eos unde venistis qui responderunt de terra Chanaan ut emamus victui necessaria
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Joseph saw his brothers and recognized them, but he treated them like strangers and spoke roughly to them. “Where do you come from? ” he said. They said, “From the land of Canaan, to buy food. ”
8 et tamen fratres ipse cognoscens non est agnitus ab eis
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And Joseph recognized his brothers, but they did not recognize him.
9 recordatusque somniorum quae aliquando viderat ait exploratores estis ut videatis infirmiora terrae venistis
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And Joseph remembered the dreams that he had dreamed of them. And he said to them, “You are spies; you have come to see the nakedness of the land. ”
10 qui dixerunt non est ita domine sed servi tui venerunt ut emerent cibos
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They said to him, “No, my lord, your servants have come to buy food.
11 omnes filii unius viri sumus pacifici venimus nec quicquam famuli tui machinantur mali
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We are all sons of one man. We are honest men. Your servants have never been spies. ”
12 quibus ille respondit aliter est inmunita terrae huius considerare venistis
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He said to them, “No, it is the nakedness of the land that you have come to see. ”
13 et illi duodecim inquiunt servi tui fratres sumus filii viri unius in terra Chanaan minimus cum patre nostro est alius non est super
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And they 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. ”
14 hoc est ait quod locutus sum exploratores estis
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But Joseph said to them, “It is as I said to you. You are spies.
15 iam nunc experimentum vestri capiam per salutem Pharaonis non egrediemini hinc donec veniat frater vester minimus
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By this you shall be tested: by the life of Pharaoh, you shall not go from this place unless your youngest brother comes here.
16 mittite e vobis unum et adducat eum vos autem eritis in vinculis donec probentur quae dixistis utrum falsa an vera sint alioquin per salutem Pharaonis exploratores estis
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Send one of you, and let him bring your brother, while you remain confined, that your words may be tested, whether there is truth in you. Or else, by the life of Pharaoh, surely you are spies. ”
17 tradidit ergo eos custodiae tribus diebus
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And he put them all together in custody for three days.
18 die autem tertio eductis de carcere ait facite quod dixi et vivetis Deum enim timeo
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On the third day Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:
19 si pacifici estis frater vester unus ligetur in carcere vos autem abite et ferte frumenta quae emistis in domos vestras
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if you are honest men, let one of your brothers remain confined where you are in custody, and let the rest go and carry grain for the famine of your households,
20 et fratrem vestrum minimum ad me adducite ut possim vestros probare sermones et non moriamini fecerunt ut dixerat
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and bring your youngest brother to me. So your words will be verified, and you shall not die. ” And they did so.
21 et locuti sunt invicem merito haec patimur quia peccavimus in fratrem nostrum videntes angustiam animae illius cum deprecaretur nos et non audivimus idcirco venit super nos ista tribulatio
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Then they said to one another, “In truth we are guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he begged us and we did not listen. That is why this distress has come upon us. ”
22 e quibus unus Ruben ait numquid non dixi vobis nolite peccare in puerum et non audistis me en sanguis eius exquiritur
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And Reuben answered them, “Did I not tell you not to sin against the boy? But you did not listen. So now there comes a reckoning for his blood. ”
23 nesciebant autem quod intellegeret Ioseph eo quod per interpretem loquebatur ad eos
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They did not know that Joseph understood them, for there was an interpreter between them.
24 avertitque se parumper et flevit et reversus locutus est ad eos
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Then he turned away from them and wept. And he returned to them and spoke to them. And he took Simeon from them and bound him before their eyes.
25 tollens Symeon et ligans illis praesentibus iussitque ministris ut implerent saccos eorum tritico et reponerent pecunias singulorum in sacculis suis datis supra cibariis in via qui fecerunt ita
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And Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, and to replace every man’s money in his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. This was done for them.
26 at illi portantes frumenta in asinis profecti sunt
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Then they loaded their donkeys with their grain and departed.
27 apertoque unus sacco ut daret iumento pabulum in diversorio contemplatus pecuniam in ore sacculi
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And as one of them opened his sack to give his donkey fodder at the lodging place, he saw his money in the mouth of his sack.
28 dixit fratribus suis reddita est mihi pecunia en habetur in sacco et obstupefacti turbatique dixerunt mutuo quidnam est hoc quod fecit nobis Deus
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He said to his brothers, “My money has been put back; here it is in the mouth of my sack! ” At this their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us? ”
29 veneruntque ad Iacob patrem suum in terra Chanaan et narraverunt ei omnia quae accidissent sibi dicentes
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When they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30 locutus est nobis dominus terrae dure et putavit nos exploratores provinciae
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“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly to us and took us to be spies of the land.
31 cui respondimus pacifici sumus nec ullas molimur insidias
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But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we have never been spies.
32 duodecim fratres uno patre geniti sumus unus non est super minimus cum patre versatur in terra Chanaan
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We 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. ’
33 qui ait nobis sic probabo quod pacifici sitis fratrem vestrum unum dimittite apud me et cibaria domibus vestris necessaria sumite et abite
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Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I shall know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me, and take grain for the famine of your households, and go your way.
34 fratremque vestrum minimum adducite ad me ut sciam quod non sitis exploratores et istum qui tenetur in vinculis recipere possitis ac deinceps emendi quae vultis habeatis licentiam
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Bring your youngest brother to me. Then I shall know that you are not spies but honest men, and I will deliver your brother to you, and you shall trade in the land. ’”
35 his dictis cum frumenta effunderent singuli reppererunt in ore saccorum ligatas pecunias exterritisque simul omnibus
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As they emptied their sacks, behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were afraid.
36 dixit pater Iacob absque liberis me esse fecistis Ioseph non est super Symeon tenetur in vinculis Beniamin auferetis in me haec mala omnia reciderunt
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And Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and now you would take Benjamin. All this has come against me. ”
37 cui respondit Ruben duos filios meos interfice si non reduxero illum tibi trade in manu mea et ego eum restituam
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Then Reuben said to his father, “Kill my two sons if I do not bring him back to you. Put him in my hands, and I will bring him back to you. ”
38 at ille non descendet inquit filius meus vobiscum frater eius mortuus est ipse solus remansit si quid ei adversi acciderit in terra ad quam pergitis deducetis canos meos cum dolore ad inferos
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But he said, “My son shall not go down with you, for his brother is dead, and he is the only one left. If harm should happen to him on the journey that you are to make, you would bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol. ”
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