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         <div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="GEN.43.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Now the famine was still severe in the land. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.43.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, &#8220;Go back and buy us a little more food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="GEN.43.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="GEN.43.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Judah said to him, &#8220;The man warned us solemnly, &#8216;You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="GEN.43.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.43.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, &#8216;You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.&#8217;&#8198;&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="GEN.43.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.43.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Israel asked, &#8220;Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="GEN.43.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.43.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. &#8216;Is your father still living?&#8217; he asked us. &#8216;Do you have another brother?&#8217; We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, &#8216;Bring your brother down here&#8217;?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="GEN.43.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="GEN.43.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Then Judah said to Israel his father, &#8220;Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="GEN.43.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.43.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="GEN.43.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="GEN.43.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Then their father Israel said to them, &#8220;If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift&#8212;a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="GEN.43.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="GEN.43.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Take your brother also and go back to the man at once. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.43.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">And may God Almighty</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">43:14 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">El-Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> grant you mercy before the man so that he will let your other brother and Benjamin come back with you. As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="GEN.43.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="GEN.43.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.43.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the steward of his house, &#8220;Take these men to my house, slaughter an animal and prepare a meal; they are to eat with me at noon.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="GEN.43.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="GEN.43.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">The man did as Joseph told him and took the men to Joseph&#8217;s house. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Now the men were frightened when they were taken to his house. They thought, &#8220;We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks the first time. He wants to attack us and overpower us and seize us as slaves and take our donkeys.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="GEN.43.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="GEN.43.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">So they went up to Joseph&#8217;s steward and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="GEN.43.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;We beg your pardon, our lord,&#8221; they said, &#8220;we came down here the first time to buy food. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="GEN.43.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver&#8212;the exact weight&#8212;in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us. </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">We have also brought additional silver with us to buy food. We don&#8217;t know who put our silver in our sacks.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="GEN.43.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">&#8220;It&#8217;s all right,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Don&#8217;t be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, has given you treasure in your sacks; I received your silver.&#8221; Then he brought Simeon out to them.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="GEN.43.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="GEN.43.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">The steward took the men into Joseph&#8217;s house, gave them water to wash their feet and provided fodder for their donkeys. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">They prepared their gifts for Joseph&#8217;s arrival at noon, because they had heard that they were to eat there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="GEN.43.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="GEN.43.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">When Joseph came home, they presented to him the gifts they had brought into the house, and they bowed down before him to the ground. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">He asked them how they were, and then he said, &#8220;How is your aged father you told me about? Is he still living?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="GEN.43.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">They replied, &#8220;Your servant our father is still alive and well.&#8221; And they bowed down, prostrating themselves before him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="GEN.43.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="GEN.43.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">As he looked about and saw his brother Benjamin, his own mother&#8217;s son, he asked, &#8220;Is this your youngest brother, the one you told me about?&#8221; And he said, &#8220;God be gracious to you, my son.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">Deeply moved at the sight of his brother, Joseph hurried out and looked for a place to weep. He went into his private room and wept there.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="GEN.43.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">After he had washed his face, he came out and, controlling himself, said, &#8220;Serve the food.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="GEN.43.31"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v32" data-usfm="GEN.43.32"><span class="label">32</span><span class="content">They served him by himself, the brothers by themselves, and the Egyptians who ate with him by themselves, because Egyptians could not eat with Hebrews, for that is detestable to Egyptians. </span></span><span class="verse v33" data-usfm="GEN.43.33"><span class="label">33</span><span class="content">The men had been seated before him in the order of their ages, from the firstborn to the youngest; and they looked at each other in astonishment. </span></span><span class="verse v34" data-usfm="GEN.43.34"><span class="label">34</span><span class="content">When portions were served to them from Joseph&#8217;s table, Benjamin&#8217;s portion was five times as much as anyone else&#8217;s. So they feasted and drank freely with him.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is my shepherd, I lack nothing.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="PSA.23.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">He makes me lie down in green pastures,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">he leads me beside quiet waters,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="PSA.23.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">he refreshes my soul.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">He guides me along the right paths</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">for his name&#8217;s sake.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="PSA.23.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Even though I walk</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">through the darkest valley,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">23:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">the valley of the shadow of death</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">I will fear no evil,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">for you are with me;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">your rod and your staff,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">they comfort me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="PSA.23.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You prepare a table before me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">in the presence of my enemies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">You anoint my head with oil;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">my cup overflows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="PSA.23.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Surely your goodness and love will follow me</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">all the days of my life,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">and I will dwell in the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="PSA.23.6"><span class="content">forever.</span></span></div>
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