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1 Mosebog 42
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1 Mosebog 42
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Josefs brødre kommer til Egypten
42 Da Jakob hørte, at det var muligt at købe korn i Egypten, sagde han til sine sønner: „Hvad venter I på? 2 Det siges, at der kan købes korn i Egypten. Se at komme af sted og køb noget, inden vi sulter ihjel.”
3 Så tog Josefs ti ældre brødre af sted for at købe korn i Egypten, 4 men Jakob ville ikke lade Josefs yngre bror, Benjamin, rejse med af frygt for, at der skulle ske ham noget undervejs. 5 Således kom Jakobs sønner til Egypten sammen med mange andre, for hungersnøden havde ramt hele Kana’ans land. 6 Siden Josef var guvernør i landet og havde ansvar for kornsalget, var det ham, brødrene opsøgte. De bøjede sig for Josef med ansigtet mod jorden. 7 Øjeblikkelig genkendte Josef sine brødre, men han lod som ingenting, og de genkendte ikke ham.
„Hvor kommer I fra?” spurgte han barsk.
„Fra Kana’ans land,” svarede de. „Vi er kommet for at købe korn.”
8-9 Da Josef nu stod ansigt til ansigt med sine brødre, huskede han de drømme, han havde haft for mange år siden. „I er spioner, der er kommet for at se, hvor landets forsvar er svagest,” sagde han skarpt.
10 „Nej, nej, herre,” bedyrede de. „Vi er bare kommet for at købe korn! 11 Vi er brødre, og vi er ærlige folk. Vi er aldeles ikke spioner.”
12 „Jo, I er!” blev Josef ved. „I er kun ude på at finde hullerne i vores forsvar.”
13 „Herre,” forsikrede de, „vi er 12 brødre, og vores far bor i Kana’ans land. De ti af os står her foran Dem. Vores yngste bror er hjemme hos sin far, og en af vores brødre lever ikke mere.”
14 Men Josef holdt på sit. „Som jeg allerede har sagt, er jeg sikker på, at I er spioner. 15 Men det skal jeg nok få opklaret. Så sandt Farao lever, får I ikke lov at forlade Egypten, før jeres yngste bror står her lyslevende foran mig. 16 En af jer kan tage hjem og hente ham, men resten af jer beholder jeg som gidsler i fængslet. Så vil det vise sig, om I har talt sandt eller ej. Hvis det viser sig, at I slet ikke har nogen yngre bror, ved jeg, at I er spioner.” 17 Så lod han dem alle sætte i fængsel i tre dage.
18 På tredjedagen sagde Josef til dem: „Jeg er en gudfrygtig mand. Hvis I vil beholde livet, så gør, hvad jeg siger. 19 Jeg vil nøjes med at beholde én af jer her i fængslet. Resten af jer kan tage hjem med korn til jeres familier. 20 Men I skal hente jeres yngre bror, så jeg har bevis for, at I har talt sandt. Så ved jeg, at I ikke er spioner, som fortjener døden.” Det forslag gik brødrene ind på.
21 Mens de nu diskuterede sagen indbyrdes, sagde en af brødrene: „Det her kan vi takke os selv for! Det er straffen for det, vi i sin tid gjorde imod Josef. Vi så hans fortvivlelse og angst, mens han bønfaldt os, men vi ville ikke høre efter.”
22 „Sagde jeg ikke dengang, at I ikke måtte gøre ham fortræd?” indvendte Ruben. „Men I ville jo ikke høre på mig. Nu skal vi dø, fordi vi var skyld i hans død.”
23 Brødrene havde ingen anelse om, at Josef forstod alt, hvad de sagde, for han havde talt med dem ved hjælp af tolk. 24 Nu forlod han dem et øjeblik, fordi han blev så bevæget, at han var begyndt at græde. Da han senere kom tilbage, udpegede han Simeon til gidsel og lod ham binde for øjnene af dem.
25 Josef befalede nu sine tjenere at fylde mændenes sække med korn og i al hemmelighed at lægge hver enkelt mands betaling tilbage øverst i sækken. Han sørgede også for, at brødrene fik rejseproviant. 26 Så læssede de kornsækkene på æslerne og begyndte hjemturen. 27 Da de standsede for at overnatte, og en af brødrene åbnede sin sæk for at tage foder til æslerne, så han, at pengene lå oven i sækken!
28 „Se!” råbte han til brødrene. „Mine penge ligger oven i sækken!” De blev rædselsslagne. „Hvad har Gud dog gjort imod os?” spurgte de hinanden.
29 Da de kom tilbage til deres far i Kana’ans land fortalte de ham hele historien.
30 „Manden, som administrerer landet, talte hårde ord til os,” forklarede de. „Han anså os for at være spioner og smed os i fængsel. 31 Men vi sagde til ham: ‚Vi er ærlige folk og ikke spioner. 32 I alt var vi 12 brødre med samme far, men en bror lever ikke mere, og den yngste er hjemme hos sin far i Kana’ans land.’ 33 Manden svarede os: ‚Jeg skal nok finde ud af, om I taler sandt: En af jer skal blive her hos mig, mens I andre tager jeres korn og rejser hjem til jeres familier. 34 Hent så jeres yngste bror og kom tilbage til mig, så jeg kan afgøre, om I er spioner eller ærlige folk. Hvis I kan bevise, at I taler sandt, skal I få jeres bror tilbage, og I skal få lov til at komme og købe så meget korn, I vil.’ ”
35 Brødrene tømte nu deres sække. Men da de så, at oven i hver sæk lå posen med pengene, de havde betalt for kornet, blev både de og deres far grebet af rædsel.
36 „I har berøvet mig mine børn!” klagede Jakob. „Josef er død! Simeon er væk! Og nu vil I også tage Benjamin fra mig! Jeg kan ikke klare mere modgang!”
37 Men Ruben svarede: „Du må dræbe begge mine sønner, hvis Benjamin ikke kommer hjem igen. Jeg påtager mig det fulde ansvar for ham.”
38 „Nej,” indvendte Jakob, „min yngste søn får ikke lov til at rejse med jer. Hans bror Josef er allerede død, og Benjamin er den eneste, der er tilbage efter sin mor. Sker der noget med ham, dør jeg af sorg.”
1 Mosebog 42
Dette er Biblen på dansk
1 Mosebog 42
Dette er Biblen på dansk
42 Da Jakob hørte, at der var Korn at få i Ægypten, sagde han til sine Sønner: "Hvad venter I efter?" 2 Og 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!" 3 Så drog de ti af Josefs Brødre ned for at købe Korn i Ægypten; 4 men Jakob sendte ikke Josefs Broder Benjamin med hans Brødre, thi han tænkte, der kunde tilstøde ham en Ulykke.
5 Blandt dem, der kom for at købe Korn, var også Israels Sønner; thi der var Hungersnød i Kana'ans Land. 6 Og 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. 7 Da 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!" 8 Josef kendte sine Brødre, men de kendte ikke ham. 9 Da 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!" 10 De svarede: "Nej, Herre, dine Trælle kommer for at købe Føde! 11 Vi er alle Sønner af en og samme Mand; vi er ærlige Folk. dine Trælle er ikke Spejdere!" 12 Men han sagde: "Jo vist så! I kommer for at se, hvor Landet er åbent!" 13 De 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!" 14 Men Josef sagde til dem: "Det er, som jeg siger eder: I er Spejdere! 15 Men nu skal I sættes på Prøve: Så sandt Farao lever, slipper I ikke herfra, uden at eders yngste Broder kommer hid! 16 Lad 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!" 17 Derpå holdt han dem i Forvaring tre Dage.
18 Men Tredjedagen sagde Josef til dem: "Vil I beholde Livet, så skal I gøre således, thi jeg er en Mand, der frygter Gud: 19 Er 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; 20 og 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. 21 Da 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!" 22 Men 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!" 23 Således talte de. Men de vidste ikke, at Josef forstod det, thi han forhandlede med dem ved Tolk; 24 og 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.
25 Så 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. 26 Så læssede de deres Korn på Æslerne og drog bort. 27 Men 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; 28 og 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!"
29 Og da de kom hjem til deres Fader Jakob i Kana'ans Land, fortalte de ham alt, hvad der var hændet dem, og sagde: 30 "Manden, der er Landets Herre, talte os hårdt til og holdt os i Forvaring, som var vi Folk, der vilde udspejde Landet; 31 men vi sagde til ham: Vi er ærlige Folk og ikke Spejdere; 32 vi 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. 33 Så 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! 34 Siden 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."
35 Da de nu tømte deres Sække, fandt hver sin Pengepose i sin Sæk; og da de og deres Fader så Pengeposerne, blev de forfærdede. 36 Og 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!" 37 Så 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!" 38 Men 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!"
39 Men Hungersnøden var hård i Landet;
Genesis 42
New International Version
Genesis 42
New International Version
Joseph’s Brothers Go to Egypt
42 When Jacob learned that there was grain in Egypt,(A) he said to his sons, “Why do you just keep looking at each other?” 2 He continued, “I have heard that there is grain in Egypt. Go down there and buy some for us,(B) so that we may live and not die.”(C)
3 Then ten of Joseph’s brothers went down to buy grain(D) from Egypt. 4 But Jacob did not send Benjamin,(E) Joseph’s brother, with the others, because he was afraid that harm might come to him.(F) 5 So Israel’s sons were among those who went to buy grain,(G) for there was famine in the land of Canaan(H) also.(I)
6 Now Joseph was the governor of the land,(J) the person who sold grain to all its people.(K) So when Joseph’s brothers arrived, they bowed down to him with their faces to the ground.(L) 7 As soon as Joseph saw his brothers, he recognized them, but he pretended to be a stranger and spoke harshly to them.(M) “Where do you come from?”(N) he asked.
“From the land of Canaan,” they replied, “to buy food.”
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him.(O) 9 Then he remembered his dreams(P) about them and said to them, “You are spies!(Q) You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(R)
10 “No, my lord,(S)” they answered. “Your servants have come to buy food.(T) 11 We are all the sons of one man. Your servants(U) are honest men,(V) not spies.(W)”
12 “No!” he said to them. “You have come to see where our land is unprotected.”(X)
13 But they replied, “Your servants(Y) were twelve brothers, the sons of one man, who lives in the land of Canaan.(Z) The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”(AA)
14 Joseph said to them, “It is just as I told you: You are spies!(AB) 15 And this is how you will be tested: As surely as Pharaoh lives,(AC) you will not leave this place unless your youngest brother comes here.(AD) 16 Send one of your number to get your brother;(AE) the rest of you will be kept in prison,(AF) so that your words may be tested to see if you are telling the truth.(AG) If you are not, then as surely as Pharaoh lives, you are spies!(AH)” 17 And he put them all in custody(AI) for three days.
18 On the third day, Joseph said to them, “Do this and you will live, for I fear God:(AJ) 19 If you are honest men,(AK) let one of your brothers stay here in prison,(AL) while the rest of you go and take grain back for your starving households.(AM) 20 But you must bring your youngest brother to me,(AN) so that your words may be verified and that you may not die.” This they proceeded to do.
21 They said to one another, “Surely we are being punished because of our brother.(AO) We saw how distressed he was when he pleaded with us for his life, but we would not listen; that’s why this distress(AP) has come on us.”
22 Reuben replied, “Didn’t I tell you not to sin against the boy?(AQ) But you wouldn’t listen! Now we must give an accounting(AR) for his blood.”(AS) 23 They did not realize(AT) that Joseph could understand them,(AU) since he was using an interpreter.
24 He turned away from them and began to weep,(AV) but then came back and spoke to them again. He had Simeon taken from them and bound before their eyes.(AW)
25 Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain,(AX) to put each man’s silver back in his sack,(AY) and to give them provisions(AZ) for their journey.(BA) After this was done for them, 26 they loaded their grain on their donkeys(BB) and left.
27 At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey,(BC) and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.(BD) 28 “My silver has been returned,” he said to his brothers. “Here it is in my sack.”
Their hearts sank(BE) and they turned to each other trembling(BF) and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”(BG)
29 When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan,(BH) they told him all that had happened to them.(BI) They said, 30 “The man who is lord over the land spoke harshly to us(BJ) and treated us as though we were spying on the land.(BK) 31 But we said to him, ‘We are honest men; we are not spies.(BL) 32 We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan.’(BM)
33 “Then the man who is lord over the land said to us, ‘This is how I will know whether you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers here with me, and take food for your starving households and go.(BN) 34 But bring your youngest brother to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men.(BO) Then I will give your brother back to you,(BP) and you can trade[a] in the land.(BQ)’”
35 As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver!(BR) When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.(BS) 36 Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more,(BT) and now you want to take Benjamin.(BU) Everything is against me!(BV)”
37 Then Reuben said to his father, “You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care,(BW) and I will bring him back.”(BX)
38 But Jacob said, “My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead(BY) and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him(BZ) on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave(CA) in sorrow.(CB)”
Footnotes
- Genesis 42:34 Or move about freely
Genesis 42
King James Version
Genesis 42
King James Version
42 Now when Jacob saw that there was corn in Egypt, Jacob said unto his sons, Why do ye look one upon another?
2 And 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.
3 And Joseph's ten brethren went down to buy corn in Egypt.
4 But Benjamin, Joseph's brother, Jacob sent not with his brethren; for he said, Lest peradventure mischief befall him.
5 And the sons of Israel came to buy corn among those that came: for the famine was in the land of Canaan.
6 And 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.
7 And 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.
8 And Joseph knew his brethren, but they knew not him.
9 And 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.
10 And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.
11 We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.
12 And he said unto them, Nay, but to see the nakedness of the land ye are come.
13 And 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.
14 And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies:
15 Hereby ye shall be proved: By the life of Pharaoh ye shall not go forth hence, except your youngest brother come hither.
16 Send 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.
17 And he put them all together into ward three days.
18 And Joseph said unto them the third day, This do, and live; for I fear God:
19 If 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:
20 But bring your youngest brother unto me; so shall your words be verified, and ye shall not die. And they did so.
21 And 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.
22 And 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.
23 And they knew not that Joseph understood them; for he spake unto them by an interpreter.
24 And 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.
25 Then 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.
26 And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
27 And 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.
28 And 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?
29 And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
30 The man, who is the lord of the land, spake roughly to us, and took us for spies of the country.
31 And we said unto him, We are true men; we are no spies:
32 We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.
33 And 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:
34 And 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 traffick in the land.
35 And 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.
36 And 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.
37 And 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.
38 And 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.
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