And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which [was] in their hand into the house, and bowed themselves to him to the earth (43:26)

And he asked them of [their] welfare, and said, [Is] your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? [Is] he yet alive? (43:27)

And they answered, Thy servant our father [is] in good health, he [is] yet alive. And they bowed down their heads, and made obeisance (43:28)

And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, [Is] this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son (43:29)

And Joseph made haste; for his bowels did yearn upon his brother: and he sought [where] to weep; and he entered into [his] chamber, and wept there (43:30)

And he washed his face, and went out, and refrained himself, and said, Set on bread (43:31)

And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, which did eat with him, by themselves: because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that [is] an abomination unto the Egyptians (43:32)

And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth: and the men marvelled one at another (43:33)

And he took [and sent] messes unto them from before him: but Benjamin's mess was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him (43:34)

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