Return to Canaan and Jacob's Grief

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And they came vnto Iaakob their father vnto the lande of Canaan, and tolde him all that had befallen them, saying,

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The man, who is Lord of the lande, spake roughly to vs, and put vs in prison as spyes of the countrey.

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And we sayd vnto him, We are true men, and are no spies.

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We be twelue brethren, sonnes of our father: one is not, and the yongest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.

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Then the Lord of the countrey sayde vnto vs, Hereby shall I knowe if ye be true men: Leaue one of your brethren with me, and take foode for the famine of your houses and depart,

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And bring your yongest brother vnto me, that I may knowe that ye are no spies, but true men: so will I deliuer you your brother, and yee shall occupie in the land.

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And as they emptied their sacks, behold, euery mans bundel of money was in his sacke: and when they and their father sawe the bundels of their money, they were afrayde.

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Then Iaakob their father said to them, Ye haue robbed me of my children: Ioseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Beniamin: all these things are against me.

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Then Reuben answered his father, saying, Slay my two sonnes, if I bring him not to thee againe: deliuer him to mine hand, and I will bring him to thee againe.

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But he said, My sonne shall not go downe with you: for his brother is dead, and he is left alone: if death come vnto him by the way which ye goe, then ye shall bring my gray head with sorow vnto the graue.

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