The Return to Egypt with Benjamin

1And the derth waxed sore in the lande. 2And when they had eate vp that corne which they brought out of the lande of Egipte their father sayde vnto them: goo agayne and by vs a litle food. 3Than sayde Iuda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. 4Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs we wyll goo and bye the food. 5But yf thou wylt not sende him we wyll not goo: for the man sayde vnto vs: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. 6And Israell sayde: wherfore delt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet another brother? 7And they sayde: The man asked vs of oure kynred saynge: is youre father yet alyue? haue ye not another brother? And we tolde him acordynge to these wordes. How cowd we knowe that he wolde byd vs brynge oure brother downe with vs? 8Than sayde Iuda vnto Israell his father: Send the lad with me and we wyll ryse and goo that we maye lyue and not dye: both we thou and also oure childern. 9I wilbe suertie for him and of my handes requyre him. Yf I brynge him not to the and sett him before thine eyes than let me bere the blame for euer. 10For except we had made this tarieg: by this we had bene there twyse and come agayne.

11Than their father Israel sayde vnto the Yf it must nedes be so now: than do thus take of the best frutes of the lande in youre vesselles and brynge the man a present a curtesie bawlme and a curtesie of hony spyces and myrre dates and almondes. 12And take as moch money more with you. And the money that was brought agayne in youre sackes take it agayne with you in youre handes peraduenture it was some ouersyghte. 13Take also youre brother with you and aryse and goo agayne to the man. 14And God almightie geue you mercie in the sighte of the man and send you youre other brother and also Be Iamin and I wilbe as a ma robbed of his childern. 15Thus toke they the present and twise so moch more money with them and Ben Iamin. And rose vp went downe to Egipte and presented them selfe to Ioseph.

Joseph’s Hospitality to His Brothers

16When Ioseph sawe Ben Iamin with them he sayde to the ruelar of his house: brynge these men home and sley and make redie: for they shall dyne with me at none. 17And the man dyd as Ioseph bad and brought them in to Iosephs house. 18When they were brought to Iosephs house they were afrayde ad sayde: be cause of the money yt came in oure sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought to pyke a quarell with vs and to laye some thinge to oure charge: to brynge us in bondage and oure asses also. 19Therfore came they to the man that was the ruelar ouer Iosephs house and comened with him at the doore 20and sayde:Sir we came hither at the first tyme to bye foode 21and as we came to an Inne and opened oure sackes: beholde euery mannes money was in his sacke with full weghte: But we haue broght it agene with us 22and other mony haue we brought also in oure handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put oure money in oure sackes. 23And he sayde: be of good chere feare not: Youre God and the God of youre fathers hath put you that treasure in youre sackes for I had youre money. And he brought Simeon out to them 24ad led the into Iosephs house and gaue the water to washe their fete and gaue their asses prauender: 25And they made redie their present agaynst Ioseph came at none for they herde saye that they shulde dyne there.

26When Ioseph came home they brought the present in to the house to him which they had in their handes ad fell flat on the grounde befor him. 27And he welcomed the curteously sainge: is youre father that old man which ye tolde me of in good health? and is he yet alyue? 28they answered: thy servaunte oure father is in good health ad is yet alyue. And they bowed them selues and fell to the grounde. 29And he lyfte vp his eyes and behelde his brother Ben Iamin his mothers sonne and sayde: is this youre yongest brother of whome ye sayde vnto me? And sayde: God be mercyfull vnto ye my sonne. 30And Ioseph made hast (for his hert dyd melt apon his brother) and soughte for to wepe and entred in to his chambre for to wepe there. 31And he wasshed his face and came out and refrayned himselfe and bad sett bread on the table 32And they prepared for him by himselfe and for them by them selues and for the Egiptians which ate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrues for that is an abhomynacyon vnto the Egiptians. 33And they satt before him: the eldest acordynge vnto his age and the yongest acordyng vnto his youth. And the men marveled amonge them selves. 34And they broughte rewardes vnto them from before him: but Ben Iamins parte was fyue tymes so moch as any of theirs. And they ate and they dronke and were dronke wyth him.