1 The land had no food. It was very bad. 2 They ate all the food they got. Dad said, Go buy a little more food. 3 Judah said, The man warned us. We will not see him if our brother is not with us. ✋ 4 If you send the boy with us, we will go and buy food. ➡️ 5 If you do not send him, we will not go. The man said so. 6 Dad said, Why did you hurt me? Why did you tell the man you had another boy? 7 The brothers said, He asked many things. Is your dad alive? Do you have another brother? We told the truth. We did not know he would say, Bring your brother. ️❓ 8 Judah said to Dad, Send the boy with me. We will go fast so we live, us, you, and our little kids. 9 Judah said, I will keep him safe. I will bring him back. If not, blame me always. ️ 10 If we had gone before, we could be back two times now. ⏱️ 11 Dad said, Do this. Take gifts for the man. Take sweet gum, honey, and nuts. Put them in your bags. 12 Take double money. Take back the money you found in your bags. Maybe it was a mistake. 13 Take your brother. Go back to the man. ➡️ 14 Dad said, May God be kind to you. May the man let your brother and Simeon go. If I lose my sons, I am sad. 15 The men took the gifts, the double money, and Benjamin. They went to Egypt and stood by Joseph. ➡️ 16 Joseph saw Benjamin. Joseph told his house helper, Bring the men here. Make lunch. They will eat with me at noon. ️ 17 The helper did what Joseph said. He brought the men into Joseph’s house. ✅ 18 The men were afraid. They said, It is about the money in our bags. He will catch us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys. 19 They went to Joseph’s helper and spoke at the door. ️ 20 They said, Sir, we came before to buy food. 21 At the rest place we opened our bags. Each bag had our money back. So we brought the money again. ↩️ 22 We also brought more money to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our bags. ➕❓ 23 The helper said, Peace. Do not be scared. Your God and your dad’s God put a gift in your bags. I got your money. Then he brought Simeon out. ️ 24 He took them into the house. He gave them water, washed their feet, and fed their donkeys. 25 They got the gifts ready for Joseph at noon. They heard they would eat there. ️ 26 Joseph came home. They gave him the gifts and bowed down to the ground. 27 Joseph asked, Is your father well? Is the old man alive? ❓ 28 They said, Our father is well. He is alive. They bowed again. ✅ 29 Joseph saw Benjamin and said, Is this your young brother? He said, God be kind to you, my son. 30 Joseph ran to his room. He loved his brother and wanted to cry. He cried there. 31 He washed his face, came back, and kept calm. He said, Serve the food. ️ 32 They set the food in three groups: Joseph alone, the brothers alone, and the Egypt men alone. The Egypt men would not eat with the brothers. ️3️⃣ 33 The brothers sat by age, big to small. They looked at each other and were very surprised. 1️⃣2️⃣3️⃣ 34 Food came from Joseph’s table. Benjamin got five times more food. They drank and were happy with Joseph. 5️⃣