[The Pentateuch]

¶ The .xliij. Chapter.

And the dearth waxed sore in the land. And when they had eat up that corn which they brought out of the land of Egypt / their father said unto them: goo again and by us a little food. Than said Judah unto him: the man did testify unto us saying: look that ye see not my face except your brother be with you. Therefore if thou wilt send our brother with us / we will goo and bye the food. But if thou wilt not send him / we will not goo: for the man said unto us: look that ye see not my face / except your brother be with you.

ANd the derth waxed sore in the lande. And 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. Than sayde Juda vnto him: the man dyd testifie vnto vs saynge: loke that ye see not my face excepte youre brother be with you. Therfore yf thou wilt sende oure brother with vs / we wyll goo and bye the food. But 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.

And Israel said: wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me / as to tell the man that ye had yet ⟨p. lxiiij⟩another brother? And they said: The man asked us of our kindred saying: is your father yet alive? have ye not another brother? And we told him according to these words. How could we know that he would bid us bring our brother down with us? Than said Judah unto Israel his father: Send the lad with me / and we will rise and goo / that we may live and not dye: both we / thou and also our children. I will be surety for him / and of my hands require him. If I bring him not to thee and set him before thine eyes / than let me bear the blame for ever. For except we had made this tarrying: by this we had been there twice and come again.