Orthodox Jewish Bible

Bereshis 42:23-31 Orthodox Jewish Bible (OJB)

23. And they had no da'as that Yosef understood them; for he spoke unto them by the melitz (go-between, interpreter).

24. And he turned himself away from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and spoke with them, and took from them Shimon, and bound him before their eyes.

25. Then Yosef commanded to fill their kelim with grain, and to restore every man's kesef into his sack, and to give them provision for the derech; and thus did he unto them.

26. And they loaded their chamorim with the grain, and departed from there.

27. And as one of them opened his sack to get feed for his chamor in the malon (inn), he saw his kesef; for, hinei, it was in the mouth of his sack.

28. And he said unto his achim, My kesef is restored; and, hinei, it is even in my sack; and their lev failed them, and they shook with fear, saying one to another, What is this that Elohim hath done unto us?

29. And they came unto Ya'akov Avihem in Eretz Kena'an, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,

30. The ish, who is adonei HaAretz, spoke roughly to us, and took us for meragelim HaAretz.

31. And we said unto him, We are truthful ones; we are no meragelim;