When Ioseph came home, they brought the present into
the house to him, which they had in their hands, and fell flat on
the ground before him. And he welcomed them courteously saying: is
your father that old man which ye told me of, in good health? and
is he yet alive? they answered: thy servant our father is in good
health, and is yet alive. And they bowed them selves and fell to
the ground. And he lift up his eyes and beheld his brother Ben
Iamin his mother's son, and said: is this your youngest brother of
whom ye said unto me? And said: God be merciful unto thee my son.
And Ioseph made haste (for his heart did melt upon his brother)
and sought for to weep, and entered into his chamber, for to weep
there. And he washed his face and came out and refrained himself,
and bade set bread on the table. And they prepared for him by
himself, and for them by them selves, and for the Egyptians which
ate with him by them selves, because the Egyptians may not eat
bread with the Hebrews, for that is an abomination unto the
Egyptians. And they sat before him: the eldest according unto his
age, and the youngest according unto his youth. And the men
marvelled among them selves. And they brought rewards unto them
from before him: but Ben Iamin's part was five times so much as
any of theirs.
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