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Bible Study · Read Jubilees in Ge’ez, English and Spanish, one chapter per page. Jubilees retells Genesis and the beginning of Exodus as the angel of the presence revealed it to Moshe on Mount Sinai, dated by jubilees of 49 years. It is part of the Bible of the Ethiopian Orthodox Church, but not of the Hebrew Bible (Tenakh).

Bible Study · Jubilees 43:1–24

Jubilees, Chapter 43

መጽሐፈ ኩፋሌ ፵፫

Yosef’s silver cup is found in Binyamin’s sack and the brothers are brought back; when Yehudah offers himself as a servant in the boy’s place, Yosef sees their goodness, makes himself known, and sends them to bring their father down to Mitzrayim.

The silver cup

43:1And he did as Yosef (Joseph) had told him, and filled all their sacks for them with food, and put their money in their sacks, and put the cup in the sack of Binyamin (Benjamin).

43:1Y él hizo como Yosef (José) le había dicho, y les llenó todos los sacos de alimento, y puso el dinero de ellos en sus sacos, y puso la copa en el saco de Binyamín (Benjamín).

፩ወገብረ ፡ በከመ ፡ ይቤሎ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወመልአ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ አሕስሊሆሙ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ሲሲተ ፡ ወወርቆሙኒ ፡ ወደየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አሕስሊሆሙ ፡ ወኮራ ፡ ወደየ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐስለ ፡ ብንያም ።

43:2And early in the morning they departed, and it came to pass that, when they had gone from there, Yosef said unto the steward of his house, “Pursue them, run and seize them, saying, ‘For good you have requited me with evil; you have stolen from me the silver cup out of which my lord drinks.’ And bring back to me their youngest brother, and fetch him quickly before I go forth to my seat of judgment.”

43:2Y de mañana partieron, y aconteció que, cuando habían salido de allí, Yosef dijo al mayordomo de su casa: «Persíguelos, corre y apodérate de ellos, diciendo: “Por bien me habéis pagado con mal; me habéis robado la copa de plata en la que bebe mi señor”. Y tráeme de vuelta a su hermano menor, y tráelo pronto, antes que yo salga a mi tribunal».

፪ወነግሀ ፡ በጽባሕ ፡ ሖሩ ፡ ወኮነ ፡ ሶበ ፡ ወፅኡ ፡ እምህየ ፡ ይቤሎ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ለብእሴ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ዴግኖሙ ፡ ሩጽ ፡ ወተጋአዞሙ ፡ እንዘ ፡ ትብል ፡ ህየንተ ፡ ሠናይት ፡ ዐሰይክሙኒ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ሰረቅሙኒ ፡ ጽዋዐ ፡ ብሩር ፡ በዘይሰቲ ፡ እግዚእየ ፡ ወአግብኦ ፡ ሊተ ፡ ለእኁሆሙ ፡ ዘይንእስ ፡ ወፍጡነ ፡ አምጽኦ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ እፃእ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምኵናንየ ፡

43:3And he ran after them and said unto them according to these words.

43:3Y él corrió tras ellos y les dijo conforme a estas palabras.

፫ወሮጸ ፡ ድኅሬሆሙ ። ወይቤሎሙ ፡ በከመ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ነገር ፡

43:4And they said unto him, “God forbid that your servants should do this thing, and steal from the house of your lord any utensil; and the money also which we found in our sacks the first time, we your servants brought back from the land of Kena’an (Canaan).

43:4Y ellos le dijeron: «Nunca tal hagan tus siervos, que roben de la casa de tu señor utensilio alguno; y aun el dinero que hallamos en nuestros sacos la primera vez, nosotros tus siervos lo trajimos de vuelta desde la tierra de Kena’an (Canaán).

፬ወይቤልዎ ፡ ሐሰ ፡ ሎሙ ፡ ለአግብርቲከ ፡ ኢይገብሩ ፡ ዘንተሰ ፡ ነገረ ፡ ወኢይሰርቁ ፡ እምቤተ ፡ እግዚእከ ፡ ምንተኒ ፡ ንዋየ ። ወወርቀኒ ፡ ዘረከብነ ፡ ቀዲሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ አሕስሊነ ፡ አሶጥነ ፡ ደቅከ ፡ እምድረ ፡ ከናአን ፡

43:5How then should we steal any utensil? Behold, here we are, and our sacks; search, and wherever you find the cup in the sack of any man among us, let him be slain, and we and our donkeys will serve your lord.”

43:5¿Cómo, pues, habíamos de robar utensilio alguno? He aquí estamos nosotros y nuestros sacos; registra, y en el saco de aquel de nosotros en quien halles la copa, que muera, y nosotros y nuestros asnos serviremos a tu señor».

፭እፎ ፡ እንከ ፡ ንሰርቅ ፡ ምንተኒ ፡ ንዋየ ። ናሁ ፡ ንሕነሂ ፡ ወአሕስሊነሂ ፡ ፍትን ፡ ወበኀበ ፡ ረከብከ ፡ ጽዋዐ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐስለ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ እምኔነ ፡ ይትቀተል ፡ ወንሕነሂ ፡ ወአእዱጊነሂ ፡ ንትቀነይ ፡ ለእግዚእከ ፡

43:6And he said unto them, “Not so; the man with whom I find it, him only shall I take as a servant, and you shall return in peace unto your house.”

43:6Y él les dijo: «No así; el hombre en quien yo la halle, solo a él tomaré por siervo, y vosotros volveréis en paz a vuestra casa».

፮ወይቤሎሙ ፡ አኮ ፡ ከማሁ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ዘረከብክዎ ፡ ባሕቲቶ ፡ እነሥእ ፡ ገብረ ፡ ወአንትሙሰ ፡ ተአትዉ ፡ በሰላም ፡ ቤተክሙ ፡

43:7And as he was searching in their vessels, beginning with the eldest and ending with the youngest, it was found in Binyamin’s sack.

43:7Y mientras buscaba en sus vasijas, comenzando por el mayor y acabando en el menor, fue hallada en el saco de Binyamín.

፯ወእንዘ ፡ ይፈትን ፡ ውስተ ፡ ንዋዮሙ ፡ እምዘ ፡ ይልህቅ ፡ ቀደመ ፡ ወፈጸመ ፡ በኀበ ፡ ዘይንእስ ፡ ወተረክበ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ሐስለ ፡ ብንያም ፡

Note. Compare Genesis 44:12.
The brothers return to Yosef

43:8And they tore their garments, and loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city and came to the house of Yosef, and they all bowed themselves on their faces to the ground before him.

43:8Y ellos rasgaron sus vestidos, y cargaron sus asnos, y volvieron a la ciudad y vinieron a la casa de Yosef, y todos se postraron sobre sus rostros en tierra delante de él.

፰ወሠጠጡ ፡ አልባሲሆሙ ፡ ወጸዐኑ ፡ ዲበ ፡ አእዱጊሆሙ ፡ ወተመይጡ ፡ ሀገረ ፡ ወበጽሑ ፡ ቤቶ ፡ ለዮሴፍ ፡ ወሰገዱ ፡ ሎቱ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ በገጾሙ ፡ ውስተ ፡ ምድር ።

43:9And Yosef said unto them, “You have done evil.” And they said, “What shall we say, and how shall we defend ourselves? Our lord has discovered the transgression of his servants; behold, we are the servants of our lord, and our donkeys also.”

43:9Y Yosef les dijo: «Habéis hecho mal». Y ellos dijeron: «¿Qué diremos, y cómo nos defenderemos? Nuestro señor ha descubierto la transgresión de sus siervos; he aquí, somos siervos de nuestro señor, y también nuestros asnos».

፱ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ገበርክሙ ፡ ወይቤሉ ፡ ምንተ ፡ ንበል ፡ ወምንተ ፡ ንትዋቀሥ ፡ እግዚእነ ፡ ረከበ ፡ አበሳሆሙ ፡ ለአግብርቲሁ ፡ ነየነ ፡ ንሕነ ፡ አግብርቱ ፡ ለእግዚእነ ፡ ወአእዱጊነሂ ።

43:10And Yosef said unto them, “I too fear Hashem; as for you, go to your homes, and let your brother be my servant, for you have done evil. Do you not know that a man delights in his cup as I with this cup? And yet you have stolen it from me.”

43:10Y Yosef les dijo: «Yo también temo a Hashem; en cuanto a vosotros, id a vuestras casas, y que vuestro hermano sea mi siervo, porque habéis hecho mal. ¿No sabéis que un hombre se deleita en su copa como yo en esta copa? Y sin embargo me la habéis robado».

፲ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ አንሰ ፡ እፈርህ ፡ አንትሙሰ ፡ ሖሩ ፡ አብያቲክሙ ፡ ወእኁክሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይኩን ፡ ቅኑየ ፡ እስመ ፡ እኩየ ፡ ገበርክሙ ፡ ኢታአምሩኑ ፡ ከመ ፡ ያስተአድም ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ጽዋዖ ፡ በከመ ፡ አነ ፡ በዝ ፡ ጽዋዕ ፡ ወኪያሁ ፡ ሰረቅሙኒ ።

43:11And Yehudah (Judah) said, “O my lord, let your servant, I pray you, speak a word in my lord’s ear. Two brothers did your servant’s mother bear to our father: one went away and was lost, and has not been found, and he alone is left of his mother, and your servant our father loves him, and his life also is bound up with the life of this lad.

43:11Y dijo Yehudá (Judá): «Oh señor mío, te ruego que permitas a tu siervo decir una palabra a oídos de mi señor. Dos hermanos dio a luz a nuestro padre la madre de tu siervo: uno se fue y se perdió, y no ha sido hallado, y este solo ha quedado de su madre, y tu siervo nuestro padre lo ama, y su vida también está ligada a la vida de este muchacho.

፲፩ወይቤ ፡ ይሁዳ ፡ ላዕሌየ ፡ እግዚኦ ፡ እትናገር ፡ ገብርከ ፡ ቃለ ፡ ውስተ ፡ እዝነ ፡ እግዚእየ ። ክልኤተ ፡ አኀወ ፡ ወለደት ፡ እሙ ፡ ለገብርከ ፡ ለአቡነ ፡ ለነ ፡ አሐዱ ፡ ወፅአ ፡ ወተገድፈ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ዘረከቦ ፡ ወውእቱ ፡ ባሕቲቱ ፡ ተረፈ ፡ ለእሙ ። ወገብርከኒ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ያፈቅሮ ፡ ወነፍሱኒ ፡ እስርት ፡ እምነፍዝ ፡

43:12And it will come to pass, when we go to your servant our father, and the lad is not with us, that he will die, and we shall bring down our father with sorrow unto death.

43:12Y acontecerá que cuando lleguemos a tu siervo nuestro padre, y el muchacho no esté con nosotros, él morirá, y haremos descender a nuestro padre con dolor a la muerte.

፲፪ወይከውን ፡ እምከመ ፡ ሖርነ ፡ ኀበ ፡ ገብርከ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ወእምከመ ፡ ኢሀሎ ፡ ምስሌነ ፡ ወሬዛ ፡ ይመውት ፡ ወንቀጽዕ ፡ አባነ ፡ በሐዘን ፡ እስከ ፡ ለመዊት ፡

43:13Now rather let me, your servant, abide instead of the boy as a bondsman unto my lord, and let the lad go with his brothers, for I became surety for him at the hand of your servant our father, and if I do not bring him back, your servant will bear the blame to our father forever.”

43:13Ahora, pues, quede yo, tu siervo, en lugar del joven por siervo de mi señor, y que el muchacho vaya con sus hermanos, porque yo salí fiador por él ante tu siervo nuestro padre, y si no lo traigo de vuelta, tu siervo será culpable ante nuestro padre para siempre».

፲፫ወእገብር ፡ አነ ፡ ባሕቱ ፡ ገብርከ ፡ ህየንቴሁ ፡ ለሕፃን ፡ ገብረ ፡ ለእግዚእየ ። ወይሖር ፡ ወሬዛ ፡ ምስለ ፡ አኀዊሁ ፡ እስመ ፡ ተሐበይክዎ ፡ እምእዴሁ ፡ ለገብርከ ፡ አቡነ ፡ ለነ ፡ ወለእመ ፡ ኢያግባእክዎ ፡ ይኤብስ ፡ ገበርከ ፡ ለአቡነ ፡ ኵሎን ፡ መዋዕለ ፡

Note. Compare Genesis 44:30–34.
Yosef makes himself known

43:14And Yosef saw that they were all accordant in goodness one with another, and he could not refrain himself, and he told them that he was Yosef.

43:14Y vio Yosef que todos ellos estaban unidos en bondad unos con otros, y no pudo contenerse, y les dijo que él era Yosef.

፲፬ወርእየ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ከመ ፡ ልበ ፡ ኵሎሙ ፡ ዕሩይ ፡ ብእሲ ፡ ምስለ ፡ ካልኡ ፡ ለሠናይ ፡ ወስእነ ፡ ተዐግሦ ፡ ወነገሮሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡

43:15And he conversed with them in the Hebrew tongue and fell on their neck and wept.

43:15Y conversó con ellos en la lengua hebrea, y se echó sobre su cuello y lloró.

፲፭ወተናገረ ፡ ምስሌሆሙ ፡ በከመ ፡ ልሳነ ፡ ዕብራይስጥ ። ወሐቀፈ ፡ ክሳውዲሆሙ ፡ ወበከየ ፡ ወእሙንቱሰ ፡ ኢያእመርዎ ፡ ወአኀዙ ፡ ይብክዩ ።

43:16But they knew him not, and they began to weep. And he said unto them, “Weep not over me, but hasten and bring my father to me; and you see that it is my mouth that speaks, and the eyes of my brother Binyamin see.

43:16Pero ellos no lo conocían, y comenzaron a llorar. Y él les dijo: «No lloréis por mí, sino apresuraos y traedme a mi padre; y vosotros veis que es mi boca la que habla, y los ojos de mi hermano Binyamín lo ven.

፲፮ወይቤሎሙ ፡ ኢትብክዩ ፡ ላዕሌየ ፡ አፍጥኑ ፡ ወአምጽእዎ ፡ ለአቡየ ፡ ኀቤየ ፡ ወእርአዮ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ እሙት ፡ ወአዕይንቲሁኒ ፡ ለእኁየ ፡ ብንያም ፡ እንዘ ፡ ይሬእያ ።

43:17For behold, this is the second year of the famine, and there are still five years without harvest or fruit of trees or plowing.

43:17Porque he aquí, este es el segundo año del hambre, y aún quedan cinco años sin cosecha, ni fruto de árboles, ni arada.

፲፯እስመ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ዝንቱ ፡ ካልእ ፡ ዓም ፡ ዘዐባር ፡ ወዓዲ ፡ ኀምስቱ ፡ ዓመት ፡ ሀሎ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ማእረረ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ፍሬ ፡ ዕፅ ፡ ወአልቦ ፡ ሐሪሰ ፡

43:18Come down quickly, you and your households, so that you perish not through the famine, and do not be grieved for your possessions, for Hashem sent me before you to set things in order, that many people might live.

43:18Descended pronto vosotros y vuestras casas, para que no perezcáis por el hambre, y no os entristezcáis por vuestros bienes, porque Hashem me envió delante de vosotros para poner las cosas en orden, para que mucha gente viviese.

፲፰ፍጡነ ፡ ረዱ ፡ አንትሙ ፡ ወአብያቲክሙ ፡ ወኢትትሐጐሉ ፡ በዐባር ፡ ወኢትተክዙ ፡ በእንተ ፡ ጥሪትክሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ ለሠሪዕ ፡ አቅደመ ፡ ፈንዎትየ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ቅድሜክሙ ፡ ከመ ፡ ይሕየዉ ፡ ሕዝብ ፡ ብዙኃን ።

Note. Compare Genesis 45:5–7.

43:19And tell my father that I am still alive; and you, behold, you see that Hashem has made me as a father to Par’oh (Pharaoh), and ruler over his house and over all the land of Mitzrayim (Egypt).

43:19Y decid a mi padre que aún vivo; y vosotros, he aquí, veis que Hashem me ha puesto por padre de Paró (Faraón), y por señor de su casa y de toda la tierra de Mitzrayim (Egipto).

፲፱ወዜንውዎ ፡ ለአቡየ ፡ ከመ ፡ ዓዲ ፡ ሕያው ፡ አነ ፡ ወአንትሙኒ ፡ ናሁ ፡ ትሬእዩ ፡ ከመ ፡ ሠርዐኒ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ከመ ፡ እንተ ፡ አቡሁ ፡ ለፈርዖን ፡ ወከመ ፡ እመብል ፡ ውስተ ፡ ቤቱ ፡ ወዲበ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ፡

43:20And tell my father of all my glory, and all the riches and glory that Hashem has given me.”

43:20Y contad a mi padre toda mi gloria, y todas las riquezas y la gloria que Hashem me ha dado».

፳ወዜንውዎ ፡ ለአቡየ ፡ ኵሎ ፡ ክብርየ ፡ ወኵሎ ፡ ዘመጠነ ፡ ወሀበኒ ፡ እግዚአብሔር ፡ ብዕለ ፡ ወክብረ ።

The news reaches their father

43:21And by the command of the mouth of Par’oh he gave them chariots and provisions for the way, and he gave them all many-colored raiment and silver.

43:21Y por mandato de la boca de Paró les dio carros y provisiones para el camino, y les dio a todos vestidos de muchos colores y plata.

፳፩ወወሀቦሙ ፡ በቃለ ፡ አፈ ፡ ፈርዖን ፡ ሰረገላተ ፡ ወሥንቀ ፡ ለፍኖት ፡ ወወሀቦሙ ፡ ለኵሎሙ ፡ አልባሰ ፡ ሕብር ፡ ወብሩረ ።

43:22And to their father he sent raiment and silver and ten donkeys which carried grain, and he sent them away.

43:22Y a su padre envió vestidos y plata y diez asnos cargados de grano, y los despidió.

፳፪ወለአቡሆሙኒ ፡ ፈነወ ፡ አልባሰ ፡ ወብሩረ ፡ ወዐሠርተ ፡ አእዱገ ፡ ዘይወስዱ ፡ ስርናየ ፡ ወፈነዎሙ ፡

43:23And they went up and told their father that Yosef was alive, and was measuring out grain to all the nations of the earth, and that he was ruler over all the land of Mitzrayim.

43:23Y subieron y dijeron a su padre que Yosef vivía, y que repartía grano a todas las naciones de la tierra, y que era señor de toda la tierra de Mitzrayim.

፳፫ወዐርጉ ፡ ወዜነዉ ፡ ለአቡሆሙ ። ከመ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ሕያው ፡ ወከመ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ያሰፍር ፡ ስርናየ ፡ ለኵሉ ፡ አሕዛበ ፡ ምድር ፡ ወይሜብል ፡ ዲበ ፡ ኵሉ ፡ ምድረ ፡ ግብጽ ።

43:24And their father did not believe it, for he was beside himself in his mind; but when he saw the wagons which Yosef had sent, the life of his spirit revived, and he said, “It is enough for me if Yosef lives; I will go down and see him before I die.”

43:24Y su padre no lo creyó, porque estaba fuera de sí en su mente; pero cuando vio los carros que Yosef había enviado, el aliento de su espíritu revivió, y dijo: «Me basta con que Yosef viva; descenderé y lo veré antes que yo muera».

፳፬ወኢአምነ ፡ አቡሆሙ ፡ እስመ ፡ ደንገፀ ፡ በኅሊናሁ ። ወእምዝ ፡ ርእየ ፡ ሰረገላተ ፡ ዘፈነወ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ወተሐደሰት ፡ ወሐይወት ፡ መንፈሱ ፡ ወይቤ ፡ ዐቢይ ፡ ውእቱ ፡ ሊተ ፡ እስመ ፡ ዮሴፍ ፡ ሕያው ፡ እረድ ፡ ወእርአዮ ፡ ዘእንበለ ፡ እሙት ።

Note. Compare Genesis 45:26–28.
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1In verse 1, in whose sack did the steward put the cup?

2In verse 15, in what language did Yosef talk with his brothers?

3In verse 7, in what order did the steward search the sacks?

4In verse 17, how many more years of famine did Yosef say were still to come?

5In verse 22, what did the ten donkeys sent to their father carry?

6In verse 24, their father did not believe the news at first. What made his spirit revive?

7In verse 18, why does Yosef say Hashem sent him ahead of his brothers?

8In verse 6 the steward said only the guilty man would be kept and the rest could go home in peace. In verse 8, what did all the brothers do?

9In chapter 42, Yehudah promised his father to bear the blame all his life if he did not bring Binyamin back. How does he keep that promise in verse 13?

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English translation
R. H. Charles, The Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha of the Old Testament (Oxford, 1913), public domain, lightly modernized by Benei Avraham in the same way as our Bible pages: “thee/thou” become “you,” older verb forms are updated, people and places carry their Hebrew names with the familiar English name in parentheses the first time on each page, and “the Lord” (God) is written “Hashem.” Charles’s editorial dates are given in the notes. Digital text from the CrossWire Bible Society’s SWORD module (public domain).
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