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Do you have another brother?’ So we answered him in this way. How could we possibly know that he would say, ‘Bring your brother down’?”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then Judah said to his father Israel, “Send the boy with me and we will go immediately. Then we will live and not die – we and you and our little ones. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>I myself pledge security for him; you may hold me liable. If I do not bring him back to you and place him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>But if we had not delayed, we could have traveled there and back twice by now!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Then their father Israel said to them, “If it must be so, then do this: Take some of the best products of the land in your bags, and take a gift down to the man – a little balm and a little honey, spices and myrrh, pistachios and almonds. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Take double the money with you; you must take back the money that was returned in the mouths of your sacks – perhaps it was an oversight. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Take your brother too, and go right away to the man. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>May the sovereign God grant you mercy before the man so that he may release your other brother and Benjamin! As for me, if I lose my children I lose them.”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>So the men took these gifts, and they took double the money with them, along with Benjamin. Then they hurried down to Egypt and stood before Joseph. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the servant who was over his household, “Bring the men to the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for the men will eat with me at noon.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The man did just as Joseph said; he brought the men into Joseph’s house.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>But the men were afraid when they were brought to Joseph’s house. They said, “We are being brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks last time. He wants to capture us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys!” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So they approached the man who was in charge of Joseph’s household and spoke to him at the entrance to the house. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>They said, “My lord, we did indeed come down the first time to buy food. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But when we came to the place where we spent the night, we opened our sacks and each of us found his money – the full amount – in the mouth of his sack. So we have returned it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>We have brought additional money with us to buy food. We do not know who put the money in our sacks!”</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>“Everything is fine,” the man in charge of Joseph’s household told them. “Don’t be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks. I had your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>The servant in charge brought the men into Joseph’s house. He gave them water, and they washed their feet. Then he gave food to their donkeys. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They got their gifts ready for Joseph’s arrival at noon, for they had heard that they were to have a meal there.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>When Joseph came home, they presented him with the gifts they had brought inside, and they bowed down to the ground before him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>He asked them how they were doing. Then he said, “Is your aging father well, the one you spoke about? Is he still alive?” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“Your servant our father is well,” they replied. “He is still alive.” They bowed down in humility.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>When Joseph looked up and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother’s son, he said, “Is this your youngest brother, whom you told me about?” Then he said, “May God be gracious to you, my son.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>Joseph hurried out, for he was overcome by affection for his brother and was at the point of tears. So he went to his room and wept there.</p> <p class="bodytext"><span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>Then he washed his face and came out. With composure he said, “Set out the food.” <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>They set a place for him, a separate place for his brothers, and another for the Egyptians who were eating with him. (The Egyptians are not able to eat with Hebrews, for the Egyptians think it is disgusting to do so.) <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-33.htm"><b>33</b></a></span>They sat before him, arranged by order of birth, beginning with the firstborn and ending with the youngest. The men looked at each other in astonishment. <span class="reftext"><a href="/genesis/43-34.htm"><b>34</b></a></span>He gave them portions of the food set before him, but the portion for Benjamin was five times greater than the portions for any of the others. 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