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Genesis 42
³⁵ Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.
³⁶ Their father Jacob said to them, "You have bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me."
³⁷ Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, "You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my care, and I will return him to you."
³⁸ But Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. If harm should befall him on the journey you are taking, then you will bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."
Genesis 43
¹ Now the famine was severe in the land.
² So it came about when they had finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt, that their father said to them, "Go back, buy us a little food."
³ Judah spoke to him, however, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, ’You shall not see my face unless your brother is with you.’
⁴ If you send our brother with us, we will go down and buy you food.
⁵ But if you do not send him, we will not go down; for the man said to us, ’You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.’"
⁶ Then Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly by telling the man whether you still had another brother?"
⁷ But they said, "The man questioned particularly about us and our relatives, saying, ’Is your father still alive? Have you another brother?’ So we answered his questions. Could we possibly know that he would say, ’Bring your brother down’?"