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14 May God Almighty help you to find mercy with that man so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin. As for me, if I must mourn my children, I will do so.”

15 The Sons of Jacob Are Guests of Joseph.[a] The men therefore took the gifts, double the money, and Benjamin and left. They went down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his head steward: “Bring these men into the house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it. They are to eat the noonday meal with me.”

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  1. Genesis 43:15 After the misadventures of the first visit, the sons of Jacob are hard put to believe the kindness with which they are being treated, and they are reassured only at the banquet that is offered to them.