21-23 And they did just that, the sons of Israel. Joseph gave them the wagons that Pharaoh had promised and food for the trip. He outfitted all the brothers in brand-new clothes, but he gave Benjamin three hundred pieces of silver and several suits of clothes. He sent his father these gifts: ten donkeys loaded with Egypt’s best products and another ten donkeys loaded with grain and bread, provisions for his father’s journey back.

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21 So the sons of Israel did this. Joseph gave them carts,(A) as Pharaoh had commanded, and he also gave them provisions for their journey.(B) 22 To each of them he gave new clothing,(C) but to Benjamin he gave three hundred shekels[a] of silver and five sets of clothes.(D) 23 And this is what he sent to his father: ten donkeys(E) loaded with the best things(F) of Egypt, and ten female donkeys loaded with grain and bread and other provisions for his journey.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 45:22 That is, about 7 1/2 pounds or about 3.5 kilograms