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Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, ^(ag)every man's bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed.

Their father Jacob said to them, "You have ^(ah)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."

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 ^[l]care, and I will return him to you."

But ^[m]Jacob said, "My son shall not go down with you; for his ^(ai)brother is dead, and he alone is left. ^(aj)If harm should befall him on the journey ^[n]you are taking, then you will ^(ak)bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow."