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You must bring your youngest brother to me, and then your words will be confirmed and you will not die." And they did so.

Then they loaded their grain upon their donkeys and went away from there.

And when they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan they told him everything that had happened to them, saying,

And it happened that when they emptied their sacks, behold, each one's pouch of money was in his sack. And when they and their father saw the pouches of their money, they were greatly distressed.

And it happened that as they finished eating the grain which they had brought from Egypt their father said to them, "Return and buy a little food for us."

And they said, "The man asked explicitly about us and about our family, saying, ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have a brother?' And we answered him according to these words. How could we know that he would say, ‘Bring down your brother'?"

So the men took this gift, and they took double money in their hands, and Benjamin, and they rose up and went down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.

And the men were afraid when they were brought into the house of Joseph. And they said "We were brought here on account of the money that was returned to our sacks the first time, that he might attack us and fall upon us to take us as slaves with our donkeys."

So they approached the man who was over Joseph's house and spoke to him at the doorway of the house.

And they said, "Please, my lord, we surely came down once before to buy food,

And when Joseph came into the house they brought the gift that was in their hand into the house to him, and they bowed down before him to the ground.

And they said, "Your servant our father is well; he is still alive." And they knelt and bowed down.

And they served him by himself, and them by themselves, and the Egyptians who were eating with him by themselves, for Egyptians could not dine with Hebrews, because that was a detestable thing to Egyptians.

And they were seated before him from the firstborn according to his birthright to the youngest according to his youth. And the men looked at one another amazed.

And portions were served to them from his table, and the portion of Benjamin was five times greater than the portion of any of them. And they drank and became drunk with him.

Then he commanded the one who was over his household, saying, "Fill the sacks of the men with food as much as they are able to carry, and put each one's money in the mouth of his sack.

When the morning light came the men were sent away, they and their donkeys.

They went out of the city, and had not gone far when Joseph said to the one who was over his house, "Arise! Pursue after the men and overtake them. Then you shall say to them, ‘Why have you repaid evil for good?

And they said to him, "Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Then they tore their clothes, and each one loaded his donkey and they returned to the city.