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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 43:15-18a . . So the men took that gift, and they took with them double the money; as well as Benjamin. They made their way down to Egypt, where they reported to Joseph.

. . .When Joseph saw Benjamin with them; he said to his house steward: Take the men into the house; slaughter and prepare an animal, for the men will dine with me at noon. The man did as Joseph said, and he brought the men into Joseph's house.[/B]

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†. [/COLOR]Gen 43:1-7 . . But the famine in the land was severe. And when they had eaten up the rations which they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them: Go again and procure some food for us.

. . . But Judah said to him: The man warned us "Do not let me see your faces unless your brother is with you". If you will let our brother go with us, we will go down and procure food for you; but if you will not let him go, we will ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 42:37 . .Then Reuben said to his father: You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back.[/B]

It would have been interesting to ask Reuben's boys how they felt about their dad's rash offer to trade their lives for Benjamin's. That is the very same stupid kind of deal that Lot offered the Sodomites back in chapter 19, only Lot's was dumber because he offered ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 42:29b-34 . . they told him all that had befallen them, saying; The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the land. We said to him: We are honest men; we have never been spies! There were twelve of us brothers, sons by the same father; but one is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in the land of Canaan.

. . . But the man who is lord of the land said to us; By this I shall know ...

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[B][COLOR=#ff0000]†.[/COLOR] Gen 42:24b . . Returning, he talked some more with them. He then chose Simeon from among them and had him shackled in their sight.[/B]

Simeon was next in the line of seniority of the ten brothers (Gen 29:31-33). Since Rueben had shown some good colors back at the pit in chapter 37, the lot fell to Simeon; and it was a good choice since he and his brother Levi had so far shown themselves to be the cruelest among the brothers in the ...