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   From: doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca   
      
   Day 27, 27 January 2026   
      
   Genesis 43, Genesis 44, Genesis 45   
      
   GENESIS 43   
      
   Joseph's Brothers Return With Benjamin   
      
   1 Now the famine was severe in the land.   
   2 When they had eaten up the grain which   
   they had brought out of Egypt, their father said to them,   
   "Go back and buy us a little food."   
   3 Judah spoke to him, saying, "The man solemnly warned us, saying,   
   'You will not see my face unless your brother is with you.'   
   4 If you will send our brother with us, we will go down and buy food for you.   
   5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down.   
   For the man said to us, 'You will not see my face   
   unless your brother is with you.' "   
   6 Israel said, "Why did you treat me so badly as   
   to tell the man that you had another brother?"   
   7 And they said, "The man asked us directly about ourselves and our family,   
    saying, 'Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?'   
    So we answered his questions. How could we even know that he would say,   
   'Bring your brother down'?"   
   8 And Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the boy with me,   
   and we will arise and go, so that we may live and not die,   
   both we and you, and also our little ones.   
   9 I will be a surety for him. You may hold me personally   
   responsible for him. If I fail to bring him back to you and set him before you,   
    then let me bear the blame forever. 10 For if we had not delayed,   
   we could have returned twice."   
   11 Their father Israel said to them, "If it must be so, do this.   
   Take some of the best fruits in the land in your bags,   
   and carry down a present for the man: a little balm   
   and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, pistachio nuts and almonds.   
   12 Take double the money with you, along with the money   
   that was brought back in the mouths of your sacks.   
   Carry it with you again. Perhaps it was a mistake.   
   13 Also, take your brother and arise, return to the man.   
   14 And may God Almighty give you mercy before the man,   
   so that he may send away your other brother, along with Benjamin.   
    As for me, if I am bereaved, I am bereaved."   
   15 The men took the gift, and they took double the money with them,   
   along with Benjamin. Then they went on their way down to Egypt   
   and stood before Joseph. 16 When Joseph saw Benjamin with them,   
   he said to the house steward,   
   "Bring these men home, slaughter an animal and prepare it,   
   for these men will dine with me at noon."   
   17 The man did as Joseph ordered,   
   so the man brought the men into Joseph's house.   
   18 The men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph's house.   
   They said, "We have been brought in because of the money   
    that was returned in our sacks the first time,   
   so that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us   
   and take us for slaves with our donkeys."   
      
   [1] And the famine was sore in the land.   
   [2] And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had   
   brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little   
   food.   
   [3] And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us,   
   saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.   
   [4] If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee   
   food:   
   [5] But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said   
   unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you.   
   [6] And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man   
   whether ye had yet a brother?   
   [7] And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our   
   kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we   
   told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that   
   he would say, Bring your brother down?   
   [8] And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will   
   arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our   
   little ones.   
   [9] I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring   
   him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for   
   ever:   
   [10] For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second   
   time.   
   [11] And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this;   
   take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man   
   a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and   
   almonds:   
   [12] And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought   
   again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure   
   it was an oversight:   
   [13] Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:   
   [14] And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away   
   your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am   
   bereaved.   
   [15] And the men took that present, and they took double money in their   
   hand, and Benjamin; and rose up, and went down to Egypt, and stood before   
   Joseph.   
   [16] And when Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the ruler of his   
   house, Bring these men home, and slay, and make ready; for these men shall   
   dine with me at noon.   
   [17] And the man did as Joseph bade; and the man brought the men into   
   Joseph's house.   
   [18] And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house;   
   and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the   
   first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall   
   upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.   
      
   The Feast With Joseph   
      
   19 They approached the steward of Joseph's house,   
   and they spoke with him at the entrance of the house.   
   20 They said, "My lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.   
   21 When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks and realized   
   every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight.   
   So we have brought it again with us.   
   22 We have also brought additional money with us to buy food.   
   We cannot tell who put our money in our sacks."   
   23 He said, "Be at peace; do not be afraid.   
   Your God and the God of your father has given you treasure in your sacks.   
   I had your money." Then he brought Simeon out to them.   
   24 The man brought the men into Joseph's house   
   and gave them water to wash their feet and gave feed to their donkeys.   
   25 Then they made ready the gift for Joseph's coming at noon,   
    for they heard that they would be eating a meal there.   
   26 When Joseph came home, they brought into the house   
    to him the present that they had with them   
   and bowed themselves to him to the ground.   
   27 He asked them about their well-being and said,   
   "Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?"   
   28 And they answered, "Your servant our father is in good health.   
   He is still alive." And they bowed down their heads and prostrated themselves.   
   29 He lifted up his eyes and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son,   
    and said, "Is this your younger brother of whom you spoke to me?"   
      
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