And it came to pass, when we came unto thy servant my father, &c.] In the land of Canaan: we told him the words of my lord; what he had said to them, particularly respecting Benjamin.
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And we said to my master, ‘The young man can't leave his father. If he leaves, his father will die.'
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You said to your servants, ‘If your youngest brother doesn't come down with you, you'll never see my face again.'
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"When we went back to my father your servant, we told him what you said.
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Our father told us, ‘Go back and buy for us a little food.'
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But we said, ‘We can't go down. We will go down only if our youngest brother is with us. We won't be able to gain an audience with the man without our youngest brother with us.'