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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We said to my lord, 'The boy cannot leave his father, for if he should leave his father, his father would die.'
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Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not see my face again.'
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"When we went back to your servant my father, we told him the words of my lord.
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And when our father said, 'Go again, buy us a little food,'
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we said, 'We cannot go down. If our youngest brother goes with us, then we will go down. For we cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us.'
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