Holy Scripture
Genesis 43:11
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“Nevertheless Benjamin, the youngest, was kept back and still stayed close to his loving father. The bonds of the law held him back, and ancestral custom. The famine was increasing because he was coming late. Two brothers, Reuben and Judah—that is, humility and confession—make intercession on his behalf. He has them as…”
Source: Septuagint
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11And Israel, their father, said to them, If it be so, do this; take of the fruits of the earth in your vessels, and carry down to the man presents of gum and honey, and frankincense, and stacte, and turpentine, and walnuts.
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9And I engage for him; at my hand do thou require him; if I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty toward thee forever.
10For if we had not tarried, we should now have returned twice.
— Genesis 43:11 —
12And take double money in your hands, and the money that was returned in your sacks, carry back with you, lest peradventure it is a mistake.
13And take your brother; and arise, go down to the man.