Return to Canaan and Jacob's Grief

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They returned to Ya'akov their father in the land of Kena'an and told him all that had happened to them.

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"The man, the lord of the land, spoke harshly with us. He took us for spies in his country.

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We said to him, 'We are upright men, we're not spies;

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we are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is gone, and the youngest stayed with our father in the land of Kena'an.'

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But the man, the lord of the land, said to us, 'Here is how I will know that you are upright men: leave one of your brothers with me, take grain to relieve the famine in your homes, and go on your way;

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but bring your youngest brother to me. By this I will know that you aren't spies, but are upright men; then I will return your brother to you; and you will do business in the land.'"

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Next, as they emptied their packs, there was each man's bag of money in his pack; and when they and their father saw their bags of money, they became afraid.

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Ya'akov their father said to them, "You have robbed me of my children! Yosef is gone, Shim'on is gone, now you're taking Binyamin away - it all falls on me!"

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Re'uven said to his father, "If I don't bring him back to you, you can kill my own two sons! Put him in my care; I will return him to you."

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But he replied, "My son will not go down with you. His brother is dead, and he alone is left. If anything were to happen to him while traveling with you, you would bring my gray hair down to Sh'ol with grief."

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