Genesis 42:13 - Meaning and Application

"And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?"

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"We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan."

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"And we said unto my lord, We have a father, an old man, and a child of his old age, a little one; and his brother is dead, and he alone is left of his mother, and his father loveth"

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"And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?"

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"And he lifted up his eyes, and saw his brother Benjamin, his mother's son, and said, Is this your younger brother, of whom ye spake unto me? And he said, God be gracious unto thee, my son."

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"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?"

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