Genesis 42 - Famine forces Jacob to send the brothers to Egypt for food. Joseph recognizes and tests them. They seem to pass, telling each other they are being judged for what they did to Joseph, when they don't know he can understand them. He tests them further: will they work to protect and save a brother in distress, when before they sold him into slavery? Back home, Jacob is bitter and refuses to carry out the plan to take Benjamin to Egypt to free Simeon. "He is the only one left." What about the other 10 brothers!?
43 - Judah later gets Jacob to let Benjamin come with them. Joseph eats with them and weeps when he sees Benjamin.
44 - Joseph tests them by getting Benjamin in trouble, to see how they will respond. Judah intercedes, more for Jacob in his grief than for Benjamin.
45 - Joseph reveals himself, and they are freaked out at first, but he assures them they're good - God did this. He sends them back with food and clothes to bring Jacob there. He doesn't believe it until he sees the wagons of stuff.
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