Joseph asked them if they had any other brothers, and they told him
there was one more, Benjamin, the youngest. Then Joseph told them to
go home and come back again bringing Benjamin with them, and that he
would keep Simeon, one of their number, until they did this.
So back they went with their sacks full of corn which Joseph had
allowed them to buy, and told their father what the governor had said
and done. At first Jacob refused to let them take Benjamin away from
him, but when the corn they had brought home was all gone he consented.
Once more the brothers stood before the governor of Egypt and this time
Benjamin was with them. After questioning them once more, letting them
start on their home-ward journey, and then bringing them back again,
Joseph told them who he was and how he had been prospered. He gave
them food and money and clothes and sent them back to Hebron. He also
told them to bring back their father Jacob and gave them wagons in
which to bring his goods.
[Illustration: Joseph told them who he was.]
Pharaoh, the King, also sent an invitation to Jacob, and in time he and
his sons and their families went to Egypt and were given the fertile
land of Goshen for their home. They were put in charge of all the
King's flocks and herds and became very prosperous.
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