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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Tanach: Genesis 43: 26 And when Joseph came home, they brought him the present which was in their hand into the house, and bowed down to him to the earth.
Genesis 43: 27 And he asked them of their welfare, and said: 'Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spoke? Is he yet alive?'
Genesis 43: 28 And they said: 'Thy servant our father is well, he is yet alive.' And they bowed the head, and made obeisance.
Genesis 43: 29 And he lifted up his eyes, and saw Benjamin his brother, his mother's son, and said: 'Is this your youngest brother of whom ye spoke unto me?' And he said: 'God be gracious unto thee, my son.'
Genesis 43: 30 And Joseph made haste; for his heart yearned toward his brother; and he sought where to weep; and he entered into his chamber, and wept there.
Genesis 43: 31 And he washed his face, and came out; and he refrained himself, and said: 'Set on bread.'
Genesis 43: 32 And they set on for him by himself, and for them by themselves, and for the Egyptians, that did eat with him, by themselves; because the Egyptians might not eat bread with the Hebrews; for that is an abomination unto the Egyptians.
Genesis 43: 33 And they sat before him, the firstborn according to his birthright, and the youngest according to his youth; and the men marvelled one with another.
Genesis 43: 34 And portions were taken unto them from before him; but Benjamin's portion was five times so much as any of theirs. And they drank, and were merry with him.
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