And if ye take this also from me, and mischief befall him, ye shall bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to the grave.
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Interpretation
Had Joseph been, as Judah supposed him, an utter stranger to the family, he could not but be wrought upon by his powerful reasonings. But neither Jacob nor Benjamin need an intercessor with Joseph; for he himself loved them.
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This thought runs through Genesis 44:29-33.