Joseph Tests His Brothers

JOSEPH wants to know if his 10 older brothers are still mean and unkind. So he says: 'You are spies. You have come to find out where our country is weak.' 

'No, we are not,' they says. 'We are honest men. We are all brothers. We were 12.  But one brother is no more, and the youngest is at home with our father.'

Joseph pretends not to believe them.  He keeps the brother named Sim'e-on in prison, and lets the others take the food and go home. But he tells them: 'When you come back, you must bring your youngest brother with you.' 

When they returned home to Ca'naan,the brothers tell their father Jacob everything that happened. Jacob is very sad. 'Joseph is no more,' he cries,  'and now Sim'e-on is no more. I will not let you take my youngest son Benjamin.' But when their food begins to run out, Jacob has to let them take Benjamin to Egypt so they can get more food. 

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