Genesis 42:36 meaning and explanation

Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”

Genesis 42:36, Berean Standard Bible

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Jacob speaks these words to his sons after they return from Egypt with grain, the demand that Benjamin come, and silver mysteriously returned in their sacks. He counts his losses: Joseph is gone, Simeon is held in Egypt, and now Benjamin is demanded.

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