“We be twelve brethren, sons of our father; one is not, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.”
We were twelve brothers, sons of one father. One is no more, and the youngest is now with our father in Canaan. The disclosure of the family structure is repeated — twelve brothers, one no more, youngest with father. The brothers are now saying to Jacob what they said to Joseph. The application: the story told twice — to Joseph and to Jacob — is told consistently. The brothers are not revising the account for the audiences.
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