So the men took the gifts and double the amount of silver, and Benjamin also. They hurried down to Egypt and presented themselves to Joseph. The compliance with Jacob's instructions — gifts, double silver, Benjamin — is the full preparation for the meeting that will resolve the twenty-two-year estrangement. The application: the compliance that takes what is required into the feared encounter is the compliance of faith moving through fear.

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