“And we said, We cannot go down: if our youngest brother be with us, then will we go down: for we may not see the man’s face, except our youngest brother be with us.”
But we said: we cannot go down. Only if our youngest brother is with us will we go. We cannot see the man's face unless our youngest brother is with us. The recapitulation of the condition — only with Benjamin — is Judah's account of the family's compliance with what Joseph demanded. The application: the account of compliance with an external demand establishes that the current situation was not chosen but required.
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