How can I go back to my father if the boy is not with me? No! Do not let me see the misery that would come on my father. The final statement of Judah's plea — how can I go back without him, do not let me see my father's misery — is the statement that reveals the transformation. The man who could watch his father grieve for Joseph, day after day, has become the man who cannot bear to see his father's grief. The application: the proof of genuine repentance is not merely words but the change in what you can and cannot bear. Judah cannot bear to bring his father grief again.

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