After the family reunion begins, Joseph and Benjamin embrace, weeping. The text mentions this specific embrace with special attention.
Benjamin is the brother from the same mother. He's the last living connection to Rachel, to Joseph's childhood, to who Joseph was before trauma. The embrace with him carries different weight than with the others.
When I finally saw my younger sister after I'd cut contact, we couldn't speak for a while. We just held each other. Some relationships have that unique power - they contain versions of us we haven't been in years. Benjamin holds that for Joseph.
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