This is the moment Joseph sees his youngest brother Benjamin - the other son of Rachel, his mother. The text doesn't specify what he feels, just that he 'made haste.'
After all the testing and maneuvering, Benjamin's presence seems to cause something to break open. Joseph rushes. He needs to step away to weep.
There's something about shared family history, about the person who came after you and might have the memories you need. Benjamin probably doesn't have many memories of Joseph. But Joseph has Benjamin - the living proof that he had a mother, that he was part of something before the betrayal.
I think about what seeing a sibling can unlock - the gravity of shared history, the embodied reminder of your childhood self.
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