Eventually circumstances, along with Judah's reasoning, forced Jacob to reconsider his refusal to send Benjamin.
Jacob gives the brothers some more gifts to take, hoping to see the safe return of his son. Jacob seems resigned to the situation.
When they meet Jospeh's steward they "confess" to taking the silver (though it was Joseph who put it there). Then Jospeh meets with them and inquires of their father again.
Jospeh is finding it difficult to control his emotions. The brothers were seated in age order, and Benjamin was given more than the others. Joseph seems to be doing all he can to hint who he is, without saying so explicitly.
Why does Joseph take such a circuitous route to revealing himself?
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