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Genesis 43:2

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so once they had finished the grain they'd brought from Egypt, their father told them, “You have to go back and buy some more grain for us.”

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The famine continued to be really bad in Canaan,

“Please excuse us, my lord,” they said. “We came down the first time to buy food,

But Judah responded, “The man was adamant when he warned us, ‘I won't even see you unless your brother is with you.’

If you send our brother Benjamin with us then we'll go and buy food for you.

However, later on, our father told us, ‘Go back and buy some more food.’

It's better to respect the Lord and only have a little than to have plenty of money and the trouble that comes with it.

Pride leads to destruction; and an arrogant spirit leads to a fall.

She looks at a field, and decides to buy it; from the money she's earned she buys a vineyard.

But those who don't look after their relatives, especially their own family, have denied their beliefs, and are worse than those who don't believe.