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Signs of the Times, Book 1 - Ellen G. White

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<strong>the</strong> whole encampment ga<strong>the</strong>red eagerly around <strong>the</strong>m as <strong>the</strong>y related to <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

fa<strong>the</strong>r all that had transpired. Alarm and apprehension filled every heart. One<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir number was imprisoned in a strange land as a pledge for <strong>the</strong><br />

appearance <strong>the</strong>re <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> youngest and now <strong>the</strong> favorite son <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> griefstricken<br />

patriarch. There was something mysterious in <strong>the</strong> conduct <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

governor <strong>of</strong> Egypt, and this mystery was increased in <strong>the</strong>ir minds when, as<br />

<strong>the</strong>y emptied <strong>the</strong>ir sacks, each was found to contain <strong>the</strong> owner's bag <strong>of</strong><br />

money at its mouth. In his distress <strong>the</strong> aged fa<strong>the</strong>r exclaimed, "Me have ye<br />

bereaved <strong>of</strong> my children; Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take<br />

Benjamin away. All <strong>the</strong>se things are against me." Reuben answered, "Slay<br />

my two sons if I bring him not to <strong>the</strong>e; deliver him into my hand and I will<br />

bring him to <strong>the</strong>e again." This rash speech did not relieve <strong>the</strong> mind <strong>of</strong> Jacob.<br />

His answer was, "My son shall not go down with you; for his bro<strong>the</strong>r is dead,<br />

and he is left alone. If mischief befall him by <strong>the</strong> way in which ye go, <strong>the</strong>n<br />

shall ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to <strong>the</strong> grave."<br />

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