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10 We must go now! We have already talked for too long. By now, we could have gone to Egypt and returned twice!’

11 Then their father Jacob said to them, ‘If you must take Benjamin, do what I tell you. Put some of the best things from our land in your bags. Take them to the man as a gift. Take some oil, some honey and some spices. Also take some myrrh, and some nuts.[a] 12 Also take twice the amount of money with you. You must give back the money that they put back into your bags last time. It may have been a mistake.

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  1. 43:11 All these gifts were things that Egyptian people usually had to buy from other countries. Nuts are hard seeds that people eat, like almonds.