Joseph enacts the final part of his plan to bring his brothers into repentance. As a result we see very significant changes in the way his brothers deal with their father's favored son even to the point of Judah offering himself as a substitute.

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Sailhamer, J. H. (2017). The Expositor’s Bible Commentary (T. Longman & D. E. Garland, Eds.). Zondervan.

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