ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 44:2
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Gen 44:2

44:2 put my cup. Joseph was putting the brothers to the final test of family fidelity.

sack of the youngest. The original crime pertained to Joseph, Rachel’s son and Jacob’s favorite, and the brothers selling him into slavery in Egypt. To test the brothers, Joseph brilliantly created a situation where Rachel’s other son (and Jacob’s favorite), Benjamin, was also threatened with slavery in Egypt.