ESV Reformation Study Bible – Gen 43:34
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Gen 43:34

43:34 Benjamin’s . . . five times as much. This display of favoritism toward Benjamin (v. 29 note; cf. 37:3–11) was designed to test the brothers for jealousy. Their behavior (“they drank and were merry”) indicated that their change of heart was real.