A Time of Transition (43:16-34)

The nine brothers had enough to think about on their trip without pondering their father’s chronic grief. In fact, they faced three difficult problems for which they had no answers: (1) Explaining to the officials why they had the money, (2) effecting Simeon’s release from confinement, and (3) protecting Benjamin. But by the time they were heading back home, they thought all these problems had been solved.