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to Yusuf, his dear little boy. Again he
asked, “
Shall I entrust him to you as
I entrusted his brother to you
before?
”
But they went on and on pleading
with him. Their persistence and the
urgent need for food finally made
Nabi
Ya’qub [a] agree to send his
youngest son, Binyamin, with his
ten half-brothers to Egypt. But first,
he took from every one of them a
solemn promise before Allah, that
they would indeed take good care
of him and bring him back home
safely. With one voice they all prom-
ised to do so.
It was a serious moment, and
everyone pledged his life to protect
Binyamin.
Nabi
Ya’qub [a] said,
“
Allah is witness to all that we say
.”
Then
Nabi
Ya’qub [a] advised his
sons, “
My sons, do not all enter the
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Vocabulary
pleaded
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persistence
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urgent
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solemn
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pledged
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advised
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attract
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undue
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suspicion
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strangers
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harness
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grunting
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confident
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embraced
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