hat they are victims of a
conspiracy, the object of which is to place
them in the power of this Egyptian governor,
and he thinks that this submissive attitude is
best calculated to secure mercy at his hands.

How do you account for Joseph's apparent desire
to keep Benjamin in Egypt, with himself?
Probably he thinks this the best means of
inducing his father, Jacob, to come to Egypt.
However, he may not really intend to keep
Benjamin at all. He may be making the threat
only to test Judah. It may be remembered that
it was Judah who had counselled the selling of
Joseph years before. Joseph may now be trying
to see if Judah is the same kind of man he was
when the selling into Egypt took place--whether
he will sacrifice Benjamin in this extremity as
he sacrificed Joseph himself.

If the latter is Joseph's object, how does the
experiment succeed? It proves that Judah is a
different man, that the years that have elapsed
have produced a remarkable change in his
character.

Paragraph II

Of what does Judah's entreaty largely consist?
Of a recital of the governor's orders and of
Jacob's attachment to Benjamin, the son in whom
all the thoughts, hopes, and desires of his old
age are centred.

Upon what does Judah lay the greatest emphasis?
Upon the effect that Benjamin's detention will
have upon his father. Evidently the brothers
are very anxious to spare their father any
unnecessary grief and pain.

For what purpose is the whole speech specially
adapted? To stir the emotions. It is suited to
appeal to the feelings of anybody, but,
particularly, to the feelings of Egypt's
governor, though his identity is still unknown.

Which are the most pathetic sentences? The two
beginning with, "And we said unto my lord, We
have a father, an old man", and "Now,
therefore, when I come to thy servant, my
father, and the lad be not with us".

What features of the speech would make the
strongest appeal to Joseph? The reference to
his father's old age and his attachment to
Benjamin; his belief in Joseph's untimely end;
the blow that separation from Benjamin woul