Alrighty, then

And the famine was sore in the land. And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food. And Judah spake unto him, saying, The man did solemnly protest unto us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. If thou wilt send our brother with us, we will go down and buy thee food: But if thou wilt not send him, we will not go down: for the man said unto us, Ye shall not see my face, except your brother be with you. And Israel said, Wherefore dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell the man whether ye had yet a brother? And they said, The man asked us straitly of our state, and of our kindred, saying, Is your father yet alive? have ye another brother? and we told him according to the tenor of these words: could we certainly know that he would say, Bring your brother down? And Judah said unto Israel his father, Send the lad with me, and we will arise and go; that we may live, and not die, both we, and thou, and also our little ones. I will be surety for him; of my hand shalt thou require him: if I bring him not unto thee, and set him before thee, then let me bear the blame for ever: For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time. And their father Israel said unto them, If it must be so now, do this; take of the best fruits in the land in your vessels, and carry down the man a present, a little balm, and a little honey, spices, and myrrh, nuts, and almonds: And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight: Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man: And God Almighty give you mercy before the man, that he may send away your other brother, and Benjamin. If I be bereaved of my children, I am bereaved.-Genesis 43:1-14***Judah was the 4th son born to Jacob (Israel) and his 1st wife Leah. Over 800 years before their descendants King David and his son Absalom were having a conversation, with Absalom wanting his brothers and David to join him and his sheepshearers in another part of the kingdom in  Canaan, the Promised Land, Judah was having a conversation with 8 of his brothers and Jacob. When Absalom was speaking convincingly to David, Absalom actually only wanted his half brother Amnon to make the journey so that Amnon could be killed for raping Absalom's sister and Amnon's half sister Tamar. When Judah was speaking convincingly to Jacob, Judah wanted to return to Egypt, prove that he and his brothers were not spies, get corn (grain) for their families, get his brother Simeon released from prison in Egypt, and return safely to Canaan with his brothers, including Benjamin, the 2nd and last son born to Jacob and his 2nd wife Rachel. Over 20 years before Judah was speaking convincingly to Jacob, Judah and his brothers had led Jacob to believe that their brother Joseph, Jacob's favorite son, was killed by a beast. However, Joseph had actually been sold by Judah and his brothers to merchants traveling to Egypt. In Egypt, the merchants sold Joseph to Potiphar, an Egyptian officer under the authority of Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Joseph was imprisoned after Potiphar's wife made a false accusation, and Joseph eventually became second-in-command in Egypt. Joseph was the person Judah and his brothers spoke to when they initially went to Egypt to buy corn. Over 1,800 years after 130-year-old Jacob moved with his children and their families from Canaan to Egypt, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Judah to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin. Approximately 30 years after Jesus was born to Joseph and Mary, Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River by Mary's relative John the Baptist, from the tribe of Jacob and Leah's 3rd born son Levi. Jesus having prayed, the heavens tearing open, the Holy Spirit descended as a dove and lit upon Jesus. The Lord God in heaven audibly acknowledged his Son Jesus, and the Holy Spirit led Jesus into the desert wilderness. Jesus fasted for 40 days and nights and was tempted. Afterwards, Jesus was tended to by angels, and Jesus went to the area near John the Baptist, and John the Baptist proclaimed Jesus to be the Lamb of God taking away the sin of the world. In Galilee, Jesus told specific Israelite men to follow him, and Jesus began to preach, teach and perform miracles among the Israelites, the treasured and chosen people of the Lord God. When Jesus was among his disciples and a multitude of other listeners, the disciples told Jesus to send the multitude away to buy food for themselves. When Jesus was in Galilee in the midst of his disciples and another multitude of listeners, Jesus asked Philip, the disciple and apostle, about buying food for the multitude.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52, 34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Kings 1:1-2:12, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26

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