Question 4
The Patriarchs'You would bring down my grey hairs with sorrow to Sheol'. Jacob said this to his children because
- A.Joseph was unjustly imprisoned
- B.Joseph had been reported killed
- C.the famine was very severe
- D.the Ishmaelites had bought Joseph and had re-sold him to Potiphar
- E.he feared that Benjamin would be lost to him like Joseph.
Show the answer and explanation
Answer: E (he feared that Benjamin would be lost to him like Joseph.)
Explanation
Jacob refused to let Benjamin go to Egypt, fearing that if harm came to him as it had to Joseph, it would kill him with grief (Genesis 42:36–38).