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Egypt: Mode of Entertaining In Genesis 43:32–34

They separately served Joseph, his brothers, and the Egyptians. They ate separately because the Egyptians would not eat with the Hebrews, since that was detestable to them. / They were seated before Joseph in order by age, from the firstborn to the youngest, and the men looked at one another in astonishment. / When the portions were served to them from Joseph’s table, Benjamin’s portion was five times larger than any of the others. So they feasted and drank freely with Joseph.