כי לולא התמהמהנו. למדך הכתוב שדחקו במאכל ולא הטיחו דברים כלפי אביהם עד שנתרצה מעצמו לפי שכבוד גדול היו נוהגים בו. וכיון שנתרצה השיאם עצה בחמשה דברים. האחד הורידו לאיש מנחה. השני וכסף משנה קחו בידכם. השלישי ואת הכסף המושב וגו' אולי משגה הוא. אולי הממונה על הבית שכחו בשוגג וצוה להם יעקב להחזירו מפני קדוש השם. הרביעי ואת אחיכם קחו. החמישי תפלה. אמר להם ואל שדי יתן לכם רחמים לפני האיש: כי לולא התמהמנו, the verse teaches us that in the interval the sons had all severely restricted the amount of food that they had been consuming without raising objections to their father’s ruling not to take Binyamin with them. They waited until their father would himself realise that he had to change his attitude and would agree for Binyamin to accompany his brothers. Once he had become agreeable, he suggested five steps to increase their chances of success. They were: 1) “take a gift along for the ruler of that land.” 2) “take twice the amount of money you had taken the first time.” 3) the amount of money found in their bags they should return as independent of any money taken to pay for purchases. Joseph’s official might have made a mistake. It would be a sanctification of the Lord’s name for people believing in Him being seen as so honest. 4) take along your younger brother. 5). Prayer. He told the brothers that he had prayed to G’d that He should exercise His mercy toward them when they would confront the Egyptian ruler. (as quoted by Rabbeinu Bachya)