replied, Yes, we need this, besides, that thou shouldst
intercede for us with God." Then their father prayed:[231]
"O Lord, Thou who at the time of creation didst call
Enough! to heaven and earth when they stretched themselves
out further and further toward infinity, set a limit
to my sufferings, too, say unto them, Enough![232] God Almighty
give you mercy before the ruler of Egypt, that he
may release unto you Joseph, Simon, and Benjamin."

This prayer was an intercession, not only for the sons of
Jacob, but also for their descendants--that God would deliver
the Ten Tribes in time to come, as He delivered the two,
Judah and Benjamin, and after He permitted the destruction
of two Temples, He would grant endless continuance to the
third.[233]