Genesis 42:27-38 ▼

27 And the one opened his sack to give feed to his donkey at the lodging place, and he saw his silver, and behold, it was in the mouth of his bag.

28 And he said to his brothers, “My silver has been returned, and also, behold, it is in my bag.” And their hearts went out, and they trembled, saying each man to his brother, “What is this God has done to us?”

29 And they came to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan, and they told him all that had happened to them, saying,

30 “The man, the lord of the land, spoke to us harshly and treated us as spies of the land.

31 And we said to him, ‘We are honest; we are not spies.

32 We are two and ten brothers, sons of our father. The one is no more, and the youngest is this day with our father in the land of Canaan.’

33 And the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I will know that you? are honest: Your? one brother leave with me, and take food for the famine of your? houses and go.

34 And bring your? youngest brother to me, and I shall know that you? are not spies, but that you? are honest. Your? brother I will give to you?, and you? may trade in the land.’”

35 And it came to pass, they were empyting their sacks, and behold, each man’s bundle of his silver was in his sack; and they saw their bundles of silver, they and their father, and they were afraid.

36 And Jacob their father said to them, “You? have bereaved me. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you? will take. All these things are against me!”

37 And Reuben said to his father, saying, “My two sons you will put to death, if I do not bring him back to you! Put him in my hand, and I will return him to you.”

38 And he said, “My son shall not go down with you?, for his brother is dead, and he alone is left. And if harm should befall him in the way in which you? go, then you? would bring down my gray hair in sorrow to Sheol.”