28 “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?” 29 When they reached their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him all that had happened to them: 30 “The man who is lord of the land spoke harshly to us and accused us of spying on the country.
Genesis 42:28–30
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Book of Jubilees 42:8–10
8 And he commanded them to bring their younger brother, for they had told him their father was living and their younger brother. (JUB) 9 And they went up from the land of Egypt and they came to the land of Canaan; and they told their father all that had befallen them, a… (JUB)
Genesis 44:23–25
23 But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’ 24 Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him. 25 Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
Genesis 42:8–10
8 Although Joseph recognized his brothers, they did not recognize him. 9 Joseph remembered his dreams about them and said, “You are spies! You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 10 “Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
Genesis 43:20–22
20 “Please, sir,” they said, “we really did come down here the first time to buy food. 21 But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silv…
Genesis 42:12–14
12 “No,” he told them. “You have come to see if our land is vulnerable.” 13 But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.” 14 Then Joseph declared, “Just as I sa…
Genesis 42:34–36
34 But bring your youngest brother back to me so I will know that you are not spies but honest men. Then I will give your brother back to you, and you can trade in the land.’” 35 As they began emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his bag of silver! And…
Genesis 37:29–31
29 When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes, 30 returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?” 31 Then they took Joseph’s robe, slaughtered a young goat, and dipped the robe in its blood.
Genesis 43:6–8
6 “Why did you bring this trouble upon me?” Israel asked. “Why did you tell the man you had another brother?” 7 They replied, “The man questioned us in detail about ourselves and our family: ‘Is your father still alive? Do you have another brother?’ And we answere…
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