27 When they stopped to spend the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey, and he saw his silver at the top of his sack.
28 He said to his brothers, "My silver’s been returned. It’s right here in my sack." Their hearts stopped. Terrified, they said to each other, "What has God done to us?"
29 When they got back to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they described to him everything that had happened to them:
30 "The man, the country’s governor, spoke to us with a harsh tone and accused us of being spies in the country.
31 We told him, ‘We’re honest men, not spies.
32 We are twelve brothers, all our father’s sons. One of us is gone, but the youngest is right now with our father in the land of Canaan.’
33 The man, the country’s governor, told us, ‘This is how I will know you are honest men: Leave one of your brothers with me, take grain for those in your households who are hungry, and go.