16. he saw Benjamin and told the servant in charge of his house, “Take these men to my house. Slaughter an animal and cook it, so they can eat with me at midday.”
17. The servant did as he was told and took the brothers to Joseph's house.
18. But on the way they got worried and started thinking, “We are being taken there because of the money that was put back in our sacks last time. He will arrest us, make us his slaves, and take our donkeys.”
19. So when they arrived at Joseph's house, they said to the servant in charge,
20. “Sir, we came to Egypt once before to buy grain.
21. But when we stopped for the night, we each found in our grain sacks the exact amount we had paid. We have brought that money back,
22. together with enough money to buy more grain. We don't know who put the money in our sacks.”
23. “It's all right,” the servant replied. “Don't worry. The God you and your father worship must have put the money there, because I received your payment in full.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
24. The servant took them into Joseph's house and gave them water to wash their feet. He also tended their donkeys.
25. The brothers got their gifts ready to give to Joseph at midday, since they had heard they were going to eat there.