25. Joseph gave orders to have their bags filled with grain. He had each man's money put back into his sack. He also made sure they were given food for their journey.
26. Then the brothers loaded their grain on their donkeys and left.
27. When night came, they stopped. One of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey. He saw his money in the top of his sack.
28. "My money has been given back," he said to his brothers. "Here it is in my sack." They had a sinking feeling in their hearts. They began to tremble. They turned to each other and said, "What has God done to us?"
29. They came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him everything that had happened to them. They said,
30. "The man who is the governor of the land spoke to us in a mean way. He treated us as if we were spying on the land.
31. But we said to him, 'We're honest men. We aren't spies.
32. We were 12 brothers. All of us were the sons of one father. But now one brother is gone. And our youngest brother is with our father in Canaan.'
33. "Then the man who is the governor of the land spoke to us. He said, 'Here's how I will know whether you are honest men. Leave one of your brothers here with me. Take food for your hungry families and go.
34. " 'But bring your youngest brother to me. Then I'll know that you are honest men and not spies. I'll give your brother back to you. And you will be free to trade in the land.' "
35. They began emptying their sacks. There in each man's sack was his bag of money! When they and their father saw the money bags, they were afraid.
36. Their father Jacob said to them, "You have taken my children away from me. Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!"
37. Then Reuben spoke to his father. He said, "You can put both of my sons to death if I don't bring Benjamin back to you. Place him in my care. I'll bring him back."