24. He turned away from them and wept. When he turned back to them and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and tied him up before their eyes.
25. Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s money to his sack, and to give them provisions for the journey. So it was done for them.
26. Then they loaded their grain on their donkeys and left from there.
27. As one of them opened his sack to give fodder to his donkey at the lodge, he saw his money—behold, it was in the opening of his bag.
28. So he said to his brothers, “My money has been returned! Look, it’s in my bag.” Their hearts sank. Trembling, each one turned to his brother and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
29. When they came to their father Jacob, in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying,
30. “The man, the lord of the land, spoke with us harshly, and took us as spies of the land.
31. But we said to him, ‘We’re honest. We’ve never been spies.
32. We are twelve brothers, sons of our father. One is no more and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’
33. Then the man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘By this I’ll know if you’re honest: leave one of your brothers with me. As for the hunger of your homes: take and go!
34. Then bring your youngest brother to me, so that I may know you are not spies, but you are honest. I’ll give you back your brother and you can move about freely in the land.’”