²⁷ At the place where they stopped for the night one of them opened his sack to get feed for his donkey,^(A) and he saw his silver in the mouth of his sack.^(B)

³⁵ As they were emptying their sacks, there in each man’s sack was his pouch of silver!^(A) When they and their father saw the money pouches, they were frightened.^(B)

¹² Take double the amount^(A) of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks.^(B) Perhaps it was a mistake.

¹⁸ Now the men were frightened^(A) when they were taken to his house.^(B) They thought, “We were brought here because of the silver that was put back into our sacks^(C) the first time. He wants to attack us^(D) and overpower us and seize us as slaves^(E) and take our donkeys.^(F)”

²¹ But at the place where we stopped for the night we opened our sacks and each of us found his silver—the exact weight—in the mouth of his sack. So we have brought it back with us.^(A)

A Silver Cup in a Sack

44 Now Joseph gave these instructions to the steward of his house:^(A) “Fill the men’s sacks with as much food as they can carry, and put each man’s silver in the mouth of his sack.^(B)

⁸ We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan^(A) the silver^(B) we found inside the mouths of our sacks.^(C) So why would we steal^(D) silver or gold from your master’s house?