And they laded their asses with the corn, and departed thence.
Genesis 42:26 belongs to the account of Jacob's sons traveling from Canaan to Egypt because of famine to buy grain and coming before Egypt's ruler to obtain food. It describes the brothers loading their donkeys with provisions for their famine-stricken households and setting out for home. Their departure in sadness followed Simeon being kept behind and their money being returned in their sacks. The journey was shadowed by their fear that these events were punishment for their past sins.
Genesis 42:26 belongs to the account of Jacob's sons traveling from Canaan to Egypt because of famine to buy grain and coming before Egypt's ruler to obtain food. It describes the brothers loading their donkeys with provisions for their famine-stricken households and setting out for home. Their departure in sadness followed Simeon being kept behind and their money being returned in their sacks. The journey was shadowed by their fear that these events were punishment for their past sins.