And they came unto Jacob their father unto the land of Canaan, and told him all that befell unto them; saying,
The sons came back to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan after going down to Egypt to buy grain in the famine, to tell him everything that had happened to them. There they had bowed before Joseph without knowing him, while he knew them, remembered his dreams, saw that Benjamin was not with them, and questioned them as suspected spies. They had answered that they were honest men and not spies, twelve brothers, sons of one father, with one brother gone and the youngest still with their father in Canaan. The lord of the land had spoken roughly to them, taken them for spies and refused to believe them, kept Simeon bound with him, and demanded that they bring their youngest brother Benjamin on their next journey, promising then to free the bound brother and let them trade freely in the land.
Their report, together with finding the money in their sacks, filled the whole family with alarm. Jacob mourned Joseph and Simeon as lost and dreaded losing Benjamin also, feeling that all things were against him. For that reason he refused to let Benjamin go.
The sons came back to Jacob their father in the land of Canaan after going down to Egypt to buy grain in the famine, to tell him everything that had happened to them. There they had bowed before Joseph without knowing him, while he knew them, remembered his dreams, saw that Benjamin was not with them, and questioned them as suspected spies. They had answered that they were honest men and not spies, twelve brothers, sons of one father, with one brother gone and the youngest still with their father in Canaan. The lord of the land had spoken roughly to them, taken them for spies and refused to believe them, kept Simeon bound with him, and demanded that they bring their youngest brother Benjamin on their next journey, promising then to free the bound brother and let them trade freely in the land.
Their report, together with finding the money in their sacks, filled the whole family with alarm. Jacob mourned Joseph and Simeon as lost and dreaded losing Benjamin also, feeling that all things were against him. For that reason he refused to let Benjamin go.