And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
The words are the plea of Jacob's sons to Joseph's steward when they are taken into Joseph's house to eat with him on their journey to Egypt to buy grain during the famine that afflicted Canaan as well. They speak because they are afraid they have been brought there to answer for the money found in their sacks. They believe it was placed there deliberately to find occasion against them to make them slaves, and that the ruler who had treated them roughly will accuse them of wrongdoing.
To befriend the steward, to clear themselves before that ruler, and to prove they are acting honestly, they explain themselves to him. They tell him they found the money in the mouths of their sacks, that they have brought that money back in full weight, and that they have brought other, additional money in their hands to buy food. They add that they cannot tell, and do not know, who put their money in their sacks.
The steward answers that he has their money, that their God and their father's God gave them treasure in their sacks. His answer relieves their anxiety and shows God's graciousness in answering their father's prayer for mercy before the man.
The words are the plea of Jacob's sons to Joseph's steward when they are taken into Joseph's house to eat with him on their journey to Egypt to buy grain during the famine that afflicted Canaan as well. They speak because they are afraid they have been brought there to answer for the money found in their sacks. They believe it was placed there deliberately to find occasion against them to make them slaves, and that the ruler who had treated them roughly will accuse them of wrongdoing.
To befriend the steward, to clear themselves before that ruler, and to prove they are acting honestly, they explain themselves to him. They tell him they found the money in the mouths of their sacks, that they have brought that money back in full weight, and that they have brought other, additional money in their hands to buy food. They add that they cannot tell, and do not know, who put their money in their sacks.
The steward answers that he has their money, that their God and their father's God gave them treasure in their sacks. His answer relieves their anxiety and shows God's graciousness in answering their father's prayer for mercy before the man.