12. Take twice as much money with you. Return the money that was returned to you in the top of your bags. Perhaps it was a mistake.
13. Take your brother also, and go back at once to the man.
14. May God Almighty cause the man to be merciful to you so that he will release your other brother and Benjamin to you. As for me, if I am deprived of my sons, then I am deprived.”
15. The men took this gift, double the amount of money, and Benjamin. They made their way down to Egypt and stood before Joseph.
16. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to his steward, “Take the men to my house. Slaughter an animal and prepare it, for they will eat with me at noon.”
17. The man did as Joseph had said and brought them to Joseph’s house.
18. But the men were afraid because they were taken to Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought here because of the money that was returned in our bags the first time. They intend to overpower us, seize us, make us slaves, and take our donkeys.”