24. Then Joseph left them and cried. After a short time he went back and spoke to them. He took Simeon and tied him up while the other brothers watched.
25. Joseph told his servants to fill his brothers’ bags with grain. They were to put the money the brothers had paid for the grain back in their bags. They were to give them things they would need for their trip back home. And the servants did this.
26. So the brothers put the grain on their donkeys and left.
27. When they stopped for the night, one of the brothers opened his sack. He was going to get food for his donkey. Then he saw his money in the top of the sack.
28. He said to the other brothers, “The money I paid for the grain has been put back. Here it is in my sack!”The brothers were very frightened. They said to each other, “What has God done to us?”
29. The brothers went to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan. They told him everything that had happened.
30. They said, “The master of that land spoke unkindly to us. He accused us of spying on his country.