17. Then the man did as Joseph ordered, and the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
18. Now the men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house; and they said, “It is because of the money, which was returned in our sacks the first time, that we are brought in, so that he may make a case against us and seize us, to take us as slaves with our donkeys.”
19. When they drew near to the steward of Joseph’s house, they talked with him at the door of the house,
20. and said, “O sir, we indeed came down the first time to buy food;
21. but it happened, when we came to the encampment, that we opened our sacks, and there, each man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight; so we have brought it back in our hand.
22. And we have brought down other money in our hands to buy food. We do not know who put our money in our sacks.”