As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 42:27 in context
Genesis 42:24–30
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He turned himself away from them, and wept. Then he returned to them, and spoke to them, and took Simeon from among them, and bound him before their eyes.
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Then Joseph gave a command to fill their bags with grain, and to restore each man’s money into his sack, and to give them food for the way. So it was done to them.
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They loaded their donkeys with their grain, and departed from there.
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As one of them opened his sack to give his donkey food in the lodging place, he saw his money. Behold, it was in the mouth of his sack.
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He said to his brothers, “My money is restored! Behold, it is in my sack!” Their hearts failed them, and they turned trembling to one another, saying, “What is this that God has done to us?”
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They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
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“The man, the lord of the land, spoke roughly with us, and took us for spies of the country.
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