They came to Jacob their father, to the land of Canaan, and told him all that had happened to them, saying,
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Genesis 42:29 in context
Genesis 42:26–32
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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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We said to him, ‘We are honest men. We are no spies.
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We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no more, and the youngest is today with our father in the land of Canaan.’
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