Judah said to him, "The man sternly warned us that we would not be admitted to his presence unless we had our brother with us.

They answered, "The man kept asking about us and our family, 'Is your father still living? Do you have another brother?' We had to answer his questions. How could we know that he would tell us to bring our brother with us?"

So Joseph's ten half brothers went to buy grain in Egypt,

"No, sir," they answered. "We have come as your slaves, to buy food.

At the place where they spent the night, one of them opened his sack to feed his donkey and found his money at the top of the sack.

Then when they emptied out their sacks, every one of them found his bag of money; and when they saw the money, they and their father Jacob were afraid.