16. When Joseph saw Benjamin with them, he said to the house steward, “Bring these men home, slaughter an animal and prepare it, for these men will dine with me at noon.”
17. The man did as Joseph ordered, so the man brought the men into Joseph’s house.
18. The men were afraid because they were brought into Joseph’s house. They said, “We have been brought in because of the money that was returned in our sacks the first time, so that he may seek occasion against us and fall upon us and take us for slaves with our donkeys.”
19. They approached the steward of Joseph’s house, and they spoke with him at the entrance of the house.
20. They said, “My lord, we indeed came down the first time to buy food.
21. When we came to the lodging place, we opened our sacks and realized every man’s money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight. So we have brought it again with us.
22. We have also brought additional money with us to buy food. We cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.”