Genesis 42:29-38

29When they came to their father Jacob in the land of Canaan, they told him all that had happened to them, saying, 30“The man, the lord of the land, 1spoke harshly with us, and took us for spies of the country. 31But we said to him, ‘We are 2honest men; we are not spies. 32We are twelve brothers, sons of our father; one is no longer alive, and the youngest is with our father today in the land of Canaan.’ 33The man, the lord of the land, said to us, ‘3By this I will know that you are honest men: leave one of your brothers with me and take grain for the famine of your households, and go. 34But bring your youngest brother to me that I may know that you are not spies, but 4honest men. I will give your brother to you, and you may 5trade in the land.’”

35Now it came about as they were emptying their sacks, that behold, 6every man’s bundle of money was in his sack; and when they and their father saw their bundles of money, they were dismayed. 36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have 7bereaved me of my children: Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin; all these things are against me.” 37Then Reuben spoke to his father, saying, “You may put my two sons to death if I do not bring him back to you; put him in my 8care, and I will return him to you.” 38But 9Jacob said, “My son shall not go down with you; for his 10brother is dead, and he alone is left. 11If harm should befall him on the journey 12you are taking, then you will 13bring my gray hair down to Sheol in sorrow.”